Commercial Pilot Training
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Earning your Commercial Certificate allows you to be compensated for being a pilot. Jobs at this level are typically entry-level, such as banner towing, aerial survey, and if inclined flight instructing (You'll need additional training and certification).

 

There are some requirements you must possess in accordance with Federal Aviation Regulations:

✓ Hold at least a current private pilot certificate
✓ Hold at least a Third class FAA medical Certificate or Basic Med
✓ Pass the required FAA knowledge test

✓ Meet the aeronautical experience requirements which will be covered in depth with your Certified Flight Instructor (see detailed description below)
✓ Pass the FAA Practical Test

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Aeronautical Experience Requirements:  

• 250 hours of total time

• 100 hours of pilot-in-command flight time, which includes at least; and 

• 50 hours in cross-country flight

• 20 hours of training that includes at least:

• 10 hours of instrument training using a view-limiting device including attitude instrument flying, partial panel skills, recovery from unusual flight attitudes, and intercepting and tracking navigational systems

• 10 hours of training in a complex airplane, a turbine-powered airplane, or a technically advanced airplane (TAA). Our plane qualifies as a TAA aircraft.

• One 2-hour cross country flight in a single engine airplane in daytime conditions that consists of a total straight-line distance of more than 100 nautical miles from the original point of departure; 

• One 2-hour cross country flight in a single engine airplane in nighttime conditions that consists of a total straight-line distance of more than 100 nautical miles from the original point of departure; and 

• Three hours in a single-engine airplane with an authorized instructor in preparation for the practical test within the preceding 2 calendar months from the month of the test. 

• 10 hours of solo flight time in a single engine airplane or 10 hours of flight time performing the duties of pilot in command in a single engine airplane with an authorized instructor on board 

• One cross-country flight of not less than 300 nautical miles total distance, with landings at a minimum of three points, one of which is a straight-line distance of at least 250 nautical miles from the original departure point 

• 5 hours in night VFR conditions with 10 takeoffs and 10 landings (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an airport with an operating control tower.