What counts as XC time?

Cross-country time is defined in§ 61.1 (b )(3)(ii) as time acquired during a flight that is conducted in an appropriate aircraft; that includes a point of landing that was at least a straight-line distance of more than 50 nautical miles from the original point of departure; and that involves the use of dead reckoning ...



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In commercial aviation, this means the time from pushing back at the departure gate to arriving at the destination gate. Air time is defined as the time from the moment an aircraft leaves the surface until it comes into contact with the surface at the next point of landing.

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A pillar of these reforms is the “1,500 Hour Rule” which requires first officers, also known as co-pilots, to have a minimum of 1,500 hours of flight training time. Since this rule was implemented in 2012, our skies have never been safer.

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The pilot in the other seat is only a passenger as the aircraft does not require more than one crew member. So, only the pilot flying can log PIC time. Once airborne the pilot at the controls tells his passenger that he'd like to do some simulated instrument time.

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(a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this section, a person who is applying for an airline transport pilot certificate with an airplane category and class rating must have at least 1,500 hours of total time as a pilot that includes at least: (1) 500 hours of cross-country flight time.

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If repeated solo cross-country flights to an airport within 50 nautical miles are to be made over the same route, an endorsement to comply with 14 CFR 61.93(b)(2) is required in the student's logbook.

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A cross-country solo flight must consist of: Flight of 50 nautical miles total point to point distance from the departure airport to another airport. There is also a long cross country required that must be: flight of 150 nautical miles total distance.

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These policies, known as the “two-person rule” or “rule of two,” dictate that if one pilot leaves the cockpit for any reason, another trained crew member (such as a flight attendant) must enter and remain in the cockpit until the pilot returns.

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What if an airline does not have enough flying for a pilot? Fortunately, most pilot employment contracts and CBAs include a monthly hour minimum. This minimum requires the company to pay its pilots for a minimum number of flight hours, regardless of whether those hours are flown.

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Average Delta Air Lines Pilot yearly pay in the United States is approximately $180,067, which is 171% above the national average. Salary information comes from 4 data points collected directly from employees, users, and past and present job advertisements on Indeed in the past 36 months.

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John Edward Long, Jr. (1915–July 18, 1999) was an American pilot who is in the Guinness Book of Records for the most flight time by a pilot: over 65,000 hours (more than seven years and four months) at the time of his death. He began in 1933 at the age of 17, when he took his first and only flying lesson.

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