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Requirements for each Certificate:
Private Pilot Certificate
The Requirements for the Private Certificate are as follows:
17 Years old (16 to solo)
A knowledge test
Minimum of 40 hours of flight time which must consist of:
20 Hours of flight training from an authorized instructor
10 Hours of solo time
5 Hours of solo cross country time
One cross country to an airport at least 50nm away
One cross country to 3 airports, with 150nm total distance
3 Hours of night time (No solo night time required)
3 Hours of flight solely by reference to instruments, or hood time.
Instrument Rating
A knowledge test
50 Hours PIC cross-country time
40 Hours simulated instrument time
15 simulated hours must be from a CFII
One 250nm cross-country on an IFR flight plan, with an instrument approach* at each airport
*New regulation states this does not have to be 3 different types of approaches anymore!
Commercial Certificate
18 years old
A knowledge test
250 Hours flight time
100 Hours PIC
50 Hours PIC cross country
20 Hours flight training
10 Hours simulated instrument
10 Hours training in Complex or TAA aircraft
Two 2-hour, 100nm cross countries with an instructor
One at night time
One during the day time
One 300nm cross country with landings at three airports, with one point being 250nm from the departure point
5 Hours night in VFR conditions
10 Hours Solo Time
10 Take off and landings at an airport with an operating control tower
Flight Instructor
18 years old
A Commercial Certificate
Spin Training
Minimum of two knowledge tests - FOI and FIA