ATP Cross-Country Requirements

[cadbury]

Refer to: There Are 7 Different Ways To Log Cross Country Time, And One Of Them Applies To You

I have a question about logging cross-country hours.

For the ATP certificate requirement, it seems different! Is is true for logging cross-country hours, landing is not required even if the pilot flew more than 50NM and turn around?

 

[MidlifeFlyer]

Yes. It is exactly what the regulation says in 61.1

For the purpose of meeting the aeronautical experience requirements for an airline transport pilot certificate (except with a rotorcraft category rating), time acquired during a flight—

(A) Conducted in an appropriate aircraft;

(B) That is at least a straight-line distance of more than 50 nautical miles from the original point of departure; and

(C) That involves the use of dead reckoning, pilotage, electronic navigation aids, radio aids, or other navigation systems.

The cross country which counts for the ATP, like those for other certificates and ratings, needs to go more than 50 nm from the point of origin. But it does not require a landing. That does not mean you are not allowed to have the remote landing. Just that you don't have to.

The reason is pretty simple. It's a nod to military pilots whose mission may go far distances but not land until they return.