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Commercial Pilots License
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Once you have made it this far you are getting closer to achieving your goal, now the next step is a Commercial Pilots License. Getting your Commercial Pilots License entails having all of the above requirements, along with a few others...

You must be 18 years of age. Hold a valid 2nd-class medical certificate (the certificate you received for your private pilots license qualifies here).

Along with a Commercial Pilots License also comes an instrument rating. To achieve this you must meet the following prerequisits:

*Have logged at least 50 hours of cross-country flight time as pilot in command, 10 hours of which must be in airplanes for an instrument-airplane rating
*Have a total of 40 hours of actual or simulated instrument time, 15 of which must be from an authorized instructor



For an airplane multi engine rating (which is what you need for Delta) you must log at least 250 hours of flight time. Those 250 hours must consist of the following:

*100 hours in powerd aircraft, 50 of which must be in airplanes
*100 hours of pilot in command flight time, 50 of which must be in an airplane, and 50 must be cross-country flight
*20 hours of training of operation, 10 of which is instrument training, 10 of which must be in a multi-engine airplane with retractable landing gear
*10 hours of performing the duties of a pilot in command of a multi-engine airplane with an authorized instructor


Another requirement that must be completed within the last 2 years from the date of application is the FAA Flight Engineer written exam. Delta accept 3 types these. There are the FEB, FEJ, or FEX.