The "official" word is here:
http://www.caa.govt.nz/rules/ACs.htmYou want AC61 for Pilot Licenses and Ratings, specifically 61-3 for PPL and 61-5 for CPL.
A "brief" summary is below...
PPL:
Bare minimum = 40 hours for restricted, (ie. No Cross Country) 50 hours with Cross Country privileges.
Realistic Minimums = 60+ Especially now that they have brought in slow flight and are soon to bring in "mountain flying"
Of this, at least 15 hours must be solo, and 15 hours dual. The rest is up to you/your instructor.
Note that if you want night flying privileges, you need 5 hours night (2 dual, 2 solo).
Cross Country is minimum 10 hours, and split into 3 parts - Elementary Nav, Basic Nav, Advanced Nav. (Check Appendix II in AC61-3) You need 1 hour Dual, 1 Solo for Elementary. 2 dual/2 Solo for Basic and 2 dual/2 solo for Advanced.
You also require a written exam credit (which means you need to have passed ALL of your PPL exams) to do cross countries now.
Reminder: These are all MINIMUMS
CPL:
6 Exams... Human Factors, Air Law, Principles of Flight and Performance, Air Tech, Nav, Met...
Bare Minimum: 200 Hours
Total Time. Depending on how you do your training (and how much private flying you do), you might be very close to this, or you might be over by a good 10 to 20 hours.
Note: If you do a "full course of approved training", you can do a CPL with 150 hours. I believe the only place that does this is Massey (maybe CTC??)
Of that 200 hours, 100 must be PinC (Pilot in Command).
You must have 30 hours cross-country, 20 of which is the CPL cross country training syllabus (Appendix II of AC61-5). The cross country syllabus must be completed within a single 12 month period.
You must have 10 hours night flying (4 dual, 5 PinC with at least 10 TO's and 10 Landings).
You must have 10 hours instrument time (minimum of 5 Dual in an actual aircraft... you can do 5 hours in an approved synthetic flight trainer)
For most, the hardest part, is getting up to 100hours PinC... as the CPL training involves LOTs of dual flying. Also, getting the requisite night flying experience. I got my PPL, did lot's of PinC flying about the place and scenic flights with friends etc so I got those fairly easily. Also, I really like night flying (have even done a couple of night cross countries up to Whangarei
and some down to Hamilton)
The cross country training gets you lots of hours pretty quickly tho... you're doing like 4hour flights as the flights need to be greater than 200nm's with 1 being at least 300nm's. It actually pays to do this both Dual and Solo as you will need the solo one to get an instructor rating.
In terms of costs... a PPL these days is somewhere in the vicinity of about $12k to $15k... depending on various factors like where you train and type of aircraft etc... obviously learning in a 172 is going to be more expensive that in a 152 or tomahawk or other 2 seater due to running costs etc.
CPL, I don't really know, because there are soooo many variables (and I don't really want to know how much I've spent in the last year or so
)
You can always look at going to one of the student loan funded organisations...
You can do it via the NMIT courses...
http://www.nmit.ac.nz/schools/aviation/avi...nproviders.aspxor you can goto Massey. I believe that Southern Wings are also NZQA certified and qualify for student loans as well.
If you are thinking about the student loan thing, you should start there as their courses are really structured around starting "ab initio"... and it can be a hassle for them and you if you want to start off with a PPL. It can be difficult for them to restructure the course and costs if you already have flight experience, so you end up "wasting" money redoing training you already have etc.
I suggest you read the PPL and CPL AC61's... then go and have a chat with the various training organisations you're thinking of doing your training with.
If you want to know anything else, just ask
cheers,
HCP
Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 5:35 am