Scottsdale Commercial Pilot Scenario: Prescott
This Scottsdale commercial pilot scenario is Jason E. Jacobs’s Prescott business-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: Scottsdale commercial pilot scenario
A friend overheard you are a newly certified Commercial Pilot
He owns his own plane and a local business with offices located around Arizona
He would like you to fly him in his plane to Prescott Arizona for a meeting, arriving as close to sunset as possible
Passengers and baggage
- Passenger weighs 190 pounds
- 50 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.
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Ask about this scenario
Include “Scottsdale commercial pilot scenario: Business trip” in your message so Jason knows which exercise you are reviewing. Sending a question does not reserve a checkride date.