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Step 10 · Commercial

Commercial Pilot certificate (single-engine)

You can be paid to fly. United Aviate and SkyWest Pathway eligibility starts around here.

Requirement cited in the tracker

250 hrs total (14 CFR 61.129)

Previous: Instrument ratingNext: Multi-engine rating (commercial)

Questions

What is the Commercial Pilot certificate (single-engine) step?

You can be paid to fly. United Aviate and SkyWest Pathway eligibility starts around here.

What requirement is cited for Commercial Pilot certificate (single-engine)?

250 hrs total (14 CFR 61.129)

What comes before and after Commercial Pilot certificate (single-engine)?

Before this: Instrument rating. After this: Multi-engine rating (commercial). The quiz can move cadet applications earlier when a program will not take you past a private certificate.