REQUIREMENTS
Knowledge
An applicant shall have:
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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).