Restricted ATP

Eligibility Requirements

The Center for Aviation Studies has been granted permission by the FAA to certify our graduates for Restricted Airline Transport Pilot minimums (RATP).  To be eligible for the RATP certifying document you must meet the following criteria:

• Received a Bachelors degree in Aviation from The Ohio State University 
• Taken and passed a minimum of 30 semester credit hours of approved aviation courses (see below)
• Received a commercial pilot certificate and instrument rating from The Ohio State University Part 141 flight school

ATP minimums require a pilot to have logged 1,500 flight hours. Those who have successfully earned between 30-59 semster credit hours of approved aviation course work, as well as met the other two conditions above, are eligible for a 250 flight hour reduction thereby making them eligible for the RATP at 1,250 flight hours. Those that have taken 60+ semester credit hours of approved aviation course work will qualify for a 500 flight hour reduction, which makes them eligible for the RATP at 1,000 flight hours.

Application

Download the RATP Application for a complete list of approved aviation courses.  Fill out the application indicating the semester and year of when you took each course.  Submit the application to Melanie Dickman at dickman.49@osu.edu along with the address you would like the certifying document mailed to.

Please note that courses taught under the quarter system are listed on the second page of the application, and the associated credit hours have been converted to the semester system.

Verification process

After submitting an RATP application, our RATP coordinator will first audit for correctness. Once that is completed, a certificate will be created and signed by the Dean of the College of Engineering, and will then be mailed to the applicant.  Under normal circumstances, this process should take about 10-14 business days, depending on the mail system.