On 2003-12-06 06:53:00 -0800, said:

Notice that it never really says anything about helicopters.

61.98(b)(2) does say something about helicopters, though. That's what the
15 hours from 61.99(a) are referring to. The rest - three hours here, three
hours there - are only a part of the 15 hours of required training. This may
mean that you could add a helicopter rating in as little as 15 hours. The
likelihood of that happening, though, seems vanishingly small.

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Larry Fransson
Seattle, WA