Professional Flight Training, Commercial Pilot Course

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Commercial Pilot Course

A commercial pilot licence is the last phase of a series of training modules and is 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 you can submit your licence to the SACAA and finally receive your COMMERCIAL PILOT Licence.

Let us look at the 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 completion of commercial ground subjects and examinations. Many students progress quite fast through all the flying steps but do not realize the amount of work required to complete 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 includes lectures and study notes.

Once you have completed the ground phase you can commence with the hour building phase. At LFC we structure it in such a manner that you benefit to the maximum extent. This maximises the experience you gain in this time, rather than just flying on an ad-hoc basis and in effect achieving very little.

Once you have completed your hour building you will progress towards your final preparation for the instrument rating.

The final phase of preparation for the Commercial Pilot Licence will be done on a variable pitch, retractable gear aircraft. Now you need to choose whether you going to take the single engine route or the multi engine route? The choice is entirely up to you.

Commercial Pilot Licence Quotation

Private Pilot Licence Month 1–2	Dual hrs	Solo hrs	Total hrs
Medical examination done by our doctor
Student and Private Pilot Licence fee
Chest X-rays (est.)
2 Passport photos
25 hours of dual training, 15 hours solo on C172	25	15	40
Pilot kit (required books, manuals, maps, rulers, protractors, fuel testers & flight computers)
Radio course and Licence
Private pilot lectures and courses (aircraft technical, principles of flight, air law, meteorology, navigation)
Landing fees - calculated as you fly
PRIVATE PILOT Licence	25	15	40
Night Flight Rating Month 3	Dual hrs	Solo hrs	Total hrs
5 hours flight simulator training on simulator dual	5
7 hours of I.F.R. night training on C172 dual	7
3 hours of night flight training dual on C172 navigation and circuit work	3
Issue of Night Rating SACAA
NIGHT RATING	40	15	55
Commercial Ground School & Exams Month 4-6	Dual hrs	Solo hrs	Total hrs
Ground school Commercial ground school - evening lectures for 9 weeks (covers 9 subjects)
Commercial Exams 8 subjects - written at CAA
Hour Building Month 7-9
105 hours of hire and fly solo on C172. This includes day and night navigation and local flying		105
COMMERCIAL GROUND SCHOOL + HIRE & FLY	40	120	160
Simulator training, twin rating and IF training Month 9-11
Multi engine training 6 hours dual on BE	6
Multi engine briefings	4
15 hours of I.F.R. simulator training	15
0 hours of I.F.R. dual C172	10
5 hours of I.F.R. dual BE 76	5
INSTRUMENT RATING	80	120	200
Month 12
I.F.R. Flight test done by SA CAA approved DE (est.)
Commercial Flight Medical
Issue of Commercial Licence with I.F.R. Rating
TOTAL FOR SIMULATOR & IF TRAINING + TWIN RATING	80	100	180

PRIVATE PILOT Licence
NIGHT RATING
COMMERCIAL GROUND SCHOOL
HOUR BUILDING
SIMULATOR, IF AND TWIN TRAINING
TOTAL HOURS & COST FOR COMPLETION TO COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENCE

Payment Terms: "Pay as you go" Clients need to have a minimum credit balance of R1000 at all times. This is a cost effective brake down in hours and may vary according to the students ability and diligence.