I'm a fresh cpl, multi-IFR rated, with around 220tt. My next step is to start studying for the IATRA exam. I am however confused about the minimums you need to qualify for it. From what I gather, you need 250 hours, but I can't find anything official that states this number. I looked through the TC website, on this forum, and asked some instructors/airline pilots.
The other day I called a TC examination office, asked them this same question, the lady told me that it's now only half of 250, so I can write the exam with 125h. So in this case does it mean I can write it... But it's not "valid" until I hit 250h? For example I wrote my CPL at 115h but it only allows me to apply for the CPL at 200h.
So I could write the exam but legally still not be allowed to fly a multi crew aircraft? I'm very confused about this.
I know that I won't get a multi crew aircraft job anytime soon, I'm not that naive, but I am planning on applying to work on the ramp, so I'm wondering if I should be applying to operators that fly planes like the dash-8 or limit myself to 703 ops with a pc-12/king air.
If anyone has some experience with this or has a link to the answer, it would be greatly appreciated, thank you in advance.
