A commercial pilot may be compensated for flying. Training focuses on a better understanding of aircraft systems and a higher standard of airmanship. A commercial pilot must be able to operate a complex aircraft, which is an aircraft with retractable landing gear, movable flaps, and a controllable pitch propeller.
| Lesson Name | Ground Time | Dual Time | Total Time | Complex Time | Night Time | XC Time | |
| 1 | Introduction to Complex Aircraft | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 2 | Stalls, Slow Flight, and Spins | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 3 | Performance Maneuvers | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 4 | Ground Reference Maneuvers | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 5 | Emergency Descents, Approach, and Landing | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 6 | Short and Soft Field Takeoffs and Landings | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 7 | Power Off 180° Accuracy Landings | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | ||
| 8 | Day VFR Cross Country | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 2.0 | ||
| 9 | Night VFR Cross Country | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | |
| 10 | Practical Test Preparation #1 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 11 | Practical Test Preparation #2 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 1.5 | ||
| Total Listed: | 14.0 | 14.5 | 28.0 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 |