COMMERCIAL RATING PREREQUISITES
- 18 Years of Age
- FAA Private Pilot License
- FAA 2nd Class Medical
- Understand & Speak English
COMMERCIAL RATING STEPS
- 250 hours of flight time
- 100 hours of pilot-in-command time
- 50 hours of cross-country time
- 20 hours of training, including 10 of instrument, 10 of complex or TAA
- 10 hours of solo training, including a smattering of cross-country and night.
- Pass FAA Instrument Written exam
- Pass the Check-ride
COMMERCIAL RATING PRIVILEGES
This certificate will allow the types of flying where the pilot is being compensated. This includes jobs such as flight instruction, corporate pilot, agricultural pilot, banner towing, pipeline patrol, traffic reporting, and more require a commercial pilot certificate. Depending on the job, additional training and requirements may be necessary.
COMMERCIAL RATING TRAINING CONTENT
- Preflight planning and preparation
- Night cross-country flight that must include landings at three airports with one airport a total straight-line distance more than 100 nautical miles from the original point of
- Cross-country flight with landings at three different airports with one segment of the flight consisting of a straight-line distance of more than 250 nautical miles between
- Soft-field approach and landing
- Short-field approach and landing
- Power-off 180 accuracy approach and landing
- Steep Turns
- Steep Spirals
- Chandelles
- Lazy Eights
- Eights-on-Pylons
- Accelerated Stalls