As of this morning she has completed her commercial pilot rating! She’s had some very aggressive goals and she just succeeded in getting her commercial rating before her 21st birthday.

Very impressive! Congrats!

Nice! No soccer ball is safe now, not even at 35,000’.

Congrats! Very impressive and definitely worth bragging about.

Outstanding! Congratulations to her (and you).

Cheers to Maya!
What's next?

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Originally posted by trapper189:
Nice! No soccer ball is safe now, not even at 35,000’.

Exactly my thought! Congrats to you and her.

Are there different ratings in the commercial sphere?

Awsome!

Too cool! Congrats to her!

I was expecting Olympic archery, but this is cool as well!

What an exceptional young lady. I would be proud too.

It seems your daughter Maya has been an outstanding star from the get-go! What an impressive young lady whose Dad has legit bragging rights.
Congratulations to both parties.

Make sure to tell her that when she hits 10,000 hours she will NOT have experienced everything that can happen, she will just Think she has. It's a point where pilots tend to get cocky and some end up dead because of this. Once she hits 20,000 hours or more then she will fully understand why NOT taking any "shortcuts" keeps you flying.

Congratulations to your daughter!

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Originally posted by Fly-Sig:
Congratulations to your daughter!

X2!

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Originally posted by clipper1:
It seems your daughter Maya has been an outstanding star from the get-go! What an impressive young lady whose Dad has legit bragging rights.
Congratulations to both parties.

Took the words right outta my mouth.
Congratulations to her. You have only just begun to brag, I think.

Congrats to her, and to you! That's awesome!

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Originally posted by smlsig:

Are there different ratings in the commercial sphere?

Yes. Using FAA terminology, Commercial Pilot is not a "rating," it is a Certificate. Ratings are sort of endorsements, that indicate privileges and limitations for the holder of the Certificate.

Examples of ratings include category and class; category describes things like airplane, glider, rotorcraft, lighter than air, etc.

Class describes sub-divisions within category. Examples, airplane category has classes like land, sea, single or multi-engine.

Other ratings include things like instrument rating.

Type ratings, that specify make and model, need to be earned for airplanes with gross weight exceeding 12,500 pounds or airplanes of any weight that use jet engines.

All of this stuff is defined in Part 61 of the FARs (Federal Aviation Regulations), which make entertaining reading if you read, write, and speak fluent governmentalese.

Iirc, you were just showing pictures of her as a kid, I think in archery? How time flies.

Congratulations to your daughter and to you!