Take your aviation career to the next level with the highest level of aircraft certificate
If you always known that a career in airlines is for you, then look no further than the Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) For people that feel that a career in airlines is their lifelong goal, the ATPL is the ultimate destination.
The ATPL – and aviation in general – requires time, patience and a love for everything aviation. After all, you will potentially be flying Boeings, Airbuses, or similar commercial planes, so choose Wings Over Africa because our pilots become captains.
This is the license required to enter the airline world of aviation and to operate as a pilot in command on large multi -crew aircraft. This is the highest obtainable license in the aviation industry.
ATPL Requirements
Practical Requirements:
- Minimum Age of 21 years
- Class 1 medical certificate
- General Radio Licence
- Valid Commercial Pilot License
- Minimum of 1500 hours of flight time of which
- 500 hours must be PICUS: or
- 250 hours must be as PIC of which up to 150 hours may be PICUS: and
- 200 hours must be cross country flight time of which 100 hours may be as co-pilot or PICUS
- 75 hours must be instrument time which not more than 30 hours may be acquired in an FSTD approved for the purpose and
- 100 hours shall be night flight time as PIC or as co-pilot
Theoretical Requirements:
- Meteorology
- Radio Aids
- Instruments
- Navigational general
- Air Law and procedures
- Flight Planning
- Aircraft technical and general
You may however write the ATPL subjects before accumulating the 1500 hour and qualifying for a ‘Frozen ATPL’ until you meet the hour requirements. A frozen Airline Transport Pilot License is a Commercial Pilot License with the ATPL subjects passed.
The ATPL test must be completed in a multiengine aircraft in an actual or simulated multi-crew and instrument flight rules (IFR) scenario conducted by a designated flight examiner.
Pilot Training
Pilot ratings refer to licensing or certification permits on how to operate aircraft that are issued by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in each country establishing that the holder has met a specific set of knowledge and experience requirements.
You need to take a flying test to complete the certification. It is important to note that there are different certification practices and standards between different countries.