Asked 4 years, 9 months ago. Active 1 year, 2 months ago. Viewed 27k times. Improve this question. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. CPL is Commercial Pilot License Can be paid, compensated to fly, or hired by operators and are required to have higher training standards than private or sport pilots.
Improve this answer. Community Bot 1. Jim Lynch Jim Lynch 71 1 1 bronze badge. The minimum number of hours for a PPL is 40 and most pilots need around Commercial pilots need hours of PIC time, so probably more like at a bare minimum. Multi engine commercial need hours. Commercial pilots need a medical every 12 months, ATPs 6 months. If you are a commercial Part 91 pilot you only need to have your skills checked every 24 months—just like PPL.
Airlines and Part operations check the skill levels depending based on OpSpecs. ATPL in 1, hours regardless of part 61 or Good catch. The hardest part about it is finding a complex airplane especially for SEL. The maneuvers are excellent training, but not especially difficult and the extra knowledge required is not all that much.
Adding IFR is a much bigger knowledge jump. The same could be done for your first checkride. You can act as captain of a large airliner. For example, the pilot who crashed the Germanwings A flight had only a CPL and a bit over hours logged. Since it is not certified for single-pilot operations, you need a similarly qualified copilot. If you go above , you also need an IFR rating. But yes, it is technically possible to fly a transport category aircraft with a PPL and appropriate ratings.
Show 2 more comments. Carlo Felicione Carlo Felicione Dean Harding Dean Harding Are there a bunch of specific subjects? In the US, it used to be I think a 60 question test out of a bank of or question types, many of which you had to calculate the answer, but some which just required memorization. Sign In. Create Account Register. All Articles. But what if you want to pursue a career as an airline pilot? Choose your personal flight path. Airside from CAE, a digital community created for pilots by pilots.
Create Account. Also popular on Airside. Get Airside latest news in your inbox I agree to receiving personalised marketing messages about Airside by CAE products, events and promotions including offers and discounts. To work in a multi-crew aircraft the pilot must also go through a multi-crew cooperation course MCC which is often included at the end of an integrated program.
For that an Air Transport Pilot License is required. This means that although they are training to attain a CPL license, the theoretical training for an ATPL is completed already at the initial training stage.
The experience requirements to attain this ultimate license are at least 1 hours of total flight time, of which at least must be in multi crew aircraft. This means that all pilots working in multi-crew environments all must start as first officers. It is usual for airlines to demand more than the 1 hours and multi crew hours before they allow any pilot to become commander.
A commonly stated minimum figure for pilots working within Europe is around 2 hours total time, of which around 1 in multi crew aircraft. The training required is very small. The theory course has been completed in the initial training course and have been noted in the pilots CPL license.
What remains is a skill test in which the pilot must demonstrate his or her ability to act as pilot in command of a commercial airliner in a multi-crew environment. If the pilot passes — congratulations! They now have the highest level of license achievable and are fully certified to be captain in a commercial airliner.
The skill test must be done by an examiner approved by the civil aviation authority. An ATPL-holder may of course also act as a first officer or fly privately for fun. It is now up to the airline to decide if the pilot is ready to be promoted to captain.
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