Prerequisites

Before commencing flight training for the Class 4 Instructor Rating, an applicant shall hold a
Commercial or Airline Transport Pilot License - Airplane and have completed a minimum of
20 hours instrument time, of which a minimum of 10 hours shall be instrument flight time.
Before commencing ground training for the Class 4 Instructor Rating, an applicant shall have successfully completed the written examination and flight test for the Commercial Pilot License - Airplane.

Knowledge

An applicant shall have completed a minimum of 25 hours of Instructor Rating ground school instruction, which shall include:

• Practical application of the basic principles of learning and techniques of instruction;
• Preparation and use of lesson plans;
• Procedures for planning and presenting preparatory ground instruction, pre-flight briefings, in-flight instruction, and post-flight debriefings;
• Theory of flight required to teach the air exercises;
• Aircraft flight manuals and aircraft operating limits;
• Presentation of pilot decision-making concepts; and
• The use of the Transport Canada Flight Instructor Guide, Flight Training Manual, Canadian Aviation Regulations, Part IV and the Flight Test Standards, Private and Commercial Pilot Licenses - Airplane Category.

An applicant shall obtain a minimum of 70% in the written examination Flight Instructor Rating - Airplane Class 4 (AIRAF).

Experience

An applicant shall complete in airplanes a minimum of 30 hours of dual flight instruction on overall pilot proficiency and the presentation of all exercises set forth in the Flight Instructor
Guide and shall include a minimum of 5 hours of training in the teaching of instrument flight skills. A maximum 5 of the 30 hours may be conducted on an approved airplane simulator or flight-training device.

Skill

An applicant shall complete an instructor flight test to the standard outlined in the Flight
Test Standard - Flight Instructor Rating - Airplanes, Helicopters, Aerobatic (TP5537)