commercial pilot hours

I searched but didn't find this question asked, and argued today with a CFI about it. He couldn't explain it to me at all. His position is that 10 of the 20 hours of training on the areas of operation listed in § 61.127(b)(1) for commercial is different than 10 hours logged already doing those...

Reading regulation legalese is always fun. In regards to the total hour requirements per 61.109(a) and 61.129(a): 109 states "at least 40 hours of flight time..." and 129 states "at least 250 hours of flight time as a pilot..." Now, logic tells me that the 40 and 250 are total time, period. It...