Commercial Mock Checkride 

The scenario proposed of the friend renting the aircraft and being the operator exercising operational control is actually okay to conduct. Here's some more information and where to find (some of) the regs covering this: You can provide your pilot services, whether holding out or not (you are allowed to hold out for your "pilot services" only), if you are not the operator and the operator is not being paid to transport the property or passengers you are flying onboard the aircraft. For this scenario, see 91.501(b)(4): "Flights conducted by the operator of an airplane for his personal transportation, or the transportation of his guests when no charge, assessment, or fee is made for the transportation". So long as the operator isn't being paid to have you fly these people, then you can legally perform the flight. There is another reg for this as well (dependent upon holding out or not, but if holding out for "pilot services" only, then you can conduct the flight), but this is one of them. However, the operator could've been paid without you the pilot knowing so that's another interesting twist. For property, see when it's allowed via 91.501(b)(7): "The carriage of property (other than mail) on an airplane operated by a person in the furtherance of a business or employment (other than transportation by air) when the carriage is within the scope of, and incidental to, that business or employment and no charge, assessment, or fee is made for the carriage other than those specified in paragraph (d) of this section;" For this, you can carry such property and be paid to do so, so long as the operator (person who hired you and would be providing the aircraft) is doing so in furtherance of his/her business or employment.

So great video and very educational. However you may want to review the discussion on Pilot Qualifications and the scenario with the “passenger” renting the aircraft and hiring you the commercial pilot to fly him to Chicago. In my opinion it would be perfectly legal for the pilot to be paid to take the passenger to Chicago. The passenger has operational control but he is not holding out to the public to take persons to Chicago. It’s no different than if the passenger actually owned the aircraft and hired you to fly him. No operational certificate is required for that situation as well as the lease which is a dry lease.

are these guys brothers i swear from the PPL video to the instrument to this mock checkride they look more and more alike 😂 you guys are awesome keep up the awesome videos!!

Commercial checkride is scheduled for Monday! Thanks for creating these mock checkride videos. They are helpful!

Got a comm CR here in a couple weeks, watching this video gave me so much more confidence in my ground knowledge.

This was awesome guys, I’m taking my discover flight next week and watching this is getting me pumped

thank you both! i passed my PPL checkride with flying colors thanks to your video on it, and will likely be doing the same for my commercial with the help of this video. safe flying!

Great job. Thanks! As we know there are many questions that can get asked but this mock checkride gives me a good idea on what to expect in general terms.

Just passed my commercial checkride. This mock was very helpful. There were a couple of things asked of me that I remembered due to watching this video. Thank you!

just in timeee thank you!

Thanks for your involvement in this video everyone. Several helpful comments have been made regarding both the dry lease discussion and time of useful consciousness. I have pinned a detailed response from a viewer on the issue of the dry lease who I believe has a correct understanding. 14 CFR 91.500 (subpart F) series is specifically written for large and turbine-powered multiengine airplanes and Fractional Ownership programs, which typically does not include flight school and personally owned planes. Despite this, we have done some research and now agree that such an operation is legal as long as the renter and pilot are not the same person. The conclusion in our video is incorrect and will be updated. We apologize for any confusion and are encouraged to see people are still gaining knowledge and passing checkrides thanks to these videos.

Really good video. My checkride was supposed to be today, but weather cancelled it. Glad I can review videos like these until I get the chance to take it

Woohooo. Nice! I watched the PPL probably 6-7 times. Helped out a lot

Ahhhhhh i watched your private and instrument rating mock checkride and i was waiting for this video to come but 😂😂 but i just took my commercial checkride Friday and i passed , I’m still going to watch this video thank you for what y’all do 💪🏽💪🏽🫡🫡🫡

I’ve got my checkride tomorrow. It’s already been rescheduled twice so hoping I can finally get it done! Great video

good work fellas

Perfect timing so glad this video came up. Have my Comm checkride on the 13th thanks guys

I have my check ride at the end of the month. I’ve been diving into common and private carriage. And I think the scenario with your friend paying is perfectly OK to fly, your legal bro.

My commercial check ride tmr been watching this video and other ones in the past few weeks. Hopefully I pass 🎉

1:05:38 Look up figure 17-1 in the 8083-25c... TUC is like 30 minutes or more at 20k feet. 30k feet is 1-2 minutes. it's above 40k feet is when you start to get down into the seconds of useful consciousness.

Just started commercial could not be better timing

why do you look the same XD

You may want to review engine roughness. The electric fuel pump is not only for starting. Floor to door would tell you fuel selector (both), fuel shutoff (off--in), mixture full rich, ill leave out throttle setting because you arent restarting the engine, and electric fuel pump on. You could have lost your mechanical engine driven pump and gravity could not properly get fuel to the distribution block. It could also be that you have the fuel too rich for the alt you are at, or climbing out getting detonation because the engine is too hot, so you have to lower the nose to get cooling.

i swear these guys are the same guy

DPE means Designated PILOT Examiners mate

I like this video because it better prepares me for my CFI mock exam. You know, the one where they wreck you for two or more hours straight just to tell you you're not ready and to come back to do it all over again in 3 weeks after you've forgotten all the information on the mock exam to finally sign me off to take my check ride with a DPE. So wish me luck, I have me 97th mock exam coming up in a few days 😂

Haw long does it take to get to Mars of the umbral check point

I dont get why i would not be able to be hire if the renter with operation control operates under part 91 (corporate) then no AOC is required. Can someone explane pls?

5:30 I believe he is wrong about the Dry Lease. He is describing it as if he were a flight instructor being hired to fly an aircraft from his flight school. With a Dry Lease, the renter is allowed to find their own flight crew. 14 CFR Part 91 Subpart K & AC 91-84 - Fractional Ownership Programs A dry-lease aircraft exchange means an arrangement, documented by the written program agreements, under which the program aircraft are available, on an as needed basis without crew, to each fractional owner.

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It would be very helpful from a studying perspective to correct him when he’s wrong. I get that on the actual check ride that can’t happen, but it would make this video more informative still loved it tho

Designated what examiners?

Confused about the your friend renting a plane no allowed thing. I thought if someone else provided the plane it was A ok?

Registration expires in 36 months and not 7 yrs

My only criticism is, please make it louder and the audio more clear. You guys are hard to hear.