GENERAL AVIATION POLICY LETTER
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Subject
Approving Integrated Commercial Pilot Training Programs
Reference
Notices of Proposed Amendment (NPAs) 99-243 to 99-278.
Background
The Part IV Technical Committee on Personnel Licensing and Training of the
Canadian Aviation Regulation Advisory Council (CARAC) agreed, at a meeting on
December 13 and 14, 1999, on the regulatory framework for implementation of two
Canadian integrated commercial pilot training programs, a CPL(A) course and a CPL(A)/IR
course. The regulations and standards set out for these programs, which were
subsequently approved by the Civil Aviation Regulatory Committee (CARC), represent a
much higher level of regulatory oversight than the current standards and many flight
schools across Canada have indicated a strong desire to comply with these requirements
and to build integrated programs. Accordingly, for those schools that are prepared to
build and conduct programs that comply with the new requirements, Transport Canada will
evaluate new programs against the provisions of the NPAs and approve the programs
where they meet the regulatory requirements.
Action
Transport Canada will approve CPL(A) and CPL(A)/IR integrated courses of commercial
pilot training where these programs meet the regulations and standards agreed upon by
the Part IV Personnel Licensing and Training Technical Committee and set out in
NPAs 99-243 to 99-278. This approval will be reflected on the Flight Training Unit
Operator Certificate through an Operations Specification showing CPL(A) Integrated
Course or CPL(A)/IR Integrated Course, as appropriate. To obtain approval, flight
training units shall submit their completed flight training operations manuals and
training manuals to the region. To ensure the application of a consistent national
standard, the first programs approved in each region will be reviewed together by
regional and headquarters flight training staff. Where trainees successfully complete
approved CPL(A) or CPL(A)/IR programs, they will be eligible for licence issue when
they have successfully completed the program and met either the 150 hour or 190
experience requirement, as appropriate.
Expiry
This policy is effective immediately and will expire once the NPAs are incorporated
in the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs).
Manzur Huq
Director
General Aviation
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