Professional pilot training · Commercial-pilot training
Commercial Pilot's Licence CPL(H)
Sloane Helicopters Flying School · Sywell Aerodrome, Northampton (Sywell) · United Kingdom
At a glance
- Training category
- Professional pilot training
- Aircraft category
- Helicopter
- Prepares for
- Commercial Pilot Licence (Helicopters) CPL(H)
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom
- Authority
- UK CAA
- Training framework
- UK approved training organisation (ATO)
- Training base
- Sywell Aerodrome
- Delivery
- In person
- Schedule
- Schedule not stated
What it teaches and what completion provides
- Teaches
- Flight training for the CPL(H) skill test (pre-flight, hover and confined area, navigation, instrument flight, abnormal and emergency procedures), on top of a prior PPL(H) and passed professional theory exams.
- Completion provides
- Preparation for the CPL(H) skill test.
- Still required
- Skill test with examiner; theory exams must be passed beforehand.
- Approval scope
- UK CAA document 31 lists 'Commercial Pilot Licence (Helicopters) Modular Flying' for this organisation.
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
- 18 (as published)
- Prerequisites
- PPL(H)
- Passed professional theoretical CPL(H) or ATPL(H) exams
- 155 hours total flight experience including 50 hours PIC (10 cross-country)
- Prior qualifications
- PPL(H)
- Required experience
- 155 hours total including 50 hours pilot in command
- Language requirements
- Not published
- Medical
- Valid UK Class 1 medical
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
35 h flight time
Includes five hours night; 30 hours if night rating already held, per school page
Advertised package hours
- Flight: 35 h
- Dual: 30 h
- Price list: 35 hours in an R22 with 30 hours dual and 5 hours night dual
School-reported typical completion
Not published. No typical completion time is estimated here.
- Calendar duration
- Not published
- Intake / booking
- Not published
Training stages and assessments
Examinations and assessments
- Professional CPL(H) or ATPL(H) theory exams
Published prices
No price is published on the sources researched for this program. Use Request Information to ask the school.
- Deposit and cancellation
- Not published
Authority records for this school and base
Verified in authority recordUK CAAUK approved training organisation (ATO)Approval
Reference: GBR.ATO.0197
Scope: Listed courses include Private Pilot Licence (Helicopters), Light Aircraft Pilot Licence (Helicopters), Commercial Pilot Licence (Helicopters) Modular Flying, Night Rating (Helicopters), Flight Instructor (Helicopters), Instrument Rating Instructor (Helicopters), Type Ratings Robinson R22/R44/R66 and Leonardo AW109/AW169.
A record for the school does not necessarily cover this specific course; the scope is shown where the source states it.