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Part141 Comercial

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I got my PPL AND IRF under part 141 I got a total of 137 hours. Do I still need to do 120 hours of comercial or can I just do the 55 required since that would put me on the minimum 190 required for CPL.

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  1. LastXdeth on Apr 05, 2022

    You have to do the entire 120 hours in the training syllabus as mandated by your Part 141 school’s curriculum which is approved by the FAA

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  2. Russ Roslewski on Apr 05, 2022

    If you go to a Part 141 school, you have to complete their “program” for each rating. A Part 141 Commercial program consists of 120 hours of flight. Therefore, yes, you would have to complete the whole thing.

    The “190 hours” is just arrived at by adding the minimum times for each rating under Part 141 – 35 for Private, 35 for Instrument, 120 for Commercial = 190 hours.

    In general terms, while Private and Instrument ratings are valuable to do under Part 141, Commercial training under Part 141 is only really a good use of time and money if you have NO (or very little) flying outside of Part 141 training programs. Anybody who has flying time outside of training is probably better off going with Part 61 for Commercial, where the minimum training times are far less (although you do then have to meet the 250-hour requirement).

    Commercial 141 programs are really only “good” for “zero-to-hero” type operations, where you’re continuously in training.

    These questions would be really good to address to the specific school you’re flying at, they should be able to answer in depth based on your exact situation, and to see if any of your non-Part 141 time can transfer.

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