Commercial ticket requirements in 1975

[FlySacto]

Hi All,
Do any of the more seasoned of you remember the requirements for the commercial ticket back when Ford was president? I had a guy come in who wants to do a flight review and last logged time in 1975 with a total of about 150 hours logged since 1968. I sent him home with an 2003 AIM/FAR and told him to enjoy for a few weeks before we look at flying. When did it bump up to 190/250 tt?

Thanks... FlySacto

 

[de727ups]

Got my commercial in 1980 and it was 250, part 61.

 

[DesertFalcon]

I got my Commercial during the rule change of 1975.

If I remember correctly, it used to be 160 hours for the approved school under the old rules.

Hope this helps.

DesertFalcon

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Hi All,
Do any of the more seasoned of you remember the requirements for the commercial ticket back when Ford was president? I had a guy come in who wants to do a flight review and last logged time in 1975 with a total of about 150 hours logged since 1968. I sent him home with an 2003 AIM/FAR and told him to enjoy for a few weeks before we look at flying. When did it bump up to 190/250 tt?

Thanks... FlySacto

 

[bobbysamd]

Commercial requirements

I like Desert Falcon's disclaimer!

For what it's worth, I got my limited Commercial (I didn't have my instrument rating yet) in 1983. Part 61 requirements back then, as now, were 250 hours total and all the cross-country requirements, high-performance/complex whatever airplane, etc., and ten hours in preparation as now.

 

[FlyingSig]

Ask surplus, I think he has one of those single or double digit pilot certificate numbers.....

 

[FoxHunter]

I believe the requirement was 200 hours FAR 61, 160 hours with a FAR 141 approved school. Instrument rating was not required, or included.

BTW I had a new student at the FBO where I worked. He had a class date with UAL, and ZERO flight time.

 

[Andy Neill]

I'll back up Fox Hunter on the 200/160. I got my commercial rotorcraft in '69 and added my airplane in 76. Logged about 20-30 hours on my first airplane solo cross country (Colorado-Ohio-Arizona-Colorado) over a 2-week period.

 

[FlySacto]

Thanks for all the replies. I'll look again closer at his log book when he comes in but I know it had less than 160tt. He has a Commercial SEL ticket without an instrument rating. He also had a separate log with with a about 15 hours of time in some sort of a simulator that was signed off by an IGI. It also kind of caught me off guard when he had a high performance endorsement in 75'. I thought those didn't pop up as a requirement until 97-98'. I've revived one guy's PP certificate who quit flying in 79' with about 15 hours for a flight review and it was fun to see him get back in the air. Just a few things though with this guy that made me go, "hmmm".

FlySacto