Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)

[405.25 to 405.30 reserved]

405.31 No person shall commence a training flight unless the trainee has received from the flight instructor

• (a) a pre-flight briefing; and

• (b) where new flight exercises are to be conducted during the flight, preparatory ground instruction.

405.32 Before the commencement of a training flight, the flight instructor who will conduct or supervise the training shall

• (a) authorize the training flight; and

• (b) receive an acknowledgement of that authorization from the trainee.

• 405.33 (1) A person who conducts flight training for the issuance of a private pilot licence, a commercial pilot licence or a flight instructor rating — aeroplane or helicopter shall, for each trainee, maintain a pilot training record that meets the personnel licensing standards.

• (2) On request from a trainee receiving training for the purposes referred to in subsection (1), the person responsible for maintaining the trainee’s pilot training record shall

  • (a) certify the accuracy of the entries; and

  • (b) provide the trainee with the record.

• (3) When a trainee has completed flight training, including all of the tests and written examinations required pursuant to Subpart 1, the person who conducted the flight training shall forward the trainee’s pilot training record to the Minister.

[405.34 to 405.40 reserved]

• 406.01 (1) In this Subpart, “Personnel Licensing and Training Standards respecting Flight Training Units” means a publication concerning flight training units.

• (2) Any reference in this Subpart to the personnel licensing standards is a reference to Standard 426 – Personnel Licensing and Training – Flight Training Units.

406.02 This Subpart applies in respect of the operation of an aeroplane, helicopter, glider, balloon, gyroplane or ultra-light aeroplane in a flight training service toward obtaining any of the following:

• (a) for aeroplanes,

  • (i) a private pilot licence,

  • (ii) a commercial pilot licence,

  • (iii) a landplane or seaplane rating,

  • (iv) a flight instructor rating,

  • (v) a flight instructor rating — aerobatic,

  • (vi) an instrument rating,

  • (vii) a multi-engine class rating,

  • (viii) a night rating,

  • (ix) a VFR over-the-top rating,

  • (x) a pilot permit — recreational, or

  • (xi) experience in aerobatic manoeuvres;

• (b) for helicopters,

  • (i) a private pilot licence,

  • (ii) a commercial pilot licence,

  • (iii) a flight instructor rating,

  • (iv) an instrument rating,

  • (v) a night rating,

  • (vi) a VFR over-the-top rating, or

  • (vii) a pilot permit — recreational;

• (c) for gliders,

  • (i) a pilot licence,

  • (ii) a flight instructor rating,

  • (iii) a flight instructor rating — aerobatic, or

  • (iv) experience in aerobatic manoeuvres;

• (d) for balloons,

  • (i) a pilot licence,

  • (ii) a flight instructor rating, or

  • (iii) a night rating;

• (e) for gyroplanes,

  • (i) a pilot permit,

  • (ii) a flight instructor rating, or

  • (iii) a night rating; and

• (f) for ultra-light aeroplanes,

  • (i) a pilot permit,

  • (ii) a flight instructor rating, or

  • (iii) a passenger-carrying rating.