With a private pilot license, you may rent or even fly your own plane. However, you may not receive payments. It is allowed to be paid by your passengers - for example in order to compensate the costs of renting a plane. Besides flying a private pilot single engine (SE) you are also eligible to obtain a license to fly a Multi Engine (ME) aircraft.
This applies to the EASA and FAA certification.
For people who want to fly in bad weather, we offer the instrument flight conditions qualification. You will learn to fly entirely on instruments - when it is not possible to fly under visual conditions. In order to achieve this rating, you must at least be in possession of your PPL.
This applies to the EASA and FAA certification.
This certification is intended for those who want to fly professionally – like for example air tours or other commercial flights. People who want to become an airline pilot must first be in possession of a CPL. Most people who want to become professional pilots will train for the complete package. This includes: single and multi-engine with instrument rating. Most companies require this from their pilots.
This applies to the EASA and FAA certification.
To be hired by the larger airline companies an ATPL is required. Future pilots first obtain the theoretical part of this license. With this so-called "frozen ATPL" and the CPL you can work as a first officer. After 1500 hours – and succesfully completing a practice exam – future pilots will receive a full ATPL.
This applies to the EASA and FAA certification.
To be able to give flying lessons - one needs a CFI rating. For this, we need at least a CPL with IR.
For EASA only a CPL without IR is required.
Here there is also a difference between single, multi-engine and instrument rating. Usually, we will start with a single engine training to gain experience as an instructor. After that, it’s possible to train for multi-engine instructor MEI or instrument instructor CFII.
This flight should be evaluated by an FAA certified flight instructor. Evaluation is mandatory every 2 years after obtaining your license and is obligatory for everyone, including flight instructors or commercial pilots who fly every day. Simply put, a flight training must be done to see if you still are able to operate an aircraft safely. Even if you have not flown for a number of years - a BFR may be sufficient to validated your license again.
For EASA it is called a training flight and applies to single engine. If a license has expired , this calls for a proficiency check. For multi-engine and instrument, a proficiency check needs to be done every year.
If you haven’t flown instrument for over a year, your rating will be expired. By an IPC with a FAA instrument instructor, you’ll make the rating valid again.
For EASA, a proficiency check need to be done every year - regardless of how much you have flown.