COMMERCIAL PILOT TRAINING (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).