CPL/H – Comercial Pilot licence

Requirements

To start training to become a commercial pilot, the following criteria has to be met:

• Minimum age before 1^st solo flight: 16 years
• Minimum age at date of license issuance: 18 years
• Positive medical fitness: Medical Class 1
  > Link to medical lows about Medical fitness test
  > List of AMC’s (Aero Medical Centers) for Medical fitness test
• Valid Austrian PPL/H with valid type rating or valid PPL/H of an ICAO member country
• Proof of minimum 155 total flight hours in helicopters
• 50 hours of these 155 hours must be as Pilot in Command
• 10 hours of these 155 hours must have been conducted as Cross-Country flights
• Proof of common knowledge in mathematics, physics and English (will be determined by the flight school)

Requirements after completion of training course / license issuance:

• 185 total flight hours
• Radio telephony certificate (EFZ or AFZ)
• English language proficiency check: minimum level 4 of 6
• Completed night visual flying course (minimum 5 hours)
• Cross Country flight and flight with minimum distance of 185 km, on which two external airports have to be flown at.

Previous Knowledge

For pilots holding a PPL/A, training can be reduced. Taken into account are:

• 20 hours of airplane flight hours
• Existing theoretical training cannot be taken into account!

For pilots holding a CPL/A or ATPL/A, training can be reduced. Taken into account are:

• 50 flight hours
• Theoretical training:
  > 010 Air law and ATC procedures
  > 031 Mass & Balance
  > 033 Flights Planning and Monitoring
  > 040 Human Performances
  > 050 Meteorology
  > 061 General Navigation
  > 062 Radio Navigation
  > 091 VFR Communications

In a personal conversation, we can discuss your individual previous knowledge and inform you about the extent of hours and subjects taken into account. These elements of PPL/A, CPL/A and ATPL/A will be deducted from the price after confirmation!