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The FAA has approved the Elite ATD for accreditation towards the following ratings. License or Rating Simulator Time Applicable FAR Comments Private Pilot Max of 2.5 hours 61.109(k)(1) Cat/class Commercial Max of 50 hours 61.129(i)(1) Cat/class Instrument Rating Max of 20 hours 61.65(e)(2)   Airline Transport Pilot Max of 25 hours 61.159(a)(3)(i) and (iii) Airplane model Instrument Currency 6 approaches, holding 61.57(c)(1) In category Partial Instrument Proficiency Check IPC per FAA-8081-S-4 61.57(d)(1)(ii) In category With respect to an Instrument Proficiency Check, the Elite sim is classified as a level 3 sim by the FAA, and as such the following tasks are not approved. Unusual attitude recovery Circling approach Landing from a straight-in or circling approach One engine inoperative instrument approach (multi-engine) Loss of gyro heading and/or attitude indicators These restrictions may be found on the last page of the Instrument PTS FAA-S-8081-4D.