Attention:
Motivator:
Overview:
Topic:
Time:
Introduction:
0:05
Pilot Qualifications:
0:15
Review (quiz):
0:05
Case Studies:
0:05
Total Ground Time:
0:30
Required Materials:
- Paper, Pen, Marker, Whiteboard
Instructor Actions:
- Review airman certification standards
- Baseline the discussion with a review of aircraft categories and classes
- Review private pilot eligibility requirements
- Review private pilot aeronautical knowledge requirements
- Review private pilot aeronautical experience requirements
- Review private pilot flight proficiency requirements
- Review pilot logbook/record keeping requirements
- Review private pilot priviliges and limitations
- Review documents required to exercise private pilot privileges
- Review medical certificate requirements, including BasicMed information
- Review currency vs. proficiency and how that plays into performing self-assessments
- Discuss considerations when operating unfamiliar aircraft or avionics
- Lead the student through a guided scenario
- Discuss WINGS program and have student sign up, if not already
- Present the student with a remotivation before concluding
Student Actions:
- Complete assigned reading (see content above)
- Sign up for WINGS program, if not already
- Complete or review AOPA's Online Learning Course - Transitioning to Other Airplanes
- Complete or review AOPA's Online Learning Course - BasicMed Course Medical Self Assessment
- Ask pertinent questions
- Perform self-assessment, including fitness for flight and personal minimums, as appropriate
- Make a go/no-go decision, as appropriate
Commercial Pilot (Airplane) Pilot Qualifications Airman Certification Standards:
- Objective: To determine the applicant exhibits satisfactory knowledge, risk management, and skills associated with airman and medical certificates including privileges, limitations, currency, and operating as pilot-incommand as a commercial pilot
- References: 14 CFR parts 61, 68, 91, 119.1(e); AC 68-1; FAA-H-8083-2 (Risk Management Handbook), FAA-H-8083-3 (Airplane Flying Handbook), FAA-H-8083-25 (Pilot Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge)
Commercial Pilot (Airplane) Pilot Qualifications Knowledge:
The applicant demonstrates understanding of:-
CA.I.A.K1:
Certification requirements, recent flight experience, and recordkeeping. -
CA.I.A.K2:
Privileges and limitations. -
CA.I.A.K3:
Medical certificates: class, expiration, privileges, temporary disqualifications. -
CA.I.A.K4:
Documents required to exercise commercial pilot privileges. -
CA.I.A.K5:
Part 68 BasicMed privileges and limitations.
Commercial Pilot (Airplane) Pilot Qualifications Risk Management:
The applicant is able to identify, assess, and mitigate risk associated with:Commercial Pilot (Airplane) Pilot Qualifications Skills:
The applicant exhibits the skill to:-
CA.I.A.S1:
Apply requirements to act as pilot-in-command (PIC) under Visual Flight Rules (VFR) in a scenario given by the evaluator.
Re-Motivation:
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Closure:
- Advise students that this lesson will be used as a starting point for the next lesson
- Assign study materials for the next lesson
Conclusion:
- Hard copies of the ACS and Oral Exam Guides can be purchased at: Amazon
- Digital copies of the ACS can be found on the FAA's website at: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/acs/
- The FAA provides guidance for test taking at: https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/training/pilot_tips/
- Test guides can be found on the FAA's website at: http://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/test_guides/media/faa-g-8082-17i.pdf
- To learn more about earning the practical test, visit the checkride page