Operating limits require either SIC or PIC to have how many hours in type?

• A. 75 hours
• B. 100 hours
• C. 50 hours
• D. 200 hours

Answer: (A)

Minimum time in type required for a SIC or PIC to operate in that aircraft ensures sufficient familiarity with its systems, performance characteristics, and procedures before taking the command or oversight role. Seventy-five hours in type strikes a balance: it provides enough cockpit exposure to understand normal and abnormal procedures, disposition of the flight controls and automation, and the specific crew workflow, without delaying progression to line duties. Fifty hours would leave too little hands-on experience with the airplane’s nuances, while one hundred or more hours would be more than what's deemed necessary for this purpose. So, the operating limits set this minimum at seventy-five hours in type for either SIC or PIC.