Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)
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Part IV — Personnel Licensing and Training (continued)
Subpart 6 — Flight Training Units (continued)
Division I — General (continued)
Requirement to Hold a Flight Training Unit Operator Certificate
406.03 (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), no person shall operate a flight training service in Canada using an aeroplane or helicopter in Canada unless the person holds a flight training unit operator certificate that authorizes the person to operate the service and complies with the conditions and operations specifications set out in the certificate.
(2) A person who does not hold a flight training unit operator certificate may operate a flight training service if
(a) the person holds a private operator registration document or an air operator certificate, the aircraft used for training — in the case of the holder of an air operator certificate — is specified in the air operator certificate, and the training is other than toward obtaining a pilot permit — recreational, a private pilot licence, a commercial pilot licence or a flight instructor rating; or
(b) the trainee is
(i) the owner, or a member of the family of the owner, of the aircraft used for training,
(ii) a director of a corporation that owns the aircraft used for training, and the training is other than toward obtaining a pilot permit — recreational or a private pilot licence, or
(iii) using an aircraft that has been obtained from a person who is at arm’s length from the flight instructor, and the training is other than toward obtaining a pilot permit — recreational or a private pilot licence.
(3) In the case of flight training conducted under subparagraph (2)(b)(iii), the flight instructor shall
- SOR/2003-129, s. 10
- SOR/2014-131, s. 10
Eligibility to Hold a Flight Training Unit Operator Certificate
406.04 A person is eligible to hold a flight training unit operator certificate if the person is
(a) a Canadian; or
(b) a citizen, permanent resident or corporation of the United States of America or Mexico.
Notification Requirement
406.05 (1) No person shall operate a flight training unit using a glider, balloon, gyroplane or ultra-light aeroplane in Canada unless the person notifies the Minister in writing of
(a) the legal name, trade name and address of the operator of the flight training unit;
(b) the base of operations;
(c) the category of aircraft;
(d) the type of flight training to be conducted; and
(e) the name of the flight instructor who will be responsible for operational control of the flight training operations.
(2) The information referred to in subsection (1) shall be provided to the Minister by the flight training unit
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Division II — Certification
Issuance or Amendment of a Flight Training Unit Operator Certificate
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
(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:
(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.
- SOR/2006-352, s. 15
Contents of a Flight Training Unit Operator Certificate
406.12 A flight training unit operator certificate shall contain the following information:
(a) the legal name, trade name and address of the flight training unit;
(b) the number of the certificate;
(c) the effective date of certification;
(d) the date of issue of the certificate;
(e) the general conditions identified in section 406.13;
(f) specific conditions with respect to
(g) where the flight training unit complies with the personnel licensing standards, operations specifications with respect to
- SOR/2006-352, s. 16
General Conditions of a Flight Training Unit Operator Certificate
406.13 A flight training unit operator certificate shall contain the following general conditions:
(a) the flight training unit shall maintain the organizational structure referred to in paragraph 406.11(1)(a);
(b) the flight training unit shall have the personnel referred to in the personnel licensing standards;
(c) the flight training unit shall have aircraft that are properly equipped for the geographic area of operation and the type of authorized training;
(d) the flight training unit shall maintain its aircraft in accordance with the maintenance requirements of Parts V and VI and Division IV of this Subpart;
(e) the flight training unit shall conduct flight training in accordance with the provisions of Subpart 5 and Division V of this Subpart and, if the flight training unit conducts an integrated course or operates a sub-base, it shall also conduct flight training in accordance with the flight training operations manual;
(f) the flight training unit shall, when required to establish and maintain a training manual in accordance with section 406.62, conduct training in accordance with that training manual; and
(g) the flight training unit shall notify the Minister of any change in its legal name, trade name, base of operations or managerial personnel within 10 working days after the change.
(h) [Repealed, SOR/2015-160, s. 19]
- SOR/2001-49, s. 27
- SOR/2006-352, s. 17
- SOR/2015-160, s. 19
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