Inter-State Aviation is an FAA Part 141 Flight Training school, which means Inter-State Aviation has met certain provisions under Part 141 of the Federal Aviation Regulations and obtained their Pilot School Certificate. Below are the requirements a student must meet to become a certified Commercial Pilot under Part 141 of the Federal Aviation Regulations.

Aeronautical Knowledge

◘ 35 hours of ground training from a certified ground instructor to include:

• Federal Aviation Regulations that apply to commercial pilot privileges, limitations, and flight operations.

• Accident reporting requirements of the National Transportation Safety Board.

• Basic aerodynamics and the principles of flight.

• Meteorology, to include recognition of critical weather situations, windshear recognition and avoidance, and the use of aeronautical weather reports and forecasts.

• Safe and efficient operation of aircraft.

• Weight and balance computations.

• Use of performance charts.

• Significance and effects of exceeding aircraft performance limitations.

• Use of aeronautical charts and a magnetic compass for pilotage and dead reckoning.

• Use of air navigation facilities.

• Aeronautical decision making and judgment.

• Principles and functions of aircraft systems.

• Maneuvers, procedures, and emergency operations appropriate to the aircraft.

• Night and high-altitude operations.

• Descriptions of and procedures for operating within the National Airspace System.

• Procedures for flight and ground training for lighter-than-air ratings.

Flight Training

◘ 120 total hours of flight training (Private Pilot and Instrument Dual Flight Training hours count towards this) to include:

- Preflight preparation.

- Preflight procedures.

- Airport and seaplane base operations.

- Takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds.

- Performance maneuvers.

- Navigation.

- Slow flight and stalls.

- Emergency operations.

- High-altitude operations.

- Postflight procedures.

◘ 55 hours of commercial certification flight training from a certified flight instructor to include:

• 5 hours of instrument training in a single-engine airplane.

• 10 hours of training in a single-engine airplane that has retractable landing gear, flaps, and a controllable pitch propeller, or is turbine-powered.

• One cross-country flight in a single-engine airplane of at least a 2-hour duration, a total straight-line distance of more than 100 nautical miles from the original point of departure, and occurring in day VFR conditions.

• 3 hours in a single-engine airplane in preparation for the practical test within 60 days preceding the date of the test.

Solo Flight Training

◘ 10 hours of solo flight training in a single-engine airplane to include:

- Preflight preparation.

- Preflight procedures.

- Airport and seaplane base operations.

- Takeoffs, landings, and go-arounds.

- Performance maneuvers.

- Navigation.

- Slow flight and stalls.

- Emergency operations.

- High-altitude operations.

- Postflight procedures.

• One cross-country flight, if the training is being performed in a state other than Hawaii, with landings at a minimum of three points, and one segment of the flight consisting of a straight-line distance of at least 250 nautical miles.

• 5 hours in night VFR conditions with 10 take-offs and 10 landings (with each landing involving a flight with a traffic pattern) at an airport with an operating control tower.