Commercial Pilot License (CPL)
A CPL is the first type of commercial license, and it enables you to receive monetary remuneration for flying. It requires many fewer flying hours than the ATPL and is therefore much cheaper to obtain. But is it the right license for you? Read on and find out.
Many pilots assume that when they get a CPL they will immediately be able to get a flying job. They think that they will be able to do any kind of flying work that exists. So is this the case?
No, unfortunately, it is not. It is a sad fact of aviation life that most pilot jobs require an ATPL, or at least flying hours well into four figures. In fact, there are not really that many careers which you can do with only a CPL.
Type of work with a CPL
So is this license worth getting? Well, possibly. There are a number of jobs you can undertake with a CPL. These include tasks like crop dusting and other agricultural flying, pipeline patrol, banner towing, air charter, sightseeing and ferry flights, aerial photography, traffic watch, and other similar careers. That sounds like a lot, but the problem is that there are a lot of CPL holders chasing comparatively few jobs.
Step Towards Becoming a Flight Instructor
One important point is that a CPL is also the first step to obtaining a flight instructing qualification and becoming a Certified Flight Instructor or CFI. This can be a very good career for many people. But the CFI qualification is not easy, and you do need to like working with people as well as flying airplanes in order to be a good instructor.
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