Without commenting on the specifics of your question, I must note that the
"strange wording" has existed since Part 61 was modified July 30, 1997, and
the world has not come to an end. Maybe everyone is out of step but you,
David.

Bob Gardner

"David Brooks" wrote in message
...
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