Commercial Helicopter Pilot Training

The commercial license is akin to the CDL for land lubbers. You may get paid to fly an aircraft, but under certain stipulations until you have accumulated more time. If you wish to fly for the airlines, you may act as second-in-command (SIC), however most airlines require over 1000 hours to start applying. You'll graduate with the commercial license with about 150 hours for helicopter. How do you build your time up? Here's a few ways:

• Get paid to operate an aircraft Fly part 91 (private carriage) operations

• Flight instruct (with the addition of the flight instructor certificate)

• TV News (Electronic News Gathering)

• Pipeline patrol

• Local sight seeing flights

• Aerial photography

• After 1200 hours, you may fly as pilot in command for part 135 charter flights under IFR

We standardize our training by using the Jeppesen training materials for ground and air instruction, incorporating media, and printed and video materials. We also utilize training materials from a variety of sources such as the Federal Aviation Administration, King Schools, ASA, and Piper, and Cessna aircraft companies.

During your training for the commercial certificate, you will be exposed to the world of commercial operations. No matter if you are flying a small aircraft for an owner, or an airliner for an airline, the commercial license gives you the prerequisites to start getting paid to fly!

• Advanced maneuvers

• Advanced flight planning Weight & Balance

• Aircraft loading

• Understanding of advanced aircraft systems