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In order to be considered current, a pilot, in addition to holding a valid Medical Certificate must meet the
regulatory requirements for recency and currency. The recency requirements may be found in CAR 401.05 and in the corresponding standard in CAR 421.05.
The recency requirements address three time periods, 5 years, 2 years, and 6 months. If you wish
to act as pilot-in-command or co-pilot of an aircraft you must meet both the 5 year and the 2 year recency
requirements. If you wish to carry passengers you must also meet the 6 month requirement.
To meet the 5-year requirement, you must have either;
- flown as pilot-in-command or co-pilot within the previous 5 years; or
- completed a flight review with an instructor and written and passed the PSTAR exam within the previous
12 months.
To meet the 2-year requirement, you must have successfully completed a recurrent training program within the
previous 24 months. There are seven ways to meet the recurrent training program standard and they are detailed
in CAR 421.05(2). They are
summarized as follows:
To meet the 6-month requirement for carrying passengers, you must have completed 5 takeoffs and landings
in the same category and class within the previous 6 months. If the flight is to be flown at night then the
takeoffs and landings must have been completed at night.
Glider pilots have the option of completing 2 takeoffs and landings with an instructor. Balloon pilots are
not allowed to land at night; however, if part of the flight is to take place at night, then there must have been
at least 5 takeoffs by night.
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