Military Competency to Commercial / Instrument Paperwork Help
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This guide will help you to prepare and submit your FAA application form.
Just follow this 3-step checklist:
Step #2: Gather the other necessary documents, depending on your situation as follows:
-If you are a recent military pilot training graduate,
click here
for the rest of the paperwork you need and the process to turn it in.
-If you are already qualified in your mission aircraft, then
click here
for the paperwork you need to complete the process.
Step #3: Locate your nearest FAA Flight Standards District Office (FSDO)... that's where you'll need to go to turn in your paperwork and get your temporary pilot certificate. Click here for the FAA's FSDO locator.
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Step #1: Fill in an FAA Form 8710-1 Application:
There is an FAA online system called IACRA for processing these application forms. However, unless the FAA inspector at the FSDO who you have your appointment with (see Step #3 below) asked you to use it, we recommend that you use the following paper .pdf form instead:
- Disregard the PIC hours and months requirements in Section II, blocks 4a and 4b of the 8710-1; in the newest change to FAR 61.73, they are no longer any 10 hour or 12 month requirements. Please read the 8710-1 Guide below for more specific details on the Application form. For a blank FAA Form 8710-1
click here.
- Filling out this form can be hard, so just follow our 8710-1 Guide so you don't miss anything. Click here
for the 8710-1 Guide that will even help you with the FAR references to different types of piloting time for filling in the flying times in Section III.
- Please follow the 8710-1 Guide above first, then cross-check your completed 8710-1 against this example FAA Form 8710-1 for Military Competency to Commercial/Instrument: click here.
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