Commercial Pilot-     FAR 141

Together with an instrument rating it opens many doors to a flying career. Your commercial flight training will teach you how to operate a more sophisticated, complex aircraft, with retractable landing gear, a variable pitch propeller and more power than the trainer you used for primary training. You will learn to fly to closer tolerances and venture further away to airports on cross‐country flights. Should you decide an aviation career isn’t for you, the Commercial certification can still provide you with additional skills to further make you a safer and more confident pilot.

Prerequisites:

• 18 years of age
• Read, speak, write and understand English
• Hold a private pilot certificate
• Hold an instrument rating or be concurrently enrolled in an instrument rating course that is appropriate to the aircraft category rating for which the course applies and pass the required instrument rating practical test prior to completing the commercial pilot certification course
• Be a US citizen
• If not a US citizen, have TSA clearance

Completion Requirements:

• 35 hours of ground training
• 120 hours of flight training **per 141 Appendix D
• 55 hours of flight training as listed in 141 (d) (1)
• 10 hours of solo flight time
• Completion of all course and syllabus requirements
• Completion of the required airman knowledge exam