Joining together the disjointed bits of parpagraph, the ASEL Commercial
night flying experience requirement is (pardon the long-windedness):

a person who applies for a commercial pilot certificate with an airplane
category and single-engine class rating must log at least 250 hours of
flight time as a pilot that
consists of at least...10 hours of solo flight in a single-engine airplane
on the areas of operation listed in Sec. 61.127(b)(1) of this part, which
includes at least...5 hours in night VFR conditions with 10 takeoffs and 10
landings (with each landing involving a flight in the traffic pattern) at an
airport with an operating control tower.

(many of my night flights were with pax or my instrument instructor).

Does the phrase "10 hours of solo flight in a single-engine airplane on the
areas of operation listed in Sec. 61.127(b)(1)" make any sense, or is it a
cut-and-paste error lifted from the differently worded Private requirements?
Note the word "training" does not appear in the joined-up requirement. Do I
have to do go-arounds, performance maneuvers and ground reference maneuvers,
stalls, etc, during those solo night flights? No, I didn't think so.

I didn't find this referenced in the FAQ.

-- David Brooks



Uh....David, other than your questions about night time maneuvers (which the
FARs say absolutely nothing about), what is your question? The answer to that
one is exactly the same as anything else in the FARs; The FARs are Law. AIM is
advisory. Unless otherwise stated in the FARs, you can stand on one leg and
rotate while saluting in a tutu while you do your solo take offs and landings.
They don't care. Unless it says you can't....you can....but it's unlikely you
have to.

This, by the way, will work for 99% of any regulatory questions you may have.

Now....stop goofing around on the internet and go flying.

BJ