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Commercial Pilot License
Aeroplanes
Applicants must be at least 18
years old (there is no upper limit) and hold a Category 1 medical. Flight
time must be a minimum 200 hours (of which 100 must be pilot-in-command)
and 65 hours of commercial pilot flight training. There is 40 hours of
ground school required, a written examination and a flight test.
New integrated program of commercial pilot
training
The basic CPL(A) program requires
a minimum 150 hours flying training, including all flight tests, which
is the ICAO minimum standard for an approved course. This parallels the
JAA integrated commercial course and the FAA Part 141 program. Because
this is a reduction from the present requirement for 200 hours, the program
is designed to ensure that all the necessary skills are developed. It should
be noted that by reducing to 150 hours, the ICAO standard limits credit
for use of a ground trainer to 10 hours. Of the 150 hours, a minimum of
80 hours must be dual and 70 pilot-in-command.
For the CPL(A)/IR program, 190
hours minimum flight training is required, including all flight tests.
A minimum of 100 hours must be dual and 90 pilot-in-command.
For ground school, 300 hours is
required for the CPL (A) program and 400 hours for the CPL (A)/IR program.
Ground training includes not just classroom time, but CBT, interactive
video, distance learning, and other media. It could also include preparatory
ground instruction. Fifty per cent of the ground school is to be classroom-based.
