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Commercial License Requirement

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Hello.

I am currently working towards my ASEL commercial license and have a question about one of the cross country experience requirements. Specifically, it's this requirement that states I need to have done:

One cross-country flight of not less than 300 nautical miles total distance, with landings at a minimum of three points, one of which is a straight-line distance of at least 250 nautical miles from the original departure point.

I was going through my logbook and I see several trips I took that where I flew somewhere, spent the night, and then flew back.

Here's one example:

I flew from KDAB to KBCT to KEYW. Then the next morning I flew the return trip of KEYW to KBCT to KDAB.

So, that boils down to a total distance of 632NM, with landings at 3 different airports one of which was a straight-line distance of 279NM from the original departure point.

My question is does this count towards the requirement if I slept in between legs? I can do another cross country specifically to meet this requirement if need be but if I don't have to, that would save me a little money.

Your thoughts and comments are appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help.

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  1. Kris Kortokrax on Apr 08, 2014

    Where in the regulation does it state that the flight must be done in one day?
    I would say that the flight meets the requirements.

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  2. vne147 on Apr 09, 2014

    Kris,

    Thanks for the input. I consider that requirement checked off.

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  3. Jim MacKay on Apr 11, 2014

    I agree with Kris and you should be good to go. As a belt and suspenders move I would simply give the DPE a call and tell him your intentions.

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