COMMERCIAL PILOTS LICENSE

COMMERCIAL PILOTS LICENSE

Here you will take the skills you learned in your Private Pilot License and perfect / polish them as you advance into a professional commercial pilot. You will learn more advanced instrument flying. The Commercial License requires a minimum of 200 hours total time, this includes hours flown while training for the Private License.

Admission Requirements

• It is recommended that you are educated to a Canadian High School graduate standard or equivalent. Potential students not meeting this standard will be assessed on an individual basis.
• Candidates must have a working knowledge of the English language.
• Meet the standard of a Transport Canada Category 1 Aviation Medical Examination.
• Must be a Canadian citizen, landed immigrant or person lawfully admitted into Canada for the purpose of flight training.
• Must be a minimum of 18 years of age to be licensed, however you may begin your training prior to your 18th birthday.
  Candidates must possess a Private Pilot License.

The lessons will be structured somewhat differently than the Private Pilot License course in that for every hour of dual flying, you will perform two to three hours of solo practice. The instrument training focuses on control of the aircraft with sole reference to the aircraft flight instruments. This training will form a solid basis for your instrument rating.

Ground Training

Transport Canada requires a minimum of 80 hours of CPL Aeroplane ground school instruction. This must include the following material: You will also have to obtain a min of 60% in all 4 categories on the TC-CPAER written exam.

It includes the following material:

• Air Regulations and Licensing Requirements
• Aerodynamics and Theory of Flight
• Meteorology
• Air Frames, Engines and Systems.
• Flight Instruments
• Radio and Electronics Theory
• Navigation
• Flight Operations
• Licensing Requirements
• Human Factors including Pilot Decision Making

Licensing Requirements

Upon completion, the candidate must have a minimum of 200 hours total time, of which, 100 hours must be pilot-in-command. (Includes hours from Private Pilot Course.) A minimum of 30 hours solo and 35 hours dual is required on course. The breakdown of requirements are as follows:

• 35 hours of dual flight instruction
• 20 hours instrument (10 hours of the 20 hours may be conducted on an approved aeroplane simulator)
• 5 hours night flight, including a min of 2 hrs of cross-country
• 30 Hours solo flight under supervision of an instructor
• 300 nm radius cross-country from point of departure
• A minimum of 80 hours of ground school
• Must pass Transport Canada written and flight exams