PPL/Student
This is the minimum age required to solo an aircraft as a student pilot in the U.S.
What is 16?
This FAA certificate is the minimum requirement to get paid to fly an aircraft.
What is a Commercial Pilot Certificate?
This FAA certificate is required to act as Pilot-in-Command for multi-crew aircraft carrying passengers or cargo for hire.
What is an ATP?
This is the minimum age required to become a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) in the U.S.
What is 18?
What is a Medical Certificate?
Before flying solo, a student pilot must receive this from their instructor.
What is an endorsement?
While not strictly required, obtaining this FAA rating is highly recommended for commercial pilots.
What is an Instrument rating?
To become an ATP, a pilot typically needs to log at least this many total flight hours.
What is 1,500 hours?
CFII is authorized to provide instruction for this type of flight training.
This medical professional specializes in the health and safety of aviators.
What is an Aviation Medical Examiner (AME)?
This document, issued by the FAA, allows a student pilot to begin flight training.
What is a student pilot certificate?
Pilots flying for major airlines on regularly scheduled flights typically need this higher-level certificate in addition to a commercial pilot certificate.
What is an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate?
This required course, introduced after 2014, prepares pilots for the ATP knowledge test.
What is the Airline Transport Pilot Certification Training Program (ATP CTP)?
This regulation outlines the aeronautical knowledge and flight proficiency requirements for a flight instructor certificate.
What is 14 CFR Part 61?
Angina pectoris, epilepsy, and substance abuse are among the medical conditions that may lead to this in a pilot.
What is disqualification from flying?
To earn a PPL, a pilot must log at least this many total flight hours.
What is 40 hours?
Beyond the required flight hours, including pilot-in-command and cross-country time, aspiring commercial pilots must pass this written exam with a score of 70% or higher.
What is the FAA Commercial Pilot Knowledge Test?
This weather phenomenon is characterized by the accumulation of ice on the airframe at a rate that requires frequent cycling of manual deicing systems.
What is moderate Icing?
This FAA test must be passed to obtain a CFI certificate.
What is the Fundamentals of Instructing (FOI) exam?
This US government body sets the medical standards for pilots and ensures their compliance.
What is the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)?
This type of airspace requires communication with ATC and a Mode C transponder, and is often found around busy airports.
What is class B airspace?
Aspiring commercial pilots must demonstrate proficiency in these specific maneuvers during their practical flight test, including steep turns and, for single-engine pilots, steep spirals.
What are the Commercial Pilot Airman Certification Standards maneuvers?
This is the FAA regulation part that outlines the privileges and limitations of an Airline Transport Pilot, and specific operational advantages of using PTP navigation over traditional ground-based navigation methods.
What is 14 CFR Part 61.167?
A CFII must demonstrate proficiency in this type of approach during their checkride.
What is an instrument approach?
This is the study of how flying impacts the physical and mental health of pilots, flight crew, and passengers, including considerations for factors like pressure changes and their effects on the body's systems.
What is aviation physiology?