Flying as a career

 Take it to the next level and make flying your career with your commercial pilot’s licence (CPL)

Thinking about flying helicopters as a career? get in touch with us and ask about how to take the path to your commercial licence through Aroha Helicopters.

The CPL (H) has all the requirements of a PPL (H) plus some more:

What you’ll need for your CPL:

  • Get a minimum of 150 hours flight time

  • You’ll need to pass all the PPL exams as well as the following 6 CPL exams

    • Human Factors

    • Meteorology

    • Navigation and flight planning

    • Air Law (Helicopter)

    • General Aircraft Technical Knowledge

    • Principles of Flight (Helicopter)

  • As a commercial pilot the rules are somewhat more strict than a PPL as you will be flying for work as such a Class 1 aviation medical certificate is required.

Get in touch to find out more


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Trying to decide if doing your licence is for you? Come up and take controls for your first flight and see if it is what your after, nothing compares!