---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 61.165"
title: "14"
number: "61.165"
heading: "Additional aircraft category and class ratings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/61.165"
---

# §61.165. Additional aircraft category and class ratings.

- (a) **Rotorcraft category and helicopter class rating.** A person applying for an airline transport certificate with a rotorcraft category and helicopter class rating who holds an airline transport pilot certificate with another aircraft category rating must:
  - (1) Meet the eligibility requirements of [§ 61.153](/cfr/14/61.153.md) of this part;
  - (2) Pass a knowledge test on the aeronautical knowledge areas of [§ 61.155(c)](/cfr/14/61.155.md?p=c) of this part;
  - (3) Comply with the requirements in [§ 61.157(b)](/cfr/14/61.157.md?p=b) of this part, if appropriate;
  - (4) Meet the applicable aeronautical experience requirements of [§ 61.161](/cfr/14/61.161.md) of this part; and
  - (5) Pass the practical test on the areas of operation of [§ 61.157(e)(4)](/cfr/14/61.157.md?p=e-4) of this part.
- (b) **Airplane category rating with a single-engine class rating.** A person applying for an airline transport certificate with an airplane category and single-engine class rating who holds an airline transport pilot certificate with another aircraft category rating must:
  - (1) Meet the eligibility requirements of [§ 61.153](/cfr/14/61.153.md) of this part;
  - (2) Pass a knowledge test on the aeronautical knowledge areas of [§ 61.155(c)](/cfr/14/61.155.md?p=c) of this part;
  - (3) Comply with the requirements in [§ 61.157(b)](/cfr/14/61.157.md?p=b) of this part, if appropriate;
  - (4) Meet the applicable aeronautical experience requirements of [§ 61.159](/cfr/14/61.159.md) of this part; and
  - (5) Pass the practical test on the areas of operation of [§ 61.157(e)(1)](/cfr/14/61.157.md?p=e-1) of this part.
- (c) **Airplane category rating with a multiengine class rating.** A person applying for an airline transport certificate with an airplane category and multiengine class rating who holds an airline transport certificate with another aircraft category rating must:
  - (1) Meet the eligibility requirements of [§ 61.153](/cfr/14/61.153.md) of this part;
  - (2) Successfully complete the airline transport pilot certification training program specified in [§ 61.156](/cfr/14/61.156.md);
  - (3) Pass a knowledge test for an airplane category multiengine class rating or type rating on the aeronautical knowledge areas of [§ 61.155(c)](/cfr/14/61.155.md?p=c);
  - (4) Comply with the requirements in [§ 61.157(b)](/cfr/14/61.157.md?p=b) of this part, if appropriate;
  - (5) Meet the aeronautical experience requirements of [§ 61.159](/cfr/14/61.159.md) or [§ 61.160](/cfr/14/61.160.md); and
  - (6) Pass the practical test on the areas of operation of [§ 61.157(e)(2)](/cfr/14/61.157.md?p=e-2) of this part.
- (d) **Powered-lift category.** A person applying for an airline transport pilot certificate with a powered-lift category rating who holds an airline transport certificate with another aircraft category rating must:
  - (1) Meet the eligibility requirements of [§ 61.153](/cfr/14/61.153.md) of this part;
  - (2) Pass a required knowledge test on the aeronautical knowledge areas of [§ 61.155(c)](/cfr/14/61.155.md?p=c) of this part;
  - (3) Comply with the requirements in [§ 61.157(b)](/cfr/14/61.157.md?p=b) of this part, if appropriate;
  - (4) Meet the applicable aeronautical experience requirements of [§ 61.163](/cfr/14/61.163.md) of this part; and
  - (5) Pass the required practical test on the areas of operation of [§ 61.157(e)(3)](/cfr/14/61.157.md?p=e-3) of this part.
- (e) **Additional class rating within the same aircraft category.** Except as provided in [paragraph (f)](#f) of this section, a person applying for an airline transport pilot certificate with an additional class rating who holds an airline transport certificate in the same aircraft category must—
  - (1) Meet the eligibility requirements of [§ 61.153](/cfr/14/61.153.md), except [paragraph (g)](/cfr/14/61.153.md?p=g) of that section;
  - (2) Comply with the requirements in [§ 61.157(b)](/cfr/14/61.157.md?p=b) of this part, if applicable;
  - (3) Meet the applicable aeronautical experience requirements of subpart G of this part; and
  - (4) Pass a practical test on the areas of operation of [§ 61.157(e)](/cfr/14/61.157.md?p=e) appropriate to the aircraft rating sought.
- (f) **Adding a multiengine class rating to an airline transport pilot certificate with a single engine class rating.** A person applying to add a multiengine class rating, or a multiengine class rating concurrently with a multiengine airplane type rating, to an airline transport pilot certificate with an airplane category single engine class rating must—
  - (1) Meet the eligibility requirements of [§ 61.153](/cfr/14/61.153.md);
  - (2) Pass a required knowledge test on the aeronautical knowledge areas of [§ 61.155(c)](/cfr/14/61.155.md?p=c), as applicable to multiengine airplanes;
  - (3) Comply with the requirements in [§ 61.157(b)](/cfr/14/61.157.md?p=b), if applicable;
  - (4) Meet the applicable aeronautical experience requirements of [§ 61.159](/cfr/14/61.159.md); and
  - (5) Pass a practical test on the areas of operation of [§ 61.157(e)(2)](/cfr/14/61.157.md?p=e-2).

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 61-103, 62 FR 40906, July 30, 1997, as amended by Amdt. 61-110, 69 FR 44869, July 27, 2004; Amdt. 61-130, 78 FR 42376, July 15, 2013; Amdt. 61-130B, 78 FR 77574, Dec. 24, 2013; Amdt. 61-130C, 81 FR 2, Jan. 4, 2016; FAA-2023-1275, Amdt. 61-157, 89 FR 92485, Nov. 21, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44703, 44707, 44709-44711, 44729, 44903, 45102-45103, 45301-45302.

### Source

Source: Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 25910, 62 FR 16298, Apr. 4, 1997; Amdt. 61-103, 62 FR 40906, July 30, 1997, as amended by Amdt. 61-110, 69 FR 44869, July 27, 2004; Amdt. 61-130, 78 FR 42376, July 15, 2013; Amdt. 61-130B, 78 FR 77574, Dec. 24, 2013; Amdt. 61-130C, 81 FR 2, Jan. 4, 2016; FAA-2023-1275, Amdt. 61-157, 89 FR 92485, Nov. 21, 2024]