Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)

Regulations are current to 2013-05-26 and last amended on 2012-07-04. Previous Versions

Division II — Testing

Examination Prerequisites

  • 401.13 (1) Prior to taking a written examination, an applicant for a flight crew permit, licence or rating shall meet the prerequisites for the examination set out in the personnel licensing standards with respect to

    • (a) medical fitness;

    • (b) identification;

    • (c) a recommendation from the flight instructor who is responsible for the training of the applicant; and

    • (d) experience.

  • (2) The applicant for a flight crew permit, licence or rating must be sufficiently competent in one of the official languages to be able to read the examination questions and to write the answers without assistance.

  • SOR/2001-49, s. 8.

Flight Test Prerequisites

401.14 Prior to taking a flight test, an applicant for a flight crew permit, licence or rating shall meet the prerequisites for the test set out in the personnel licensing standards with respect to

  • (a) medical fitness;

  • (b) identification;

  • (c) a recommendation from the flight instructor who is responsible for the training of the applicant;

  • (d) experience; and

  • (e) for applicants for a commercial pilot licence — aeroplane or helicopter, knowledge.

  • SOR/2006-352, s. 7.
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Conduct of a Flight Test

401.15 No person shall conduct a flight test required for the issuance or renewal of a flight crew permit or licence or for the endorsement of a flight crew permit or licence with a rating unless

  • (a) the person

    • (i) is designated by the Minister to conduct the flight test, and

    • (ii) meets the requirements of section 425.21 of the Personnel Licensing and Training Standards respecting Flight Training; and

  • (b) the flight test is conducted in accordance with

    • (i) Subpart 8, in the case of an aeroplane or helicopter, or

    • (ii) the personnel licensing standards, in any other case.

  • SOR/2001-49, s. 9;
  • SOR/2005-319, s. 2;
  • SOR/2011-284, s. 4.
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Failure of a Flight Test

401.16 Where an applicant has failed a flight test, the applicant shall complete the remedial requirements specified in the personnel licensing standards prior to being retested.

Failure of a Flight Test for a Rating Renewal

  • 401.17 (1) Where, during a flight test, the holder of a rating fails to meet the requirements specified in the personnel licensing standards for the lowest class of that rating, the Minister shall suspend the rating.

  • (2) Where, during a flight test for a flight instructor rating, the holder of a rating fails to meet the requirements specified in the personnel licensing standards for renewal of the rating but meets the requirements for a lower class of that rating the Minister shall endorse the holder’s licence with the lower class of that rating.