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- Wed Mar 26, 2025 11:16 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Flight Instructor Rating Under PGWP
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1848
Re: Flight Instructor Rating Under PGWP
So my question is can flight instructor rating be done after i get the work permit (PGWP) Yes, it can. or do i need the study permit status to do the rating as its some form of training? No, you don't. As long as you're in the country legally, you can take "short courses", which are defined as cour...
- Fri Feb 14, 2025 12:25 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: want BUY Aerocourse DIGITAL ATPL Ground School Manual
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3160
Re: want BUY Aerocourse DIGITAL ATPL Ground School Manual
In my opinion, charging a yearly subscription for a static book is theft. That's not an opinion. That's a (false) claim of fact. The copyright holder has the final legal and moral/ethical say on how their product is used. You may not like that, but someone not giving you the product of their labour...
- Fri Jan 24, 2025 1:57 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: How do I get the eCAPGEN?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 987
Re: How do I get the eCAPGEN?
I'm not sure how quickly they update it when it expires, but this one is current for now: https://avftc.ca/members/documents/CAP_GEN.pdf.floatlackey wrote: ↑Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:31 am Is there somewhere else I can get the CAPGEN in digital format? I've searched online but I can't find it anywhere else.
- Tue Nov 19, 2024 11:10 am
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: A potential career with all the automation & artificial intelligence coming out
- Replies: 75
- Views: 12362
Re: A potential career with all the automation & artificial intelligence coming out
the small minority that has what it takes to be an airline pilot What makes you think only a small minority has what it takes to be an airline pilot? Because I spent years training hopeful future airline pilots... I was a flight instructor. I reckon you weren't. I was. And I've returned to it after...
- Sat Sep 14, 2024 9:56 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Cost of Training to Become a Commercial Pilot in Canada?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 3315
Re: Cost of Training to Become a Commercial Pilot in Canada?
...you can only use an independent instructor for training if the training is done in your own plane or in one belonging to a family member, so you'd still have to rent through a school for your actual training hours. This is only true for the RPP/PPL. Once you hold a licence and start training tow...
- Wed Aug 21, 2024 6:09 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Class 4 Renewal ??
- Replies: 3
- Views: 699
Re: Class 4 Renewal ??
I was told by a Class 1 that I have to start from scratch and do the entire 30 hours inflight and PGIs. Um...no. What exactly was the claim made here? Were you told you *have* to do the whole course again? You absolutely are NOT required to redo the whole instructor course. I recently did a Class 4...
- Fri Aug 16, 2024 11:55 am
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: Flight Instructors Annual Flight Time?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 930
Re: Flight Instructors Annual Flight Time?
How many hours a year on average do you instruct and typical Class 4 hourly pay?? I did just under 700 hours my first year instructing (~680 h). That was on the East Coast with terrible weather. I also did close to the same amount of ground instruction (maybe around ~600 h). I don't know what the g...
- Sat Jul 20, 2024 4:25 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: IATRA application minimums
- Replies: 3
- Views: 652
Re: IATRA application minimums
From what I gather, you need 250 hours, but I can't find anything official that states this number. I looked through the TC website, on this forum, and asked some instructors/airline pilots. By "TC website", so you mean the CARs? Because that's where the answer is. The purpose of the IATRA is to qu...
- Thu Jun 06, 2024 9:08 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Helicopter hours towards regional (Encore / Jazz)?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 10783
Re: Helicopter hours towards regional (Encore / Jazz)?
Are flight schools likely to endorse a candidate for CPL flight test if they haven't conducted all or most of the instruction? That *shouldn't* be a problem, but maybe get confirmation from the school before spending money. The cynical side of me suggests to get that confirmation in writing:). Can ...
- Thu Jun 06, 2024 6:37 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: Helicopter hours towards regional (Encore / Jazz)?
- Replies: 56
- Views: 10783
Re: Helicopter hours towards regional (Encore / Jazz)?
From there it's the standard helo to FW conversion credits, nothing special credited for DND. Mostly I'm just going to have to do the 65hrs (30 solo, 35 dual), with a few credits towards instrument and night from my CPL(H). Overall it shouldn't be too onerous. The KF instructors in Southport are ci...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:56 pm
- Forum: General Airline Industry Comments
- Topic: List of lower end of bond & training agreement amounts
- Replies: 19
- Views: 3157
Re: List of lower end of bond & training agreement amounts
The tax process allows the airline to avoid the full cost of training No, it just means the cost of training is paid from revenue prior to calculation of profits, Then the taxes are reduced & company profits are higher No. Taxes are reduced * BECAUSE * profits are reduced. You don't pay taxes on re...
- Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:58 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Failed Instructor Rating flight test. Any tips to do better?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1429
Re: Failed Instructor Rating flight test. Any tips to do better?
My instructor taught me the following: if you encounter a headwind, slightly increase power and pitch down to speed up a bit; do opposite for tailwind. :shock: I hope you misunderstood! The whole point of teaching illusions is to make sure pilots * DON'T * do that -- especially slowing down for a t...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:15 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: INRAT Question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1337
Re: INRAT Question
Perhaps it was stated with the assumption that you take a flight test within two years ( and obviously pass it), and if you lose recency, you no longer have to re-write the INRAT. That sounds more like it. Failing (or skipping) an IPC doesn't invalidate the rating, so you don't have to re-write the...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 1:12 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: What IFR time counts for an IFR rating
- Replies: 6
- Views: 623
Re: What IFR time counts for an IFR rating
I think their argument is that the instrument time in the PPL is essentially unusual attitudes vs. actual IFR flying, so it's not really the stuff you're working on in the IFR rating. But even if that was the case, the instrument time in the night rating included at least one approach to minimums, ...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 8:00 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: INRAT Question
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1337
Re: INRAT Question
It's valid for 2 years from date of writing. Yep, two years, per CAR 400.03: Time Limits 400.03 (1) Subject to subsection (3), written examinations, including all sections of a sectionalized examination, that are required for the issuance of a permit or licence or for the endorsement of a permit or...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:23 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: What IFR time counts for an IFR rating
- Replies: 6
- Views: 623
Re: What IFR time counts for an IFR rating
I have a bunch of hours that I did in my PPL, so carried in a bunch of time under the hood ( 15 hrs). 15 hours of hood on the PPL is unusual, but there's nothing wrong with doing it, and the time absolutely counts. My instructor is telling me ( which is coming from the Chief instructor) that simula...
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:25 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: nav can awws site closure
- Replies: 99
- Views: 19673
Re: nav can awws site closure
Quick reminder of the address:
- Thu Feb 29, 2024 10:12 am
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: 1200TT pilot with jet time advice
- Replies: 30
- Views: 4792
Re: 1200TT pilot with jet time advice
Go to a northern operator, get some bush time and wait your turn. Too many of your type in the industry who think they’re entitled. Wow. Someone with a little bit of experience comes on here looking for advice to help with their job search and you call that "entitled". Amazing. Congratulations, you...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 11:45 am
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Cheapest possible IFR approach at airport
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2708
Re: Cheapest possible IFR approach at airport
Would it solve your problem to just get a waypoint published over your aerodrome instead of a whole approach? I'm not sure what that would involve, but it might be possible and if so it would likely be easier/cheaper than an approach. All you need is lat and long to build your own GPS approach. Tha...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:46 pm
- Forum: General Comments
- Topic: Cheapest possible IFR approach at airport
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2708
Re: Cheapest possible IFR approach at airport
Would it solve your problem to just get a waypoint published over your aerodrome instead of a whole approach? I'm not sure what that would involve, but it might be possible and if so it would likely be easier/cheaper than an approach.
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:46 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: 300NM CPL requirment
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3459
Re: 300NM CPL requirment
How does this explain that Transport accepted my PTR, even though I did my 300 NM X-country before I started my CPL training? Did I just get lucky, or is it possible that the 300 NM flight can be done any time prior to applying for the CPL license, whether it was done as part of an "approved traini...
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 1:37 pm
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: 300NM CPL requirment
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3459
Re: 300NM CPL requirment
Sure it does:
CAR421.30(4)(a)(2) wrote: 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:
- Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:27 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: 300NM CPL requirment
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3459
Re: 300NM CPL requirment
Note that the solo requirement does not mention being under the supervision of a flight instructor, while the dual requirement does. Based on this, I would conclude that it isn't necessary to be signed out by an instructor for the 300 nm flight. It's tempting to accept this interpretation (and real...
- Sun Jan 14, 2024 12:57 pm
- Forum: Employment Forum
- Topic: What does it really take to make a career destinaton
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2828
Re: What does it really take to make a career destinaton
I don't care about work beyond safety above all and then quality of life, and pay mostly that order so I can enjoy my life away from work. This. But I would argue that these three things are all actually safety. If you have no quality of life, you will be stressed and fatigued. If you aren't paid p...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 12:03 am
- Forum: Flight Training
- Topic: Aero Course ATPL Mach questions
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4796
Re: Aero Course ATPL Mach questions
Relation between Mach and true airspeed varies with altitude. The relationship between Mach and true airspeed varies with temperature , which is given. V_mach = 661*sqrt(T/T_ref), where T and T_ref are in Kelvin. T_ref is 288K (15C), and T in this case is 228K (-45C). The answer I get is 15.4 min f...