Commercial Pilot students are commonly required to fly additional hours as Pilot-in-command (PIC) in order to meet the minimum time required by Transport Canada to qualify for the Commercial Pilot Licence—this would typically apply, for example, to student who have not flown other than the solo requirements for the Private Pilot and the Commercial Pilot. 

If 20 hours PIC is completed during Private Pilot training, and the 30 hours PIC is completed during Commercial Pilot training, an additional 50 hours PIC would be required to meet the minimum 100-hour PIC experience requirements for the Commercial Pilot Licence established by the Transport Canada. 

As well , to meet the 200 hour total time requirements for the Commercial Pilot Licence, students on average will have to also fly an additional 31 hours PIC. Importantly, such a student would have to make allowance for an additional cost of $9234 (81 hours at $114 per hour).