Course Description
A flight course structured to provide dual and solo flight hours to partially fulfill the flight hour requirements for the FAA Commercial Pilot Certificate. This course will provide a review of VFR cross-country navigation procedures and introduce the student to multi-engine flight. Course requires 35.4 flight hours, 3.0 hours of pre/post, and 27.8 hours of ground instruction. Hourly rates effective March 2022 are $59/hour for single-engine ground instruction and $69/hour for multi-engine flight instruction and $242/hour for the single aircraft and flight instructor and $352/hour for the multi-engine aircraft and instructor. Group 2 course.
Credit Hours
3
Contact Hours
3
Recitation Hours
3
Required Prerequisites
AVF 230 - may be taken concurrently.
Course Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:
- Per the FAA Airmen Certification Standards (ACS), explain Instrument Areas of Operation during the ground portion of the Stage 6 practical test in accordance with ACS requirements.
Application:
- Per the FAA Airmen Certification Standards (ACS), demonstrate competencies in Commercial Areas of Operation during the ground and flight portion of the practical test, and in accordance with ACS requirements.
Integration:
- Per the FAA Airmen Certification Standards (ACS), demonstrate problem solving skills when mitigating risks encompassing personal minimums and maintaining fitness to fly during the ground and flight portion of the practical test in accordance with ACS requirements.
- Incorporate these personal habits into all future flights.
Human Dimension:
- Per the FAA Airmen Certification Standards (ACS), evaluate their fitness to fly, and illustrate sound decision making and judgment.
Caring - Civic Learning:
- Recognize how their decisions and actions impact their passengers and people on the ground.
- Describe how their actions affect airport security and public perception of the aviation industry.
Learning How to Learn:
- Per the FAA recurrent training requirements, integrate prior learning and experiences to provided scenarios.
- Implement their own positive study habits as they prepare for recurrent training requirements of the FAA.