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ATP
The final rating you will need in your aviation career will be your
Airline Transport Pilot license (ATP). This is an instrument
checkride with more stringent flying standards. The checkride
consists of intercepting and tracking VORs, precision and
non-precision approaches, holds and some basic instrument flying. To
qualify for the ATP rating, you must have1500 flight hours. You can prepare for the rating before you are eligible for the ATP
checkride by studying for the written exam and relearning some of what you may
have forgotten while you were building your time.
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 Prerequisite:
1500 total flight time (minimums for each category:
500 hours cross country, 100
hours night flight and 75 hours of instrument flight time, hooded or
actual). You will need at least a 3rd Class Medical
Certificate for the check ride. However, to exercise privileges of this
rating, you need to have a 1st class medical.
Time
Frame: Normally, it takes two or three days for a pilot who has
current instrument skills.
Curriculum:
The Practical Test Standards for the ATP are comparable to the Instrument
rating; however, the margin for error is smaller. The oral test emphasizes
aviation theory, aircraft systems and instrument operations. The
flight test encompasses all instrument maneuvers, IFR procedures, emergency
procedures and precision/non-precision approaches.
Cost:
The average
cost for a multi-engine ATP runs between $950 and $1350.
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