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Outside a Part 142 course, how many simulator or training device hours can count toward the commercial total?

50 hours maximum.

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  1. 10 hours
  2. 50 hours ✔
  3. 100 hours

Why: An applicant not in a Part 142 course may credit up to 50 hours of simulator or training device time toward the total. Part 142 course graduates may credit up to 100 hours.

Huh, didn't know that: Helicopter applicants outside a Part 142 course can credit only 25 simulator or training device hours.

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Answer: 50 hours. An applicant not in a Part 142 course may credit up to 50 hours of simulator or training device time toward the total. Part 142 course graduates may credit up to 100 hours.

  1. 14 CFR 61.129 Aeronautical experience (Cornell LII eCFR mirror) www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/61.129
    Credit a maximum of 50 hours toward the total aeronautical experience requirements
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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