Topic Category: Checkride Prep

IFR Checkride FLIGHT

What you do… What happens on an IFR checkride?  Read the script below from what other students were asked to do on their checkrides: Depart the airport under IFR on a flight plan for a fictitious cross country the DPE asked you to plan. (you put on the hood or foggles shortly after takeoff using the three-part exchange… Continue reading IFR Checkride FLIGHT

Keeping up with Regulations

Keeping up with the latest and greatest! So you’re probably going to be a commercial pilot for many years to come.  And as time goes by it is inevitable that things WILL change, especially in the rules we follow as pilots. There are a couple good ways to keep up on the changes and be… Continue reading Keeping up with Regulations

Maintenance Responsibilities

Maintenance Responsibilities as a Commercial Pilot Title 14 CFR 91.405 Designated the “owner and operator” as being responsible for the maintenance of an airplane and ensuring it is in airworthy and legal status to fly. The caveat here is that although you may not own any of the airplanes you are flying as a commercial… Continue reading Maintenance Responsibilities

VFR Comm Pilot Scenario 2

Charter Flying Congrats on getting a new gig flying a Cirrus! KTVC 230412Z AUTO 23006KT 1 3/4SM -SN SCT018 OVC025 M08/M11 A2991 RMK AO2 P0000 T10831111 KTVC 230347Z 0304/0404 23010G18KT 2SM -SHSN OVC025 FM230800 22009KT 2SM -SHSN OVC025 FM231300 26006KT 1 1/2SM -SHSN OVC025 FM231800 33011G21KT 2SM -SHSN BLSN OVC025 FM232100 34012G23KT 4SM -SHSN BLSN… Continue reading VFR Comm Pilot Scenario 2

VFR Comm Pilot Scenario 1

A very bad first day on the job…. Congrats!  You are now a commercial pilot!  You just got hired at a scenic tour company with a 91.147 LOA to do scenic flights.  It’s your first day on the job and you already have a married couple you will be taking on a Sunset flight down… Continue reading VFR Comm Pilot Scenario 1

Holding Out

What is Holding Out? Think of holding out as holding out your hand to anyone in the public and asking for money.  It really is that simple.  If you are asking someone to pay you in exchange for flying them somewhere, then you are “holding out”.  The regs prohibit commercial pilots from “holding themselves out… Continue reading Holding Out

What to Expect on Your Flight

What will your flight look like? Preflight First as you walk around the aircraft together after your oral is complete, the examiner will ask you some questions about the systems, antennas, documents, and other things about your airplane now that he is looking at it with you.  You’ll hop in the plane and give the… Continue reading What to Expect on Your Flight

Steep Spirals

Steep Spirals So imagine you are flying along fat, dumb, and happy (or imagine your friend is flying along fat and dumb if you’re insecure) at 10,500′ and all of a sudden your engine quits.  You notice an airport just a few miles away and start gliding towards it as you run your emergency checklists. … Continue reading Steep Spirals