| For flight professionals and pilots
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| | flight trainer. Students are only allowed
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| alike, one of the most important aspects
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| | to fly solo under special circumstances.
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| of their professional lives is
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| | Flight students must spend a number of
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| maintaining proper certification in their
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| | hours in the classroom before setting
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| job area. Whether it is a flight
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| | foot in the cockpit.
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| attendant, mechanic, or First Officer,
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| | The next level of certification is
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| everyone involved in the daily transit of
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| | private flight certification. Those with
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| the public by airplane must maintain a
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| | a private piloting license can fly for
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| certain level of certification in order
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| | recreation or alone but cannot take any
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| to remain airline staff. The problem for
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| | compensation during flight except in
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| many pilots, especially on international
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| | extreme circumstances. Pilots who earn a
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| airlines or regular international
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| | private certification must spend 40 hours
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| flights, is keeping track of the
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| | in the air before completing their
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| hodgepodge of certification standards
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| | license requirements.
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| across the world.
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| | For pilots who want to work for hire
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| The United States offers a particularly
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| | while flying, acquiring a commercial
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| strong model for flight certification and
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| | pilot's license is paramount. Commercial
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| a quick study of their certification
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| | pilots can work for pay in a number of
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| process can help flight professionals
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| | capacities, including cargo flights,
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| learn what questions to ask in their
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| | charters, and contracting out to
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| jobs. The number of certified pilots in
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| | government agencies. Pilots who want to
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| the United States has decreased over the
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| | earn a commercial license must learn
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| last 25 years, lowering from 825,000
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| | about FAA commercial regulations, pass a
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| licensed pilots in 1980 to 618,000 active
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| | test, and spend 250 hours in air to
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| pilots in 2004. There are also hundreds
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| | fulfill their certification requirements.
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| of thousands of flight dispatchers,
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| | The final level of certification in
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| attendants, mechanics, and others who are
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| | civilian aviation is Airline Transport
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| licensed by the federal government to
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| | licensing. This level of certification
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| work aboard airline flights.
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| | allows pilots to attain the level of
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| Pilots in the United States must receive
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| | captain for major airlines and regularly
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| a certification from the Federal Aviation
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| | schedule commercial flights. The
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| Administration (FAA) before taking off.
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| | standards are extremely high for Airline
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| Four different types of certification are
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| | Transport licensees, with 1,500 hours in
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| available for American pilots looking to
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| | the air required to meet federal
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| get in the air. Student certifications
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| | regulations. As well, there are a number
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| allow young aviation enthusiasts the
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| | of tests, evaluations, and other
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| opportunity to learn how to fly with the
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| | obligations that need to be met to
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| help of a qualified and experienced
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| | acquire an Airline Transport license.
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