Timeline
Before Flight Training
Ground School
FAA Written Exam
Stage 1
Cross-Country / Night Flight
Normal/Emergency Procedures
Airport Operations
XC Planning
VFR/IFR Navigation
Stage 1
Stage 2
Maneuvers
Complex/TAA Training
Automation Management
Slow Flight / Stalls
Performance Maneuvers
Ground Reference Maneuvers
Landings
Stage 2
Stage 3
Practical test Prep
Commercial Privileges/Limitations
Practice Weak Areas
Mock Checkrides
Stage 3
Practical Test
Oral Portion
Flight Portion
Requirements
- Be at least 18 years-old
- Complete all the required ground and flight training
- 250 Hours of Total Flight Time
- 100 of the 250 hours have to be in powered aircraft and 50 hours in airplanes while acting as PIC
- 50 hours of cross-country time acting as PIC
- 20 hours of flight training toward a commercial pilot certificate
- 10 hours of instrument flight training (may already have been accomplished if you have an instrument rating)
- 10 hours of complex, TAA, or turbo-jet time
- One 2-hour day cross-country (>100NM) with CFI
- One 2-hour night cross-country (>100NM) with CFI
- 10 hours of solo time
- One solo cross-country flight of 300nm, and landings at 3 different airports, one of which must be 250nm away from your original point of departure
- 5 hours of solo flight under VFR with 10 takeoffs and landings at an airport with a control tower
- Pass the FAA’s Aeronautical Knowledge Test for Commercial Pilot Airplane
- Pass the FAA’s Practical Test for Commercial Pilot Airplane Single-Engine Land