Commercial Lab

Goal

This lab will teach you to take your knowledge to the next level. By the end of this lab you will be able to be paid to fly!

Flight Syllabus

Fixed Wing

Commercial Lab is split into two semesters with Phase 1 in the first semester and Phase 2 in the second semester.

Phase 1

Flight time: 52.5 hours
Simulator Time 17.5 hours

You will either start or end your semester with a 10 hour Citabria lab. This will start with a group ground lesson to cover the differences between the Citabria and the Cirruses. You will be given the opportunity to receive your tailwheel endorsment in this time, but the endorsement is not required to proceed with the lab.

This lab is all about cross countries! You will be practicing the flow of a cross country flight as if you were the PIC of a commercial flight carrying passengers. During this lab you will complete a day PDPIC and a night PDPIC. These flights are essentially solo cross countries, but your instructor will be present in the cockpit during the flight. They are there in case anything goes wrong, but if they have to intervene then you will fail the PDPIC and have to try again.

Phase 2

Flight time: 43.5 hours
Simulator time: 6.5 hours

You will either start or end your semester with a 15 hour Bonanza lab. During this lab you will receive your complex endorsement. This is endorsement is required to complete the commercial lab.

The remainder of your lab will be conducted in the Cirrus SR20. This will be focusing on the commercial maneuvers:

Soft Field
Short Field
Forward Slip to Land
Power-Off 180
Go Around
Steep Turn
Chandelle
Lazy Eight
Steep Spiral
Slow Flight
Power Off Stall
Power On Stall
Eights on Pylons
Emergency Procedures

Rotor Wing

Flight time: 50 hours

Included in these 50 hours:

20 Hours in Turbine Helicopters which consists of:

10 hours Mountain Flying

10 hours Long Line

The remaining 30 hours will be spent on filling the aeronautical experience requirements for a Commercial Certificate and refining Maneuvers and Emergency Procedures to include:

Required Cross Country Flights Day and Night

Normal Approach
Steep Approach
Shallow Approach
Run On (Hydraulics Off)

Hydraulics Off Hovering
Normal Take Off
Maximum Performance Take Off
Inflight Simulated Engine Failure

Governor Off Pick Up, Flight, and Set Down
Autorotation To A Spot (100ft)

180 degree Autorotation To A Spot (100ft)
Hover Autorotation (within 5 degrees)

Autorotation Manipulation (S turns, Trim, RPM)

Vortex Ring State Recovery
Quick Stop

Complex Off Airport Landings (Pinnacle, Confined, Boundary Layer)

Slope Landings

Low Rotor RPM Recovery

Pick Ups and Set Downs

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