Licensing Flashcards
What are the min requirements for a Student Pilot Permit?
- Canadian
- 14 years old
- CAT 1, 3, or 4 medical
- 90% on PSTAR (corrected to 100%)
Minimum requirements for a Recreational Permit?
- 16 years old
- CAT 1, 3, or 4
- 60% on RPAER (or PPL exam) under each area
- 25 hrs total flight training
-15 dual (2 xc)
-5 solo
What are the requirements for applying for a PPL (age, medical, pass mark on written, GS hours, flight training hours)?
- 17 years old
- CAT 1 or 3
- 60% on PPL exam for each section
- 40 hrs ground school
- 45 hrs total flight training
- 17 dual (3 xc, 5 hood ((max 3 SIM))
- 12 solo (5 xc, 150NM with 2 stops)
What are the requirements for application for a CPL?
- 18 years old
- CAT 1
- 80 hrs ground school
- 60% on CPL exam for all categories
- 200 total hours
-100 PIC (20 xc)
65 hrs post PPL
-35 dual ( 5 night ((2 xc)), 5 xc post PPL, 20 hood ((10 SIM)).
-30 solo (5 night, 300NM with three landings)
What are the night rating requirements?
What are the requirements for VFR OTT?
- CPL and IFR are automatically given this rating
- otherwise 15 hrs dual instrument time (5 SIM) and must meet standard of knowledge required
What are the 4 group instrument ratings
Group 1: Multi-Engine
Group 2: Multi-Engine center line thrust (rare)
Group 3: Single Engine
Group 4: Helicopter
Requirements for Instrument Rating
What does qualified person mean for someone who can teach IFR ratings?
Requirements for Class 4 Instructor Rating
Requirements to get your Class 3
What is “follow up action” by TC?
You have a record of more than 3 failed attempts out of the last 10 flight test recommendations you made
How long is your Class 4 rating good for?
1 year. So make sure to get your 3 solo and 3 flight test and 100 hrs dual instruction within that first year to upgrade to your Class 3.
If it goes longer than a year you have to take another flight test.
Once you have you papers signed to upgrade to a Class 3, how long is your Class 3 rating good for?
It is valid to the 1st day of the 25th month of the date of your Class 4 flight test.
How do you get your Class 2?
How to upgrade to Class 1
What can someone do with a Student Pilot Permit?
They can act as PIC if:
* The flight is conducted for the purpose of training
* The flight is conducted in Canada
* The flight is conducted under VFR (if in an integrated course they can do Night VFR as well)
What can you do with an ultralight pilot permit?
Act as PIC of an ultra-light aircraft under day VFR and no other person on board
How can an ultra-light pilot carry another person on board?
What can you do with a Recreational Pilot Permit?
Act as PIC:
* Day VFR only
* Single engine AC only and no high-performance
* Max of one pax
PPL Privilages
Can a PPL pilot be reimbursed for the cost of a flight if they take someone up?
Yes, they just can’t make a profit, and only the pax you flew can pay you back. They have to pay you the exact cost of operating the flight and nothing more.
CPL Privilages
- All PPL privilages
- VFR OTT
- See image
ATPL Privilages
- CPL privilages
See image
What is an aeroplane class rating?
Allowance to fly a certain group of AC that require training common/specific to all AC within that group.
- Single Engine Land class
- Multi Engine Land class
- Single Engine Sea class
- Multi Engine Sea class
What is a type rating?
Issued for AC not included in the blanket type rating.
- Min crew of at least 2 pilots
- High performace AC
- More in image
What are the night rating requirements?
- 20 total hours
-10 hours total night time (5 dual, 2xc and 5 solo, 10 TO/LDGs)
-10 hours instrument time (5 SIM)
VFR OTT requirements
What are the 5 blanket type ratings?
- All airplanes with a min flight crew of one pilot, excluding high performance AC
- All gliders
- All non-powered balloons
- All Ultra-lights
- All single seat gyroplanes
What types of aircraft require a type rating?
Types of type ratings
What are the requirements for getting a type rating on an AC that requires two crew?
- Completed ground school for that AC
- 70% ON IATRA within prev 12 months OR 70% on both SAMRA and SARON within last 24 months
- or holds and ATPL
- or completed ATPA integrated course written exams within the last five years
What are the validity periods of a Class 4 and Class 3 instructor rating?
- Class 4: Valid to the 1st day of the 13th month following the month in which the flight test was passed
- Class 3: Valid to the 1st day of the 25th month following the month that the Class 4 flight test was passed
What are the validity periodes of Class 2 and Class 1 instructor ratings?
- Class 2: Valid to the 1st day of the 37th month following the month of the last flight instructor flight test was passed
- Class 1: Valid to the 1st day of the 49th month etc etc
Aerobatic Validity period
How do you renew a lapsed flight instructor rating?
- Flight test
- Flight Instructor refresher course
- Completed at least 300 hours of training within the last 24 months and have at least five flight test recommends in which 80% (4) of them passed
If you have renewed your instructor rating twice in a row by means other than a flight test, what must you do on the 3rd renewal?
A flight test
What do you need to do to get your instructor rating back if it has expired in the last 12, 24, or 24+ months?
- In the last 12 months, must pass the appropriate flight test
- 12-24 months, need a recommend from a class 1 and must pass the appropriate flight test
- 24+ months, must also pass knowledge exam
What is this?
An instructor’s flight test record. It shows the percentages of strong and weak spots where students are passing or struggling so you can keep track of areas you may need to work on in terms of how you teach the exercise
What 4 things does everyone need before taking a written exam, regardless of what rating or license it is for?
- Medical
- Identification
- Recommendation from the instructor responsible for training the applicant
- You need to be fluent in english or french
For someone looking to write the exam for a Gyroplane, RPP, PPL, CPL, or Class 4 how much flying time or groundschool do they need to have done first?
Gyro, RPP, PPL: must have completed all ground schooling and 5 hrs flight time
CPL: at least 25% of required flight hours
Class 4: all ground school and one half of the flying (right now CARs site says 25%…not sure what the right answer would be on the exam).
Instrument: must have done 5 hrs of instrument or ground time
ATPL:
* Integrated - ground school and Group 1 instrument flight test
* Other - 50% of flight time
How many days after your recommend for a written exam do you have to actually write it?
60 days
Does a foreign license holder require a recommend if applying for an equivalent or lower license?
No
After being recommended for your flight test how many days do you have to actually so the flight test?
30 days
What flight time do each of the rating need before you can do a flight test?
Gyroplane, PPL:: 35 hrs total flight time
CPL: 75% of total flying time (150hrs)
Class 4, Instrument: all knowledge and experience requirements
- One exception to that last is FIR Ultra-light Aeroplanes must have at least 25 hrs out of total flying done
TC will grant credits to foreign license holders, provided that:
- Your license is medically valid
- Your license originates from a country that is a member of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
What foreign level of license deems you have met all ground school requirements?
CPL or higher in aeroplane category
What are the two options for converting a PPL?
- Foreign license validation certificate (allows you to fly and do flight training in Canada. Once they do their CPL training like normal they will then just apply for their CPL like another else in Canada)
- Private Pilot License conversion
How long is a FLVC good for and how do you get one?
- Good for one year once approved
- Get Canadian Medical
- Fill out online form and include License, Medical, Passport, English test and email to plo-LPOpnr@tc.gc.ca
- Cost is $45
The foreign applicant who is the holder of a current PPL is considered to have met the ground, flight, and written exam requirements, if they can show a log book and license. HOWEVER, you will need to do the following to convert the license to a Canadian PPL:
- Canadian CAT 3 or higher
- 90% on PSTAR
- Complete 5 take offs and landings within last 6 months
- Need to meet Canadian experience requirements. Other countries may have lower time reqs, especially for instrument time.
- Complete an English test
To convert a foreign CPL - aeroplane to a Canadian what do you need to do?
- Canadian CAT 1 medical
- Proof that experience requirements are met (log book)
- Write and pass the CPL writen exam
- Pass the CPL flight test
- Admin crap. Submit proof of citizenship and age, provide foreign license log for evaluation, submit forms, pay fee etc etc
How to convert a foreign multi-engine rating to a Canadian one?
- Must meet reqs set out in the CARS
- If you have 50 hrs PIC on multi-engine aeroplanes or have met the standards of the state that issued the rating in the preceeding 12 months, TC may issue yiu your Canadian Multi-Engine rating based on your current one.
- If not the above or if you cant produce proof that you have satisfied these reqs, you will need to do a flight test.
What do you need to do to convert a foreign instrument rating to a Canadian one?
- Pass the INRAT and a flight test
Howndonyou convert an instructor rating to a Canadian one?
TC requires you do about half the training requirements for a Canadian FIR.
TC will asses your skills and advise you of the exact process to convert, based on the country your FIR is from
What do you need to do to conver to a Canadian ATPL?
- CAT 1 medical
- Write and pass SAMRA, SARON, and INRAT
*Complete a multi-engine and instrument flight test - Standard admin crap/paperwork
A candidate for a night rating must have…. (hours)
20 total flight hours
10 total dual instrument time
10 Night hours, of which
5 are dual (with 2 hrs xc)
5 are solo (incliding 10 takeoffs and landings)
