Benfit To Learn To Fly....not In A Taxi...

[Stretch]

I happened to learn of this flight training that can be done on GI bill.

http://www.atpflightschool.com/intro/va_ve...CFRKfnAodyzwvrQ

[Ricky]

Do you think they would pay for an old fart like me with the use of one hand and one foot to take flight training online? hahahahahahaha

[12R3G]

An Instrument Rating is not required in order to obtain a Commerical Pilot Certificate; however, a minimum of 10 hours instrument training (5 of which must be in the Category and Class for which the certificate is sought) is required. In other words, if your commercial certificate is in single engine land aircraft, at least 5 hours of the total 10 hour requirement must be obtained in single engine land aircraft.

A couple of decades ago, the FAA lowered the minimum hour requirement for obtaining an Instrument Rating to 125 hours (used to be 200).

As a practical matter, anyone training for a commerical certificate probably wants to fly commercially which makes the instrument rating a requirement to obtain employment as a pilot. That being the case, you don't find many pilots seeking a commercial certificate (at 250 hours) without an instrument rating (obtained at 125 hours while building time for the commercial ticket). FAR 61.123 and 61.129