Commercial Pilot License
Description
The Commercial Pilot Licence is the minimum licence required to be employed as a pilot.
Requirements
You must be 18 years old to get the license, and 14 years old to solo. You will also need at least a Category 1 medical.
You must have completed a minimum of 80 hours [ amended 2006/12/14; previous version ] commercial pilot aeroplane ground school instruction on the following subjects:
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Canadian Aviation Regulations / Aerodynamics and Theory of Flight / Meteorology / Airframes / Engines and Systems / Flight Instruments / Radio and Electronic Theory, Navigation / Flight Operations / Licensing Requirements / Human factors including pilot decision-making;
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Obtained a minimum of 60% in the written examination Commercial Pilot Licence - Aeroplane (CPAER).
A minimum of 200 hours flight time in aeroplanes, a minimum of 100 hours shall be pilot in command time including 20 hours cross-country pilot-in-command flight time and:
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35 hours dual instruction time:
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5 hours night, including a minimum of 2 hours of cross-country flight time
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5 hours cross-country, which may include the cross-country experience from (i) above
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20 hours of instrument flight time in addition to the experience stated in (i) and (ii) above. A maximum 10 hours of the 20 hours may be conducted on an approved aeroplane simulator or flight training device
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30 hours solo flight time including:
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25 hours solo flight time 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
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5 hours solo flight time by night during which a minimum of 10 takeoffs, circuits and landings were completed
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Skills
An applicant shall successfully complete a flight test to the standard outlined in the Flight Test Guide - Commercial Pilot Licence - Aeroplane (TP13462E).