Commercial Pilot Licence Course
A commercial pilot’s licence is the last phase of a series of training modules and is laid out as follows:
- The Private Pilot’s 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 you can submit your licence to the SACAA and finally receive your Commercial Pilot’s Licence.
Let us look at the Commercial Licence and the requirements in more detail:
Legal Requirements
- 200 hours minimum flying time
- 100 hours minimum pilot in command
- 5 hour minimum pilot in command by night
- 50 hours minimum cross country (Commercial Pilot’s Licence with IF rating)
- 20 hours minimum cross country (Commercial Pilot’s Licence without IF rating)
- 20 hours minimum instrument flight time of which 10 hours may be accumulated on a simulator
- 40 hours minimum instrument flight time of which 20 hours may be accumulated on a simulator (Commercial Pilot’s Licence with IF Rating)
- 18 years old
- Hold a valid Private Pilot Licence and Night Rating
- Hold a valid Class 1 Medical Certificate
- Have completed the Commercial theoretical examinations
One of the most important aspects of the Commercial Pilot’s Licence is the completion of commercial ground subjects and examinations.
Many students progress quickly through all the flying steps but do not realise the amount of work required to complete the ground school portion of the commercial licence.
The following subjects have to be passed:
- Human Performance
- Meteorology
- Aircraft Technical and General
- Radio Aids
- Instruments
- Navigation
- Air Law
- Flight Planning
- Instrument Rating Examination (Commercial Pilot’s Licence with Instrument Rating)
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’s 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’s Licence Format
Duration 8-10 months
- Completed the Private Pilot’s Licence and Night Rating
- Class 1 Medical examination carried out by SA aviation doctor
- At the start of your training you will receive the ground school theoretical schedule, the ground school is mandatory and consists of the following subjects
- Airlaw
- Human performance
- Principles of flight
- Aircraft technical and general
- Navigation
- Flight planning and Performance
- Radio telephony
- Meteorology
- General Radio examination
- In addition to the SACAA examinations you will be required to write a the Instrument Rating Examination if you require a Commercial Pilot’s Licence with an Instrument Rating
- 100 hours of constructive building including international cross countries
- 6 Hours Multi engine training
- 5 hours multi engine briefings
- 10 hours Instrument training on the simulator
- 15 hours Instrument training in the aircraft
- 5 hours Multi engine Instrument training
- 3 hours Commercial test preparation
- 5 hours Commercial Instrument test briefings
- The final flight test will be approximately 2 hours in the aircraft and 1 hour in the simulator
Please note that these are the minimum hours required and depending on the students aptitude and diligence the hours may vary.
On completion of the Commercial Pilot’s Licence you are now ready to commence with the Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence.
Payment Terms: At enrolment students are required to contact Accounts to make payment.
Flight Training programmes
Private Pilot Licence
Whether you plan on flying purely for pleasure or a career, you have to start at the beginning. The Private Pilot’s Licence is where your adventure in aviation starts.
Commercial Pilot Licence
A commercial pilot’s licence is the last phase of a series of training modules to be completed before you can submit your licence to the SACAA and finally receive your Commercial Pilot’s Licence.
Frozen ATPL Licence
A Frozen ATPL License is when a candidate currently has a Commercial Pilots Licence with an Instrument Rating and has completed their exams towards their Airline Transport Pilots Licence.
EASA Frozen ATPL License
Progress with little or no previous flying experience from Private Pilot’s License to a Commercial Pilot’s Licence (CPL) level with ‘frozen ATPL’ and Multi-Engine (ME) Instrument rating (IR) in approximately 15 months.
Ground School
Lanseria Flight Centre offers comprehensive training required to obtain the Private Pilot’s Licence, Commercial Pilot’s Licence and Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence.
Night Rating
A night rating allows you to act as pilot in command of an aircraft after sunset until sunrise giving you more flexibility to adapt your time schedules after dark or early morning.
Instructor Rating
An instructor’s rating will give you the edge over a pilot who does not have the rating, providing you with one more avenue that you can use to gain hours and experience. It also adds experience and value to your CV and career in aviation.
International Students
We offer Pilot Training for International Students. We have an excellent reputation for training students from all over the world as far afield as the Middle East, Asia, most countries in Europe and Africa, North and South America.
Hour Building
Our Hour Building Packages for Foreign Student Pilots can be done by easily obtaining a Holiday Pilots Licence Validation. Take advantage of our great weather,over 200 runways and a high standard of flying recognised worldwide.