LICENCES
PRIVATE PILOT LICENCE (PPL)
This licence is the base qualification for Canadian pilots which allows them to fly single engine aircraft under daytime VFR conditions. Pilots typically add ratings and qualifications to their private pilot licence as they need, and as they become more experienced.
COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENCE (CPL)
The holder of this licence can usually exercise the same privileges as a private pilot licence holder with both night and VFR over the top ratings. The most important difference is that a commercial pilot is permitted to engage in commercial aviation activities such as air charter services or to be paid to fly an aircraft. The training and criteria are significantly more than for the PPL.
RECREATIONAL PILOT
PERMIT (RPP)
This permit allows the holder to fly as pilot-in-command in daytime VFR conditions only either an ultralight or a single engine airplane designed to carry a maximum of 4 persons. The recreational pilot permit limits the holder to only a single passenger. The training hours are somewhat less than for a private pilot licence and the minimum age is 16, but as the privileges of this permit are limited very few students choose this option. Insert link to downloadable rpp word doc
INSTRUCTOR RATING
This licence allows the pilot to instruct on light, single, and multi-engine aircraft as endorsed for the recreational permit, private and commercial licences.
NIGHT RATING
This rating is required for flying between evening civil twilight and morning civil twilight, i.e., at night.
SINGLE ENGINE INSTRUMENT RATING
Permits the holder to fly when the weather conditions don’t permit the pilot to see sufficiently well to rely on visual flight rules.
MULTI-ENGINE CLASS RATING
Required for all aircraft with more than a single engine.
MULTI-ENGINE INSTRUMENT RATING
Allows the holder to fly multi-engine aircraft in weather conditions that don’t permit the pilot to see sufficiently well to rely on visual flight rules.