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Commercial Pilot License
FAR 61.123 [Refer to this section for detailed information]
NEW REGULATION:
For flight training in aircraft that weigh 12,500 pounds or less,
as currently written, the rule requires every student and certificated
pilot to prove his or her citizenship status (including U.S.
citizens) prior to undertaking flight training for a new or the
addition of a certificate or rating. Foreign flight students
must complete a background check process with TSA.
To be eligible
for a commercial pilot certificate, you must:
Be at least
18 years of age.
Be able to read, speak, write and understand the English language.
Hold at least a private pilot certificate.
Meet the aeronautical experience requirements of this section
that apply to the aircraft category and class rating sought.
Pass the knowledge test.
Pass the practical test.
To exercise the privileges of a commercial pilot certificate,
you must hold at least a current second-class medical certificate.
For more information on medical certificates click here.
FAR 61.125 [Aeronautical Knowledge]
If you are applying
for a commercial pilot certificate you must receive and log ground
training from an authorized instructor or complete a home-study
course on the aeronautical knowledge areas of this section that
apply to the aircraft category and class rating sought.
FAR 61.129 [Aeronautical Experience] [Excerpt]
For an airplane single engine rating:
If you are applying
for a commercial pilot certificate with an airplane category
and single engine class rating, you must log at least 250 hours
of flight time as a pilot (of which 50 hours, or in accordance
with FAA Part 142, a maximum of 100 hours may have been accomplished
in an approved flight simulator or approved flight training device
that represents a single engine airplane) that consists of at
least:
100 hours in
powered aircraft, of which 50 hours must be in airplanes.
100 hours of pilot in command flight time, which includes at
least 50 hours in airplanes and 50 hours in cross-country flight
in airplanes.
20 hours of training on the areas of operation as listed for
this rating, that includes at least 10 hours of instrument training,
of which at least 5 hours must be in a single engine airplane,
10 hours of training in an airplane that has a retractable landing
gear, flaps, and a controllable pitch propeller, or is turbine-powered,
one cross- country flight of at least 2 hours in a single engine
airplane in day VFR conditions, consisting of a total straight-line
distance of more than 100 nautical miles from the original point
of departure, one cross-country flight of at least 2 hours in
a single engine airplane in night VFR conditions, consisting
of a total straight-line distance of more than 100 nautical miles
from the original point of departure.
10 hours of solo flight in a single engine airplane, including
one cross-country flight of not less than 300 nautical miles
total distance and as specified, and 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.
For an airplane multi engine rating:
If you are applying
for a commercial pilot certificate with an airplane category
and multi engine class rating, you must log at least 250 hours
of flight time as a pilot (of which 50 hours, or in accordance
with FAA Part 142, a maximum of 100 hours may have been accomplished
in an approved flight simulator or approved flight training device
that represents a multi engine airplane) that consists of at
least:
100 hours in
powered aircraft, of which 50 hours must be in airplanes.
100 hours of pilot in command flight time, which includes at
least 50 hours in airplanes, and 50 hours in cross-country flight
in airplanes.
20 hours of training on the areas of operation as listed for
this rating, that includes at least 10 hours of instrument training
of which at least 5 hours must be in a multi engine airplane,
10 hours of training in a multi engine airplane that has a retractable
landing gear, flaps, and controllable pitch propellers, or is
turbine-powered, one cross-country flight of at least 2 hours
in a multi engine airplane in day VFR conditions, consisting
of a total straight-line distance of more than 100 nautical miles
from the original point of departure, one cross-country flight
of at least 2 hours in a multi engine airplane in night VFR conditions,
consisting of a total straight-line distance of more than 100
nautical miles from the original point of departure.
10 hours of flight time performing the duties of a pilot in command
in a multi engine airplane with an authorized instructor on the
areas of operation as listed for this rating, which includes
at least one cross-country flight of not less than 300 nautical
miles total distance and as specified, and 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.
Permitted credit for use of advanced flight training equipment:
Except when
fewer hours are approved by the Administrator (FAA), an applicant
for a commercial pilot certificate with an airplane, helicopter,
or a powered-lift rating who has satisfactorily completed an
approved commercial pilot course conducted by a training center
certificated under FAA Part 142 of this chapter need only have
a total of 190 hours for an airplane or powered-lift rating and
total of 150 hours for a helicopter rating to meet the aeronautical
experience requirements of this section.
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