Completing your Commercial Pilot Licence is the last phase of a very long road. This road can be laid out as follows.

• The Private Pilot Licence
• The Night Rating
• The Commercial Ground School and Exams
• Hour Building
• The Instrument Rating
• The Multi- Engine rating (optional)
• The Commercial Pilot's rating

Each one of these phases has to be completed before that final sweaty-palmed day when you hand in all your paper work at the SACAA and finally receive your COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENCE.

For information on the other phases please refer to the relevant web page.

Commercial Licence and the requirements in more detail.

 Legal Requirements

• A minimum of 100 hours pilot in command
• A minimum of 10 hour pilot in command by night
• A minimum of 50 hours cross country (IF rating)
• A minimum of 20 hours cross country (commercial without IF rating)
• A minimum of 20 hours instrument flight time of which 10 hours may be accumulated on a simulator
• 18 years old
• Hold a valid private pilot licence
• Have completed the theoretical examinations

One of the most important aspects of the Commercial Pilot Licence is the passing of the commercial ground subjects. A lot of students progress quite fast through all the flying steps but do not seem to be able to pass the ground school portion of the commercial licence. The following subjects have to be passed:

• Aero Medicine
• Aviation Meteorology
• Aircraft Technical and General
• Radio Aids
• Instruments
• Navigation General
• Air Law and Procedures
• Navigation
• Plotting
• Flight Planning

Ground school usually lasts about nine weeks and the cost involved is R5000 including lectures and study notes.

Once you have completed the ground phase you can commence with the hour building phase. At Blue Chip we structure it in such a manner that you benefit to the maximum extents. This maximises the experience you gain in this time, rather than just flying willy-nilly and in effect achieving very little.

Once you have completed your hour building you will progress towards your final preparation for the instrument rating. (More detail on this in the instrument rating web page)

The final phase of preparation for the Commercial Pilot Licence will be done on a variable pitch, retractable gear aircraft. This is where one of those choices in life comes into play. Are you going to take the single engine route or the multi engine route? The choice is entirely up to you. Both have advantages and disadvantages.

This is one of those topics which we will end up discussing over a cup of coffee.

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