ASA Airman Certification Standards Airline Transport Pilot and Type Rating Airplane

This Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airline Transport Pilot and Type Rating – Airplane Airman Certification Standards (ACS) document provides the aeronautical knowledge, risk management, and flight proficiency standards for airline transport pilot (ATP) certification in the airplane category, single-engine land and sea, and multi-engine land and sea classes (ASEL, ASES, AMEL, AMES). This ACS includes the Companion Guide (FAA-G-ACS-2) and supercedes ACS-11.1.

The ACS is the guide for students, instructors, and evaluators to understand what applicants must know, do, and consider to pass their FAA Knowledge Exam and practical (checkride) and earn their pilot certificate or rating.