---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 194.223"
title: "14"
number: "194.223"
heading: "Pilots receiving training under an approved training program: Alternate requirements for a commercial pilot certificate with a powered-lift category rating."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/194.223"
---

# §194.223. Pilots receiving training under an approved training program: Alternate requirements for a commercial pilot certificate with a powered-lift category rating.

- (a) **General applicability.** An applicant for a commercial pilot certificate with a powered-lift category rating may satisfy the alternate requirements set forth in [paragraphs (b) through (d)](#b..d) of this section, provided the applicant is receiving training under an approved training program under part [135](/cfr/14/part135.md), [141](/cfr/14/part141.md), or 142 of this chapter for the purpose of obtaining a powered-lift category rating.
- (b) **Alternate aeronautical experience requirements.** An applicant may satisfy the alternate requirements in [§ 194.233](/cfr/14/194.233.md) in lieu of the cross-country aeronautical experience requirements specified in § [61.129(e)(3)(ii)](/cfr/14/61.129.md?p=e-3-ii) and [(iii)](/cfr/14/61.129.md?p=e-3-iii) and [(e)(4)(i)](/cfr/14/61.129.md?p=e-4-i) of this chapter.
- (c) **Alternate logging requirement.** Notwithstanding the logging requirements in [§ 61.51(e)(1)](/cfr/14/61.51.md?p=e-1) of this chapter, an applicant for a commercial pilot certificate with a powered-lift category rating may log up to 25 hours of pilot-in-command time towards the aeronautical experience requirement in [§ 194.216(a)](/cfr/14/194.216.md?p=a) for flights when the applicant is the sole manipulator of the controls of a powered-lift for which the pilot is not rated, provided—
  - (1) The applicant is manipulating the controls of the powered-lift with an authorized instructor onboard;
  - (2) The applicant is performing the duties of pilot-in-command; and
  - (3) The flight is conducted in accordance with an approved training program under part [135](/cfr/14/part135.md), [141](/cfr/14/part141.md), or 142 of this chapter.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7572; 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44705, 44707, 44712, 44713, 44715, 44716, and 44722; Sec. 955 of Pub. L. 118-63.

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2023-1275, Amdt. 194-1, 89 FR 92489, Nov. 21, 2024, unless otherwise noted.