Qualifications
This is the minimum age one must be to receive a Commercial Pilot certificate
What is 18 years old?
This is the total number of flight hours needed to qualify for a Commercial Pilot certificate
What is 250 hours?
This is the core difference between a commercial pilot and a private pilot
What is carrying passengers or cargo for compensation or hire?
This is the maximum blood alcohol content a pilot may have when undergoing flight operations
What is 0.04%?
This certificate is the highest level of pilot certificate and gives commercial pilots more flight privileges
What is an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) Certificate?
This is the minimum required class of medical certificate for commercial privileges
What is a Second-Class Medical?
This is the minimum requirement for PIC cross-country flight hours
What is 50 hours?
This art form is something commercial pilots may engage in with appropriate hire and endorsements
What is aerial photography?
This is the Visual Flight Rules (VFR) minimum visibility requirement in Class E airspace above 10,000 ft Mean Sea Level (MSL) in statute miles
What is five statute miles?
This is the minimum age required to hold an Airline Transport Pilot certificate
What is 23 years old?
This is the minimum passing score for the written knowledge test
What is 70%?
This is the minimum number of night training hours mandated by Part 61
What is 5 hours?
This part states that you may operate on-demand charter flights
What is Part 135?
This is the maximum duty period for aerial work operations under Part 135
What is 14 hours?
These two hour counts are the minimum training requirement for an Instrument Rating
What are 50 PIC cross-country and 40 instrument hours?
This certificate must already be held before starting commercial training
What is a Private Pilot Certificate?
This is the number of dual complex or TAA training hours required
What is 10 hours?
You must hold this additional certificate to train new pilots
What is a Flight Instructor Certificate (CFI)?
These are the three elements that define a “Complex Aircraft”
What are retractable gear, flaps, and a controllable-pitch propeller?
This additional training/endorsement is needed to tow gliders
What is a Glider Towing Endorsement?
These are the three capabilities one must show to be considered proficient in English
What is reading, speaking, and writing?
This is the minimum amount of time you must log in instrument training for the certificate (can be done in an airplane or approved simulator)
What is 10 hours?
This part defines “common carriage” operations
What is Part 119?
This is the acronym used to remember required documents onboard
What is ARROW (Airworthiness Certificate, Registration, Radio License (if required), Operating Limitations, Weight & Balance)?
This certificate/rating is needed to fly multi-engine aircraft commercially
What is a Multi-Engine Rating?