Basics
Commercial Pilot License
What is a certificate allows a pilot to be paid for flying passengers or cargo
18 years old
What is the minimum age to get a commercial pilot certificate.
Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs)
What are the rules that outline all pilot certification requirements.
A commercial pilot can be paid for this type of flying.
What is flying for compensation or hire?
practical flying skills
What are the skills a pilot demonstrate on every checkride to show safe and accurate aircraft handling?
Private Pilot License
What is the license you must earn before starting commercial training
250 hours
The minimum total flight time required for a Part 61 commercial pilot license.
14 CFR Part 61 Subpart F
What is the specific subpart of Part 61 covers commercial pilot certification.
instrument rating
What is a certification that allows a pilot to fly in low-visibility conditions by referring only to the aircraft's instruments, enabling them to fly under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)
chandelles and lazy eights?
What are the two maneuvers test smoothness, coordination, and judgment during the check ride?
Second-Class Medical Certificate
What is the Medical class certificate is required to use commercial license privileges
50 hours
What is the amount of hours you must log of cross-country time.
Airman Certification Standards (ACS)
What are the airman certification standards that define what must be demonstrated during the checkride.
Parts 119 and 135 (or aerial work operations under 91)?
What commercial pilots can be compensated for flights only if the operation falls under these parts of the FARs.
chandelle
What is the maneuver is a climbing 180° turn designed to gain altitude while maintaining a constant pitch and bank.
FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)
What is a commercial pilot certificates are issued by this U.S. agency
10 hours of flight training in an aircraft that has this feature.
What is a complex aircraft (retractable gear, flaps, controllable-pitch propeller)?
FAR Part 91
What are general operating and flight rules
commercial operating limitations
What does not allow commercial pilots act as PIC for compensation unless the flight meets these operating rules.
Airman Certification Standards (ACS)?
What allows you to pass the practical test, a pilot must meet the standards outlined in this FAA document.
Commercial Pilot Certificate
What is the certificate that is required before you can become a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI)
5 hours of night flight?
What is the amount of hours of night flying for the commercial certificate.
Part 141
What is the part of the FARs regulates flight school operations (not individual pilots).
A commercial pilot may share operating expenses with passengers only if this condition is met.
What is when all occupants share the pro-rata share of expenses?
steep spiral
What is a advanced maneuver demonstrates precise control and energy management while descending steeply without exceeding airspeed limits.