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Commercial Pilot Training

The route from a first trial lesson to the right-hand seat of an airliner: the medical, choosing a flight school, private and commercial licences, the instrument rating, building hours and airline applications.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for Commercial Pilot Training, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

What it installs.

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Pillar

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Projects

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Starter tasks

🧰 Professions & Trades

Commercial Pilot Training

Becoming a commercial pilot: medical certificate, flight school, private and commercial licences, instrument rating, building hours and airline applications.

  1. Discovery flight and honest fit check
  2. Class 1 aviation medical before paying for training
  3. Licence route map from your aviation authority
  4. School subjects and entry grades for pilot training
  5. Full cost of pilot training and a funding plan
  6. Integrated or modular training decision
  7. Flight school shortlist and site visits
  8. Personal pilot logbook set up properly
  9. Pilot document folder and security checks
  10. Pilot aptitude test baseline
  11. Twice-weekly ground school study rhythm
  12. Monthly logbook reconciliation with school records
  13. Licence, rating and medical expiry calendar
  14. Training spend tracker against the funding plan
  15. Lesson preparation and debrief routine
  16. Daily METAR and TAF reading habit
  17. Sleep, fitness and fatigue routine for flying
  18. Airline recruitment and cadet scheme watch
  19. Six-monthly simulator check preparation
  20. Circuits, landings and first solo
  21. Cross-country navigation and flight planning
  22. Private pilot licence theory exams
  23. Radiotelephony licence and aviation English
  24. Airline transport pilot theory exams
  25. Instrument rating training and the instrument scan
  26. Multi-engine rating and engine failure handling
  27. Tropical and Caribbean weather for pilots
  28. Threat and error management and crew resource management
  29. Multi-crew cooperation and jet orientation course
  30. Hour building plan to commercial minimums
  31. Flight instructor rating as a way to build hours
  32. Headset, flight bag and tablet choices
  33. Licence conversion between aviation authorities
  34. Airline, cargo, charter or corporate flying choice
  35. Loss of licence insurance decision
  36. Pilot CV and flying hours summary
  37. Private pilot licence skills test
  38. Commercial pilot licence skills test
  39. Airline cadet programme application
  40. Airline assessment day and simulator check
  41. Type rating and base training
  42. Line training to release as first officer
  43. Air cadets and flying clubs while still at school
  44. Training abroad from the Caribbean
  45. Modular training around a full-time job
  46. Returning to flying after a long break
  47. First year as a first officer
  48. Pilot pay, seniority and contract terms compared
  49. Command upgrade preparation
  50. Flying for an airline overseas

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Discovery flight and honest fit check

A trial lesson in a light aircraft costs a small fraction of a licence and answers questions no brochure can: whether you enjoy the workload, cope with a bumpy afternoon and like the people at the airfield. Doing it before committing savings or a loan means the biggest decision in this area rests on experience rather than on films and social media.

First tasks

  • Phone two local flying schools or clubs and ask the price of a trial lesson
  • Book the trial lesson for an early morning slot, when the air is usually calmer
  • Ask a pilot you know, or one met through a careers event, for a 20-minute call
  • Write your decision and the reasons for it on the evening after the flight

Class 1 aviation medical before paying for training

Airlines need pilots who hold the highest class of aviation medical, called Class 1 under most authorities and first class in the US, and a problem found after you have spent heavily on training can end the plan overnight. Booking the initial examination with an approved aviation medical examiner before any deposit or loan means you only invest once you know you can hold the certificate.

First tasks

  • Find the list of approved aviation medical examiners on your authority's website
  • Gather prescriptions, your glasses prescription and any specialist letters
  • Book the initial Class 1 or first-class medical examination
  • File the certificate and its expiry date with your pilot documents

Licence route map from your aviation authority

Pilot licences are issued by a national or regional authority, for example the FAA in the US, the UK Civil Aviation Authority, Transport Canada, or in the Caribbean the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority and the national authorities of Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and other states.

First tasks

  • Decide which authority's licence you need for the airlines you want to fly for
  • Download the authority's guidance on private, commercial and airline transport licences
  • List each licence and rating in order with its minimums and the date checked
  • Note how the authority treats training done in another country

Make it yours.

Install Commercial Pilot Training, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Blueprints are general information to help you organise your own work. They are not medical, financial, legal or other professional advice. See the Terms.