COMMERCIAL PILOT TRAINING PROGRAM

Are you ready to make the next step in your training towards your commercial pilot license? We will help you get there.

Prerequisites:

1) Hold a Private Pilot License

2) Hold a current CATEGORY 1 Medical Certificate

3) Have a high school diploma or equivilent

4) Minimum 18 years of age

Our Hourly Rate for Commercial Pilot Training:

C172 - 199/hr

C150/152 - 179/hr

INSTRUCTOR RATE - 79/hr

Training Requirements

To obtain a Commercial Pilot License, Transport Canada requires a minimum of 200 hours of total flight time. Once you have obtained a Private Pilot License, you will be required to do 35 hours of dual training, 30 hours or supervised solo training, and time building flights. This is broken down into the following:

Division VII - Commercial Pilot Licence

421.30 Aeroplanes - Requirements

The requirements in respect of an application for a Commercial Pilot Licence — Aeroplane are the following:
(amended 2006/12/14)

(1) Age

An applicant shall be a minimum of eighteen years of age.

(2) Medical Fitness

(amended 2007/12/30

• (a) An applicant shall hold a Category 1 Medical Certificate valid for a Commercial Pilot Licence - Aeroplane.

• (b) The licence holder may exercise Private Pilot Licence - Aeroplane privileges until the end of the medical period specified for the Private Pilot Licence.
  (amended 2007/12/30)

• (c) The licence is maintained by a valid Category 1 Medical Certificate.
  (amended 2007/12/30)

(3) Knowledge

Ground School Instruction

(amended 2006/12/14)

• (a) An applicant shall have completed a minimum of 80 hours commercial pilot aeroplane ground school instruction including at least the following subjects:
  (amended 2006/12/14)

  • (i) Canadian Aviation Regulations,

  • (ii) aerodynamics and theory of flight,

  • (iii) meteorology,

  • (iv) airframes, engines and systems,

  • (v) flight instruments,

  • (vi) radio and electronic theory,

  • (vii) navigation,

  • (viii) flight operations,

  • (ix) licensing requirements, and

  • (x) human factors including pilot decision-making.

• (b) An applicant who is a graduate from an approved integrated course shall have completed the applicable course requirements in section 426.75 of the Canadian Aviation Regulations.
  (amended 2006/12/14)

Written Examination

(amended 2006/12/14)

• (c) All applicants shall have obtained a minimum of 60% in each of the following four mandatory subjects areas as well as in the overall written examination Commercial Pilot Licence — Aeroplane (CPAER):
  (amended 2006/12/14)

  • (i) Air Law - regulations, rules and orders, air traffic services, practices and procedures, and licensing requirements relevant to the licence,

  • (ii) Navigation - navigation, radio aids and electronic theory,

  • (iii) Meteorology, and

  • (iv) Aeronautics - General Knowledge - airframes, engines and systems, theory of flight, flight instruments and flight operations.

• (d) An applicant who is a graduate from an approved integrated course shall have completed the applicable course requirements in section 426.75 of the Canadian Aviation Regulations.
  (amended 2006/12/14)

(4) Experience

• (a) An applicant for a commercial pilot licence — aeroplane shall
  (amended 2006/12/14)

  • (i) have completed, subject to paragraph (b), a minimum of 200 hours flight time in aeroplanes, of which a minimum of 100 hours shall be pilot-in-command time including 20 hours cross-country pilot-in-command flight time, and
    (amended 2006/12/14)

  • (ii) following the issuance of a private pilot licence — aeroplane by Canada or another contracting state, have completed 65 hours of commercial pilot flight training in aeroplanes consisting of a minimum of:
    (amended 2006/12/14)

    • (A) 35 hours dual instruction flight time, under the direction and supervision of the holder of a Flight Instructor Rating — Aeroplane, including:
      (amended 2006/12/14)

      • (I) 5 hours night, including a minimum of 2 hours of cross-country flight time;
        (amended 2006/12/14)

      • (II) 5 hours cross-country, which may include the cross-country experience stated in subclause (I); and
        (amended 2006/12/14)

      • (III) 20 hours of instrument flight time in addition to the experience stated in subclauses (I) and (II). A maximum 10 hours of the 20 hours may be conducted on an approved aeroplane simulator or synthetic flight training device.
        (amended 2006/12/14)

    • (B) 30 hours solo flight time including:
      (amended 2006/12/14)

      • (I) 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
        (amended 2006/12/14)

      • (II) 5 hours solo flight time by night during which a minimum of 10 takeoffs, circuits and landings were completed.
        (amended 2006/12/14)

• (b) An applicant who is a graduate from an approved integrated course shall have completed the applicable experience requirements in section 426.75 of the Canadian Aviation Regulations.
  (amended 2006/12/14)

(5) Skill

Within the 12 months preceding the date of application for the licence, an applicant for a commercial pilot licence — aeroplane shall successfully complete a flight test as pilot-in-command of an aeroplane, in accordance with Schedule 4“Flight Test for the Issuance of a Commercial Pilot Licence – Aeroplane” of Standard 428 — Conduct of Flight Tests.
(amended 2012/02/19)