Dear Future Pilot,

We would like to thank-you for your interest in AIR RICHELIEU, one of the leading flight training center in Canada.

This booklet will help you to understand better what a future Airline Pilot must undergo.

The mandatory training of a future Airline Pilot starts with the achievement of the following licences and ratings to which we have detailed the requirements:

• Private Pilot training (PPL)
• Commercial Pilot Training (CPL)
• Multiengine Training (ME)
• Instrument Flying Training (IR or IFR)

We hope this little guide have answered most of your questions, and do not hesitate to contact us with any additional questions.

Hoping to see you soon,

Best regards,The AIR RICHELIEU team.

REQUIREMENTS

Age

An applicant shall be a minimum of seventeen years of age for the PPL and eighteen years of age for the CPL.

Medical Fitness and Validity

1. An applicant shall hold a Category 1 Medical Certificate valid for a Commercial Pilot License - Airplane.
2. The medical validity period for the license holder less than 40 years of age is 12 months and for a license holder 40 years of age or over is 6 months.
3. The license holder may exercise Private Pilot License - Airplane privileges until the end of the medical period specified for the Private Pilot License.
4. A valid Category 1 Medical Certificate maintains the license.

COURSE DETAIL

1. Private Pilot Program

   (PPL)Knowledge

   An applicant shall have:

   1. Completed a minimum of 40 hours private pilot airplane ground school instruction on the following subjects:
      • Canadian Aviation Regulations,
      • Aerodynamics and Theory of Flight, Meteorology,
      • Airframes, Engines and Systems, Flight Instruments,
      • Radio and Electronic Theory,
      • Navigation,
      • Flight Operations,
      • Licensing Requirements, and
      • Human Factors, including pilot decision-making; and
   2. Obtained a minimum of 60% in each of the following four mandatory subject areas as well as in the overall written examination Private Pilot License - Airplane (PPAER):
      • Air Law - regulations, rules and orders, air traffic services, practices and
      • Procedures, and licensing requirements relevant to the license;
      • Navigation - navigation, radio aids and electronic theory;
      • Meteorology;
      • Aeronautics - General Knowledge - airframes, engines and systems,
      • theory of flight, flight instruments and flight operations.

   Experience

   1. An applicant shall have completed a minimum of 45 hours private pilot flight training in airplanes under the direction and supervision of the holder of a Flight Instructor Rating - Airplane. A maximum 5 of the 45 hours may be conducted on an approved airplane simulator or flight-training device.
   2. The flight training shall include a minimum of:
      • 17 hours dual instruction flight time, including a minimum of 3 hours cross-country flight time and 5 hours of instrument time of which a maximum of 3 hours may be instrument ground time; and
      • 2 hours solo flight time, including 5 hours cross-country flight time with a flight of a minimum of 150 nautical miles which shall include 2 full stop landings at points other than the point of departure.

   Skill

   Within the 12 month preceding the date of application for the license, an applicant shall successfully complete a flight test to the standard outlined in the Flight Test Standard Private and Commercial Pilot Licenses - Airplanes (TP2655E).

2. Commercial Pilot Program (CPL)

   Knowledge

   An applicant shall have:

   1. Completed a minimum of 40 hours commercial pilot airplane ground school instruction on the following subjects:
      • Canadian Aviation Regulations,
      • Aerodynamics and Theory of Flight,
      • Meteorology,
      • Airframes, Engines and Systems,
      • Flight Instruments,
      • Radio and Electronic Theory,
      • Navigation,
      • Flight Operations,
      • Licensing Requirements, and
      • Human factors including pilot decision-making; and
   2. Obtained a minimum of 60% in each of the following four mandatory subjects areas as well as in the overall written examination Commercial Pilot License – Airplane (CPAER):
      • Air Law - regulations, rules and orders, air traffic services, practices and
      • Procedures, and licensing requirements relevant to the license;
      • Navigation - navigation, radio aids and electronic theory;
      • Meteorology;
      • Aeronautics - General Knowledge - airframes, engines and systems, theory of
      • Flight, flight instruments and flight operations.

   Experience

   An applicant shall have completed, a minimum of 200 hours flight time in airplanes, of which a minimum of 100 hours shall be pilot-in-command time including 20 hours cross-country pilot-in-command flight time; and

   An applicant who holds a Private Pilot License - Airplane or a Private Pilot License - Airplane issued by a contracting state other than Canada, shall have completed 65 hours of commercial pilot flight training in airplanes consisting of a minimum of:

   • 35 hours dual instruction flight time, under the direction and supervision of the holder of a Flight Instructor Rating - Airplane, including:
     • 5 hours night, including a minimum of 2 hours of cross-country flight time;
     • 5 hours cross-country, which may include the cross-country experience from (A) above; and
     • 20 hours of instrument flight time in addition to the experience stated in (A) and (B) above. A maximum 10 hours of the 20 hours may be conducted on an approved airplane simulator or flight-training device.
   • 30 hours solo flight time including:
     • 25 hours solo flight time emphasizing the improvement of general flying skills of the applicant which shall include a cross-country flight to a point of a minimum of 300 nautical mile radius from the point of departure and shall include a minimum of 3 landings at points other than that of departure, and
     • 5 hours solo flight time by night during which a minimum of 10 takeoffs, circuits and landings were completed.

   Skill

   Within the 12 months preceding the date of application for the license, an applicant shall successfully complete a flight test to the standard outlined in the Flight Test Standard Private and Commercial Pilot Licenses - Airplanes (TP2655E).

3. Multi engine Instrument rating program (ME/IR)

   An instrument rating is issued for aircraft in one of the following groups:

   1. Group 1 for all airplanes where the flight test was conducted in a multi-engine airplane,
   2. Group 2 for multi-engine center line thrust and single engine airplanes where the flight test was conducted in a multi-engine center line thrust airplane,
   3. Group 3 for single engine airplanes where the flight test was conducted in a single engine airplane, and
   4. Group 4 for helicopters where the flight test was conducted in a helicopter

   REQUIREMENTS

   Knowledge

   An applicant shall have obtained a minimum of 70% on the written examination Instrument Rating (INRAT) that shall include the following subjects:

   • Canadian Aviation Regulations;
   • Instrument Flight Rules and Procedures;
   • Meteorology; Instruments;
   • Radio and Radar systems; and
   • Navigation.

   Experience

   An applicant shall have completed a minimum of:

   • 50 hours of cross-country flight as pilot-in-command in airplanes or helicopters of which
     • 10 hours must be in the appropriate category; and
     • 40 hours of instrument time of which a maximum of 20 hours may be instrument ground time.

   The 40 hours instrument time shall include:

   • a minimum of one dual cross-country flight under simulated or actual IMC conditions of a minimum of 100 nautical miles, the flight to be conducted in accordance with an IFR flight plan to include at, two different locations, an instrument approach to minima.

   Skill

   An applicant shall successfully complete a flight test in accordance with the Flight Test Standards - Instrument Rating (TP 9939E)

GROUND SCHOOL INSTRUCTION SUMMARY

• Private Pilot Ground school
  • 60 hours of ground school
• Commercial Pilot ground school
  • 80 hours of ground school
• Instrument Rating Ground School
  • 60 hours of ground school

FLIGHT TRAINING HOURS SUMMARY

• Private Pilot flight training
  • 42 hours of flight, 13 hours of certified flight simulator
• Commercial Pilot flight training
  • 130,5 hours of flight
• Instrument Rating flight training
  • 30 hours of Certified Flight Simulator
  • 17,5 hours of flight

Licenses and Qualifications obtain at the end of this course

Once this course is completed, the student will have a Canadian commercial pilot license. This new commercial pilot will be able to fly non-high performance single engine and multiengine aircrafts in VFR and IFR conditions. This license will give to this new pilot the chance to work in a company. To become an airline pilot, this complete course is required. Additional Rating like Flight Instructor can be added to this commercial license. At the end of this training, the following written exams will be completed:

• PPAER » Private Pilot
• CPAER » Commercial Pilot
• INRAT » Instrument Flying

Note : All flight hours indicated above are the minimum hours required for obtaining a Commercial license. Should you already have a PPL or experience in IFR, it would be deducted from the above minimum requirements.