A question that should get asked in that commercial check ride but hardly ever does is “tell me the things you can legally do as a commercial pilot under 91 as soon as you pass this check ride?”. Or a question to that effect. You should be able to spit them all out. Heck in my opinion it’s one of the most important things that should be talked about in that check ride. Most of the other stuff is mainly private all over again. Most pilots will go straight into holding out, private carriage and common carriage stuff which should be talked about but there’s definitely more to it. There is a detailed list in FAR 119.
As a dual rated pilot I knew about the exemptions from getting my heli ratings but they were never even mentioned during my fixed wing training. The fixed wing CFIs I had, never even heard of it. I’m a CFI and II in both and did heli fist. Most fixed wing guys I talk to even to this day are completely unaware of 119.1 e. Truth is they kinda know vaguely what can be legally done but they don’t know the reg. Every CFI has things they really like to point out that often gets overlooked. That’s one of mine.
So I wonder. Was 119.1 e discussed in your check ride?
Congrats on passing your ride BTW.
Also if you fly that R 44 in the heat at a high DA it’s going to fly a lot different than what you are used to if you flew it in cool weather at sea level. Your gonna be like “this thing is a dog”. Then if you fly a R22 at that same place you may never want to fly a heli again. LOL
All my training was at a high elevation in Arizona. I flew both the R22 and the R44. Flying the 22 up there and then later at sea level was like two totally different aircraft. Same goes for the 44.