PPL/student
You are eligible for a student pilot certificate if you can speak, read, and understand this language.
What is English?
Minimum age to apply for a commercial pilot certificate.
What is 18 years old?
You must be this age (or older) to qualify under the standard experience pathways.
What is 23 years old?
minimum age is required to be eligible for a flight instructor certificate.
what is 18 years old?
Medical certificate class required for a commercial pilot.
What is a second-class medical certificate?
The minimum age required to acquire a private pilot license.
What is 17 years old?
Previous certificate or rating required before commercial pilot eligibility.
What is a private pilot certificate?
The FAA requires this level of personal integrity or character to be eligible for ATP certification.
What is “good moral character”?
In addition to holding a Commercial Pilot or ATP certificate, this rating is also required on your pilot certificate to be eligible for a CFI.
what is instrument rating?
To qualify for an ATP (Airline Transport Pilot) certificate, you must hold this class of medical certificate.
What is a First-Class medical certificate?
The amount of flight time a person who applies for a private pilot certificate with an airplane category and single-engine class rating must log.
What is 40 hours?
Requirements for instrument rating knowledge and practical tests.
What are passing the FAA instrument written exam and practical test?
You must hold this certificate with an instrument rating or meet equivalent military or foreign pilot criteria to be eligible.
What is a commercial pilot certificate with an instrument rating?
In addition to the requirements for a CFI, an applicant for a CFII rating must hold this specific certificate.
What is a Commercial Pilot Certificate or an Airline Transport Pilot Certificate?
These are the three classes of FAA medical certificates, in order from most to least restrictive.
What are First-Class, Second-Class, and Third-Class medical certificates?
It confirms that the pilot has met the training requirements for a particular task and is authorized to perform that task.
Flight time required in a complex or turbine-powered airplane.
What is 10 hours of flight time in a complex or turbine-powered airplane?
Before taking the ATP knowledge test, you must complete this FAA-mandated training program.
What is the ATP Certification Training Program (ATP-CTP)?
This FAA-approved course can be completed within the 3 calendar months preceding the expiration of your recent experience to renew a CFI certificate.
What is an FAA-approved Flight Instructor Refresher Course (FIRC)?
For a Third-Class medical, this visual acuity must be met in each eye, with or without correction.
What is 20/40 or better in distant and near vision, and color perception sufficient for safe airmanship?
You need to complete this in order to pass night flight training.
What is 10 takeoffs and 10 landings to a full stop or cross-country flight of 100 nautical miles?
Minimum instrument flight time required for the instrument rating.
What is 40 hours of actual or simulated instrument time?
You must pass two types of examinations one written and one in-air or simulated. Name these two.
What are the ATP knowledge (written) test and the ATP practical test?
To be eligible for this flight instructor certificate, you must hold at least a commercial pilot or airline transport pilot certificate with the appropriate aircraft category, class rating, and an instrument rating.
What is a Certified Flight Instructor Instrument (CFII)?
This table determines how long each class of medical certificate remains valid based on certificate class and the pilot’s age.
What is the FAA medical certificate duration and expiration schedule (Part 61).