Commercial Pilot Hour Building
Purpose-built hour building for pilots who already hold a Commercial certificate and are working toward R-ATP, ATP, or a first airline interview.
The Gap Between Commercial and the Airlines
A fresh Commercial pilot typically holds 250 hours. An unrestricted ATP requires 1,500 total hours, 500 cross-country, 100 night, 75 instrument, and 50 multi-engine. R-ATP lowers the total to 1,000 or 1,250 hours depending on your degree, but the sub-category minimums remain.
That is around 1,250 hours of flying to plan, fund, and complete. Doing it at $170/hr costs over $200,000. Doing it at $74/hr costs a fraction of that, which is the entire reason pilots relocate to South Florida for this phase.
Building the Right Categories, Not Just Totals
Airline applications are screened on sub-categories as much as totals. Cross-country, night, instrument, and multi-engine PIC are what recruiters look at first.
We plan blocks so each flight produces multiple qualifying categories. A late-afternoon IFR departure to Tampa returning after dark logs cross-country, night, and instrument in a single trip.
Multi-Engine Time for Commercial Pilots
Even 25 to 50 hours of multi-engine PIC materially improves an airline application. Our Piper Seneca and Beechcraft Duchess aircraft are available from $174/hr wet on larger blocks.
Most commercial pilots in our programme build the bulk of their time in singles and add a concentrated multi block near the end, which is the most cost-effective mix.
Operating Seven Days a Week
We fly 12 hours a day, every day of the week, with an in-house 24/7 maintenance team keeping the fleet available. South Florida delivers over 300 VFR days a year, so weather rarely takes a day off your schedule.
For commercial pilots on a fixed budget and a fixed timeline, availability is worth as much as the hourly rate.