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Aeronautical experience for CPL Helicopter.

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Hi,

 Struggling to understand US regulation. One of the requirements for CPL helicopter states:

(4) Ten hours of .....................listed under § 61.127(b)(3) that includes -

(i) One cross-country flight with landings at a minimum of three points, with one segment consisting of a straight-line distance of at least 50 nautical miles from the original point of departure; and......

So,  I did  X-cross solo flight being trained for PPL. And the solo flight was:

KFTY (original point of departure) - KCTJ - KCZL - KFTY. There 50 NM between KCTJ and KCZL. 

 The question: Can I count this solo flight to meet the requirements above?

 Thank You. 

 

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  1. HelicopterTrainingVideos.com on Mar 05, 2021

    Hey Andrey,

    My understanding is that no, you can not use the XC as you were performing at a student pilot level in your planning and execution of the flight. My reference for that is the FAA’s Letter of Interpretation (LOI) [Murphy – (2011)] and the other LOI it references [Theriault – (2010)]

    The Murphy LOI essentially says that the FAA do not permit a pilot to use experience acquired while training for a private pilot certificate to satisfy commercial pilot requirements “because a student pilot who is training for a private pilot certificate is not expected to perform at commercial-pilot-level standards…”

    Here are the direct links to those two FAA Letters of Interpretation

    Murphy – (2011) https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/agc/practice_areas/regulations/interpretations/Data/interps/2011/Murphy%20-%20(2011)%20Legal%20Interpretation.pdf

    Theriault – (2010) https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/agc/practice_areas/regulations/interpretations/Data/interps/2010/Theriault%20-%20(2010)%20Legal%20Interpretation.pdf

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