Your student holds a private pilot certificate with an airplane rating and wishes to obtain a rotorcraft category rating. You inform the student that
none of the training/flight experience obtained toward the airplane rating can be used for the rotorcraft rating.
he/she must complete the rotorcraft practical test in its entirety as per the private pilot rotorcraft practical test standards.
some of the training/flight experience acquired toward the airplane rating can be used to meet the requirements for a rotorcraft category rating.✓ Correct Answer
Explanation
Under 14 CFR 61.63(b), a pilot adding a category rating must receive the required training and endorsement, meet the aeronautical experience for the new category and pass the practical test on the appropriate areas; total flight time already logged still counts toward requirements stated in total flight time. So some previous experience can be used, but not all of it.
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