You have the hours, you have the instrument rating, you need the certificate. Our accelerated CPL program is a 5-day finish in the Diamond DA40NG — chandelles, lazy eights, and eights on pylons polished to ACS, then a checkride on day six.
Commercial flight isn't private flight with a paycheck. The performance maneuvers demand pitch, bank, power, and rudder coordination in a way that exposes every shortcut you took on the way to the certificate. We polish them until they're effortless.
180° climbing turn that ends at minimum controllable airspeed in the opposite direction. Reads the airplane on the edge of stall while loading a 30° bank.
Two 180° climbing/descending turns flown to a precise rhythm. The maneuver where rudder coordination becomes obvious or doesn't.
Banked turns around two ground references at pivotal altitude — reading the wing tip's relationship to the pylon, not the ASI. Pure energy management.
The biggest reason "accelerated" stops being accelerated isn't instruction — it's checkrides. Across much of the country, pilots finish training and then wait six months for a Designated Pilot Examiner. That delay adds cost, stress, and uncertainty.
At CRAFT, DPE availability is built into how the program is planned. Exact timing varies, but checkrides are typically scheduled in weeks, not months — you finish without indefinite waiting.
"Train. Test. Finish."
Accelerated training isn't about rushing. It's about removing the biggest bottleneck in the system.
Tell us your hours, your maneuver comfort, and your target start date. We'll get you on the schedule.