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cannot fly at night. Additional training is
required to fly longer distances or to talk
with air traffic controllers.
Private pilot. This offers the most
privileges of any initial pilot certificate,
and puts few restrictions on where and
what you can fly (additional training
might be required for certain aircraft
types). A minimum of 40 flight hours and
an FAA medical certificate are required.
Commercial pilot. If you want to
get paid to fly, you'll need at least the
commercial certificate. It's a prerequisite
to work as a flight instructor, corporate
or charter pilot, or fly banner towing or
crop dusting aircraft, among many others.
You'll learn additional maneuvers beyond
the private pilot syllabus. You'll also need
as many as 250 hours of flight time; there
also are requirements for pilot in command
and cross-country experience.
Airline transport pilot. To fly for an
airline or certain other employers, you'll
have to earn an ATP certificate. You must
be 23 years old, of good moral character,
hold a commercial pilot certificate with
an instrument rating, have logged as
many as 1,500 flight hours, and complete
an Airline Transport Pilot Certification
Training Program. Depending on where
you trained or if you served as a military
pilot, you may qualify for a restricted
ATP-which allows you to fly for an airline
as second in command-at age 21 and
potentially with fewer flight hours.
Instrument rating. Train for this any
time after the private pilot certificate to
learn how to fly in the clouds, by reference
to aircraft instruments (and not the
horizon). It increases your skill and the
value of your certificate, and is a requirement
for the ATP.
Some flight schools are certified
under Part 141 of the federal aviation
regulations; the rest operate under Part
61. Although performance standards are
the same, Part 141 training has a more
structured curriculum and other requirements-which
is why the minimum
number of flight hours required for a
certificate or rating is lower at a Part 141
school. Many find the more structured
Part 141 environment to be good preparation
for airline or other commercial
flying. Most colleges and universities that
offer aviation degree programs, and many
large commercial flight training operations,
are approved under Part 141.
Drone pilot training
Considering a commercial drone pilot
certificate? Earn the FAA's Part 107
remote pilot certificate to fly small
unmanned aircraft systems-drones-
commercially. There are different
methods for obtaining an FAA remote
pilot certificate, depending upon
whether you are already a pilot. No
flight test is required.
Pilot applicants
Option 1: Take the online course.
Option 2: Take the knowledge test.
Nonpilot applicants
Unlike pilots with a current flight
review, all other applicants must take
and successfully pass the FAA remote
pilot knowledge test.
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