Professional pilot training · Commercial-pilot training
Professional Programs (Basic, #1, #2, #3)
Pilotsmith · United States
At a glance
- Training category
- Professional pilot training
- Aircraft category
- Fixed-wing (aeroplane)
- Prepares for
- Private Pilot, Instrument Rating and Commercial Pilot certificates (airplane), optional CFI and multi-engine
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Authority
- FAA
- Training framework
- FAA Part 141 pilot school certificate
- Training base
- Base not specified by the source
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Basic program covers private pilot, instrument rating and single-engine commercial; Professional programs 1-3 add CFI, multi-engine commercial and CFI-instrument / multi-engine instructor. The page mentions a reduced flight hour commercial program.
- Completion provides
- Not stated on the page.
- Still required
- Not stated by the school. Check the authority's requirements.
- Approval scope
- Page refers to these programs as Professional Part 141 Flight Training.
A course completion certificate is not necessarily a pilot licence or rating. The licensing authority issues licences and ratings after its own requirements are met.
Entry requirements
- Minimum age
- Not published
- Prerequisites
- Not published
- Prior qualifications
- Not published
- Required experience
- Not published
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- Not stated by the school
Only an official aeromedical assessment can establish medical fitness. This site does not decide eligibility.
Duration and hours
These figures answer different questions and must not be read as one another. Weather, aircraft availability, student progress, examinations and scheduling all affect real completion time.
Regulatory minimum
Not recorded for this program.
Advertised package hours
Not published.
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Published prices
USD 79Instructor, per hourprice date 16 October 2026
Hourly charge for the instructor only.
Non-Cirrus instruction per hour (senior/chief instructor $85/hr). Rates page lists aircraft rentals separately, before fuel surcharge.
- Ground instruction:
- Not stated
- Simulator time:
- Not stated
- Fuel:
- Not stated
- Rental basis:
- Not stated
- Taxes:
- Not stated
- Landing fees:
- Not stated
- Examinations:
- Not stated
- Medical examination:
- Not stated
- Equipment:
- Not stated
- Accommodation:
- Not stated
Source: pilotsmith.com/rates/
Prices are shown in the original currency on the date given and are not converted. Hourly rates and package prices answer different questions and are not compared here. Check the school for current prices.
- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Stated by the schoolFAAFAA Part 141 pilot school certificateCertificate
Scope: Scope not stated on the page.
Stated by the schoolFAAFAA Part 61 (instructor-based training, no school certificate)No school certificate applies
Scope: Informal Part 61 programs.
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.