COMMERCIAL PILOT FLIGHT: NAVIGATION

Catalog description

Advanced flight course for the professional pilot candidate to meet aeronautical experience requirements of the FAA commercial pilot certificate. Primary emphasis is on cockpit resource management, advanced navigational practices and advanced instrument instruction. Students are required to spend a minimum of two hours daily, five days a week, at the airport until all course requirements have been attained. When not flying, students go through personalized ground instruction. Students must hold valid private pilot certificate with an instrument rating in an airplane single engine land and a valid FAA medical, maintain at least second class privileges and have TSA approval prior to starting course. Students must comply with university code of student conduct, Federal Aviation Regulations and policies outlined in the Kent State University Flight Operations Manual. Failure to comply may result in punitive actions, issuance of a failing course grade and/or dismissal from the professional pilot program. Special course fees apply. Actual flight training may exceed designated hours. Please visit www.kent.edu for a list of fees. This course may not be repeated without special approval. Students who do not successfully complete a flight theory course will receive a failing grade in the associated flight course.