Um portador ATPL congelado é alguém que passou em todos os exames necessários (14) para a emissão de uma ATPL, mas não tem as horas de voo necessárias. Estritamente falando, não existe uma ATPL 'congelada', embora um número de escolas de treinamento use o termo :
A Frozen ATPL holder refers to somebody who has passed all the required theoretical exams but does not qualify him to be issued with a full ATPL until he has logged a total of 1500 hours.
A student from a flying school will normally graduate with a CPL (Commercial Pilot Licence) and IR (Instrumental Rating) (CPL+IR). This Licence is known as the Frozen ATPL.
Para "descongelar" a ATPL, o candidato deve completar um tempo de voo de 1500 horas sujeito a certas condições :
... ATPL will remain frozen until you have reached 1500 hours of flying time, which is made up of the following criteria:
- 500 hrs multi-pilot in transport or commuter aircraft
- 250 hrs PIC (or 100 Pilot in Command and 150 PIC under supervision)*
- 200 hrs cross country flights (100 as Pilot in Command)
- 75 hrs instrument time
- 100 hrs night flight as PIC or co-pilot