Commercial Pilot Licence - Helicopters - Civil Aviation Authority

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Flying training

Requirement Required number of hours Crediting for previous experience
Total flying training at least 150 hours which including all progress tests If you hold an ICAO compliant PPL(H), 50% of the hours flown can be credited, up to a maximum of 40 hours, of which up to 20 hours can be dual instruction, or 50 hours, of which up to 25 hours may be dual instruction, if you have a helicopter night rating

The total flying training requirement (above) must include the following components:

  • Dual instruction
    • Visual instruction
    • Instrument instruction
    • MCC
  • PIC
  • Cross-country flying
  • Night flying
  • Instrument time

Exact hour requirements for each of these components are set out below.

Dual instruction requirements

You will need to complete 95 hours' dual visual instruction, including the following components:

Dual instruction - visual instruction

75 hours of the total dual instruction requirement must be visual instruction, which may include one of the four options in below:

Simulator/aircraft category Hours allowed
Helicopter FFS, level C/D 30
FTD 2, 3 25
FNPT II/III 20
Aeroplane or touring motor glider (TMG) 20

Dual instruction - instrument instruction

10 hours of the basic instrument instruction, which may include up to 5 hours in a helicopter FNPT I, or an aeroplane.

Dual instruction - MCC

10 hours of the total dual instruction requirement must be MCC instruction, for which a helicopter FFS, FTD 2,3 (MCC) or FNPT II/III (MCC) may be used.

If the helicopter used for flying training is different from the helicopter FFS used for visual training, the credit will be limited to that allocated for an FNTP II/III.

Remaining requirements

Requirement Required number of hours
PIC 55 hours as PIC, of which 40 hours may be as student pilot-in-command (SPIC) and at least 14 hours solo day and 1 hour solo night flight.
Cross-country flying 50 hours, including at least 10 hours of cross country flight as SPIC, including a VFR cross-country flight of at least 185 km (100 NM), which should also include full stop landings at two aerodromes different from that of departure.
Night flying 5 hours, comprising 3 hours of dual instruction and 1 hour of cross-country navigation and 5 solo night circuits, each of which must include a take-off and landing.

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