IATRA

turn&pull · Post by **turn&pull** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:18 pm

Hi everyone
I have a question about how long a IATRA exam is good for.
I wrote my IATRA eaxm about six years ago and held a PPC on the jetstream 31 until december of 2003. My question is does your IATRA remain good for life as long as you do a ppc within two years of writing the exam or what?
Thanks I could not find the info on TC's web site

cinical · Post by **cinical** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:02 pm

Hi
correct me if i'm wrong anyone....i think the iatra is good for two yrs.....if you were to get a type rating i believe, on a 705 airplane...your IATRA is now set in stone(valid) for your career. Even if your 705 category type rating expires.
Can anyone confirm this?

oldtimer · Post by **oldtimer** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:25 pm

That is the way it may be. The rules change so much it is hard to keep up but I had a chap who wrote the IATRA and got a type rating on a heavy Metro(16,000 MTOW) and he was told the IATRA could be held "for future use"
I also read that very same statement in Personell Licensing on TC's web site. Check the CARS on line.

turn&pull · Post by **turn&pull** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:51 pm

But the wetdream is only 704 does that matter or is it just have to be two crew ops.

cinical · Post by **cinical** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:02 pm

i only know of it working for 705 ops...my roommate did a 705 ride and it was valid for life......704 two crew operation could fall in there..cant confirm...sorry

ESCAT · Post by **ESCAT** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 6:44 pm

From what I understand the IATRA is valid for 24 months, or untill a type rating is endorsed on the licence. As soon as any type rating is put on the licence, you have what TC calls a "two-crew rating" and you need no longer require the IATRA to have been written within the previous 24 months.

Quote from CAR 421.40 (3) (a)

in the case of the holder of a Private Pilot Licence-Aeroplane or Commercial Pilot Licence-Aeroplane, within the 24 months preceding the application for the first endorsement of the two crew rating, an applicant shall have obtained a minimum score of 70 percent (70%) on the Type Rating-Aeroplane (IATRA) written examination;

It doesn't mention anything about type ratings subsequent to the first, so we can only assume the 24 months is not a requirement,

Also this should apply to any aircraft that requires a type rating, regardless of operation (703/704/705, 604 or even a private aircraft).