Commercial Pilot Ground School
All new for 2025, the Gold Seal Commercial Pilot Ground School is the preferred first step towards the FAA Commercial Certificate. The industry's most interactive lessons, coupled with dynamic instructors and incredible 3D animation make preparing for your commercial knowledge test and checkride a breeze!
Why Choose Gold Seal?
Over 300,000 students have trained with Gold Seal. They chose it because, for almost 20 years, Gold Seal has been the most effective and engaging course available. Other courses offer video lectures (ugh). Gold Seal is different. It welcomes you into its immersive Knowledge Transfer System. This guarantees that learning is fun and easy, using the proven techniques of neuroscience!
Interactive Lessons
Forget the old way of teaching. Forget the strings of videos that other courses offer. Think of it. After watching a 7-minute video, how much do you actually remember?
With Gold Seal, lessons use interaction, spaced repetition and strategic summaries, right in the lessons themselves. Every topic is indexed and directly accessible for review. This guarantees that you learn more and learn faster.
Instructor Monitoring
Your flight instructor is a key part of your training. He or she needs to be involved, not just in your flights, but also in your ground training. This is a fact that most ground schools completely overlook.
Your CFI can join Gold Seal for free. This allows him/her to monitor your progress and fully integrate your flight training with your ground school. It's a wonderful feature.
Guaranteed to Pass
Gold Seal has the strongest guarantee in the industry. We guarantee that you'll pass your written test on your first try and have a lot of fun doing it.
Your total satisfaction is our promise. You pass or we pay!
Earn FAA WINGS Credit!
Earn free WINGS credit on approved courses when you print the course Certificate of Completion. This valuable credit provides many benefits including Flight Review credit, possible reduction in insurance rates, and the award of
Use the same email address for your Gold Seal account that's on your FAASafety.gov account.
The Gold Seal Guarantee
You Pass or We Pay*
If you complete the Gold Seal program without passing the FAA Knowledge Test, we will reimburse you for the cost of the exam, up to $175. You pass, or we pay! This is a wonderful insurance policy for you. Note that you must take the FAA exam within 7 days of your Gold Seal final exam.
If, for any reason, you decide that Gold Seal isn't for you, no problem. You have up to 90 days in which you can get a full refund. As long as you haven't completed the course, or generated the Certificate or test Endorsement, we will issue you a 100% refund of your full purchase price.
*This guarantee applies to the first time you take the initial knowledge test.
- Lifetime of the course
- One-time payment
- Includes all future updates
Renewal $60
- Lower upfront cost compared to lifetime access
- Flexibility to renew only when needed
- Access to updated content during the renewal period
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. CFIs may join Gold Seal for FREE. This provides them with full access, along with student-monitoring capabilities. It is the ideal way to integrate your ground and flight training.
Yes. When you pass the Gold Seal Final Exam with a score of 90% or greater, the system will instantly generate an instructor signed and dated Endorsement as a PDF.
Yes. Create a free account, and you receive instant access to an extensive test drive. No charge and no expiration. See exactly how it works and learn something in the process. It's fun!
Yes, you can. Any desktop, laptop, or mobile device is compatible. Anytime, anywhere. All you need is a good internet connection. Because of the detail and interactivity, we do recommend a larger screen. It will work on your phone, but you will have a better experience on a bigger screen.
Yes, and our guarantee is the strongest one you will find. Our goal is for two things to happen: (1) you are successful, and (2) you enjoy the learning process. If you complete the Gold Seal program without passing the FAA written test on your first try, we will reimburse you for the cost of the exam, up to $175. (You must take the FAA test within 7 days of printing your Endorsement. This ensures that your knowledge is fresh.) You pass, or we pay! This is a wonderful insurance policy for you.
If you don't enjoy the program, no problem. You have up to 90 days in which you can get a full refund for ANY reason. As long as you haven't completed the course, or downloaded your Endorsement or Completion Certificate, we will issue you a 100% refund of your full purchase price.
If you purchase a lifetime license, this license is paid once and has no time limitation. You will have access for the lifetime of the product.