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Your Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) is the qualification you will require in order to take up flying as a career. If you are interested in flying for an Airline in the future, it is the gateway to your Airline Transport Pilot Licence (ATPL).

For you to qualify as a CPL candidate you will need the following:

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      A valid PPL and Night Rating.

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    A valid Class I Medical Certificate.

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    A minimum age of 18 years or older.

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   A minimum of 200 Flying Hours

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 A minimum of 5 take-offs and landings by night with an Instructor.

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  A General Radio Licence

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To have passed the following 8 SACAA written examinations:

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Human Performance

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   Air Law

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    Aircraft Technical and General

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    Meteorology

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   Radio Aids

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    Instruments

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   Flight PlanningNavigation

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   Minimum of 100 hours flying as Pilot-in-Command. 

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   Minimum of 40 hours Instrument Training (of which 20 hrs may be on a simulator).

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    Minimum of 5 night flying hours as PIC.

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    Attended the Commercial Ground School.

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    Commercial test preparation.

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A requirement for the CPL is to attend a Ground School on all of the above-mentioned subjects and to pass their applicable SACAA Examinations.

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You must also pass a Practical Flying Test with a Grade I, Designated Flight Examiner (DE) assigned by the SACAA.

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The CPL will, on average, take you between 10 to 12 months to complete if done on a full-time basis. However, you have 36 months to complete your training after writing and passing the last subject Examination.

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The hour building stage toward the 100 hours PIC requirement can be completed at extremely competitive prices on our fleet of aircraft.

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