
Commercial Pilot Certificate
For a Commercial Pilot License you need to meet the following requirements:
61.129 (c) For a helicopter rating. Except as provided in paragraph (i) of this section, a person who applies for a commercial pilot certificate with a rotorcraft category and helicopter class rating must log at least 150 hours of flight time as a pilot that consists of at least:
(1) 100 hours in powered aircraft, of which 50 hours must be in helicopters.
(2) 100 hours of pilot-
(i) 35 hours in helicopters; and
(ii) 10 hours in cross-
(3) 20 hours of training on the areas of operation listed in §61.127(b)(3) of this part that includes at least
(i) Five hours on the control and maneuvering of a helicopter solely by reference
to instruments using a view-
(ii) One 2-
(iii) One 2-
(iv) Three hours in a helicopter with an authorized instructor in preparation for the practical test within the preceding 2 calendar months from the month of the test.
(4) Ten hours of solo flight time in a helicopter or 10 hours of flight time performing the duties of pilot in command in a helicopter with an authorized instructor on board (either of which may be credited towards the flight time requirement under paragraph (c)(2) of this section), on the areas of operation listed under §61.127(b)(3) that includes
(i) One cross-
(ii) 5 hours in night VFR conditions with 10 takeoffs and 10 landings (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern).
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