Canadian Aviation Regulations

406.11 (1) Subject to section 6.71 of the Act, the Minister shall, on receipt of an application submitted in the form and manner specified in the personnel licensing standards, issue or amend a flight training unit operator certificate where the applicant demonstrates to the Minister the ability to

• (a) maintain an adequate organizational structure;

• (b) maintain operational control;

• (c) comply with maintenance requirements;

• (d) meet the personnel licensing standards; and

• (e) conduct the operation safely.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), an applicant shall have

• (a) a management organization capable of exercising operational control;

• (b) managerial personnel who are employed on a full-time basis and who perform the duties related to the following positions:

  • (i) chief flight instructor,

  • (ii) flight instructor,

  • (iii) ground instructor, and

  • (iv) if the applicant does not hold an approved maintenance organization certificate, a maintenance manager;

• (c) aircraft that are properly equipped for and flight crew members who are qualified for the type of flight training that is being conducted;

• (d) an operational control system that meets the requirements of section 406.50;

• (e) a training program that meets the requirements of this Subpart;

• (f) legal custody and control of at least one aircraft or, in the case of an applicant for a flight training unit operator certificate who conducts an integrated course, one aircraft of each class of aircraft that is to be operated;

• (g) in the case of an applicant for a flight training unit operator certificate who conducts an integrated course or who operates a sub-base, a flight training operations manual that meets the requirements of section 406.61 and, in the case of an applicant who conducts an integrated course, a training manual that meets the requirements of section 406.62; and

• (h) a maintenance control system approved under this Subpart.