Commercial Pilot

The path requires time and hard work, but there are exciting and rewarding career opportunities in the field.

It’s important to go in well-prepared to thwart the Dunning-Kruger effect.

Congress mandated the medical certificate rule based on a 2018 NTSB recommendation after a hot air balloon carrying 16 people crashed into power lines, killing all aboard.

We get a tour of the academy’s flight line to train pilots for FAA certification in the U.S.

Opportunities to learn, network, and have fun make EAA’s AirVenture at Oshkosh a worthy destination for new or aspiring professional pilots.

Learn all about pilot scheduling and salaries.

Diamond Aircraft has introduced a new version of its DA42-VI flight training device. It provides a simulation platform for flight training organizations to use in delivering multi-crew coordination (MCC) courses in Europe and elsewhere. The company models its FNPT II-approved devices after its DA40 NG single-engine and DA42-VI multiengine aircraft—and a model that emulates both […]

For decades, pilots holding a first or second class medical were automatically disqualified from flying commercially if they were diagnosed with diabetes. Diabetic pilots are subject to losing consciousness and suffering seizures if their illness is not properly treated. To the FAA, the risk of a pilot passing out at the controls was always too […]