► You must hold a Private Pilot License (PPL (A);

► be at least 18 years of age on the day of the CPL Skill Test;

► provide written proof that you do not have a Swiss criminal record, or, if your are a nonSwiss

citizen, provide such a document from your country of origin;

► hold a valid Class 1 medical certificate issued by an « AMC » center in Switzerland;

► attend a theoretical knowledge course consisting of 200 hours, which may be followed via

the Internet through « Distance Learning » for commercial pilots (CPL);

► follow a 2-week theory course (classroom training) prior to taking the

theoretical knowledge examination;

► pass the theoretical knowledge examination covering 9 subjects in English

ATPL Theoretical Knowledge instruction replaces all theoretical requirements for the CPL

► have at least 150 hours flight time prior to beginning flight instruction training.

► Flight instruction training consists of 15 hours on single-engine airplanes (SEP) under

VFR, of which at least 5 hours must be completed on a “complex” single-engine, i.e.

with a variable pitch propeller as well as a retractable landing gear (VP/RU).

Before being admitted to the Skill Test, you have to prove that:

→ you hold a night VFR (NIT) qualification;

→ have completed a VFR cross-country flight as pilot-in-command (PIC) with a

total of at least 300 NM (540 km) in the course of which two full-stop landings at

two aerodromes different from the aerodrome of departure and a flight back to the

aerodrome of departure must be made on the same day;

→ have a total of 200 hours flight time as pilot of airplanes.

*For holders of a helicopter pilot license PPL(H) or holders of a touring motor glider (TMG)

or glider license, a maximum of 30 hours PIC flight time in such aircraft may be credited toward

the 200 hours total flight time requirement on airplanes.

*For holders of a CPL (H) on helicopters, a maximum of 100 hours PIC flight time in such aircraft

may be credited toward the 200 hours total flight time requirement on airplanes.

→ have a total of 100 hours PIC flight time on airplanes.

The privileges of holders of a Commercial Pilot License (CPL) are:

4.1.1 to act as pilot-in-command or co-pilot in commercial air transportation,

aerial work under VFR at day and meet one of the requirements for

FI;

4.1.2 to act as pilot-in-command or co-pilot in commercial air

transportation on multi-pilot airplanes if holding an IFR (IR);

4.1.3 to act as pilot-in-command or co-pilot in commercial air

transportation on single-pilot IFR airplanes if you have 700 hours

flight time of which 400 hours PIC flight time.