Commercial Pilot Scenario CP2: Tampa Court Trip

This commercial pilot scenario CP2 is Jason E. Jacobs’s Tampa court-trip flight-planning exercise. Review the complete scenario brief below and follow your examiner’s instructions when preparing your flight plan.

Use the FAA Airman Certification Standards alongside the pilot checkride resources for your certificate or rating. Contact Jason if you need clarification about the assignment.

Scenario brief: commercial pilot scenario CP2

A lawyer friend overheard you are a newly certified Commercial Pilot

He owns his own plane

He would like you to fly him in his plane to Tampa Executive Airport for a hearing

Passengers and baggage

  • Guest 1 weighs 190 pounds
  • 60 pounds of luggage/documents

*Use current weather for whenever you plan to do the trip

UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED BY EXAMINER, THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT FOR THIS SCENARIO IS THE AIRPORT WHERE THE CHECKRIDE IS CONDUCTED

Before you prepare your flight plan

Keep the complete assignment above with your planning materials. Note its destination, passenger and baggage details, timing instructions, and any departure-airport or weather note. These details belong to this exercise and should not be replaced with assumptions from another scenario.

Use the related scenario library to return to the correct brief. If an instruction needs clarification, include the scenario name and the specific question in the form below. Jason’s assignment remains the source for the exercise; this preparation checklist does not add or change its conditions.

Ready for your checkride?

Review the scheduling requirements, endorsement, and IACRA information before requesting a date with Jason E. Jacobs.

Briefcase and aviation headset overlooking an airport apron.
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Ask about this scenario

Include “Commercial pilot scenario CP2: Lawyer court date” in your message so Jason knows which exercise you are reviewing. Sending a question does not reserve a checkride date.

    For a checkride request, please review the scheduling requirements first.