COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENCE REQUIREMENTS

(1) Age

Minimum of eighteen years of age.

(2) Medical Fitness and Validity

Category 1 Medical Certificate valid for a Commercial Pilot Licence - Aeroplane.

(3) Knowledge

An applicant shall have:

(a) completed a minimum of 80 hours commercial pilot aeroplane ground school instruction on the following subjects:

(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; and

(b) 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):

(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;

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

(4) Experience

(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

(b) an applicant who holds a Private Pilot Licence - Aeroplane or a Private Pilot Licence - Aeroplane issued by a contracting state other than Canada, shall have completed 65 hours of commercial pilot flight training in aeroplanes consisting of a minimum of: 

   (i) 35 hours dual instruction flight time, under the direction and supervision of the holder of a Flight Instructor Rating - Aeroplane, including:

(A) 5 hours night, including a minimum of 2 hours of cross-country flight time;

(B) 5 hours cross-country, which may include the cross-country experience from (A)

(C) 20 hours of instrument flight time in addition to the experience stated in (A) and (B) above. A maximum 10 hours of the 20 hours may be conducted on an approved aeroplane simulator or flight training device.

(ii) 30 hours solo flight time including:

(A) 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

(B) 5 hours solo flight time by night during which a minimum of 10 takeoffs, circuits and landings were completed.

(5) Skill 

Complete a flight test to the standard outlined in the Flight Test Standard Private and Commercial Pilot Licences - Aeroplanes (TP2655E). Note: Commercial Pilot written exam must be successfully completed prior to attempting the flight test.