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Licensing Overview

Here you will find the basics on every license and rating we offer, and how you can use them. Click on each heading to get the basics!

Like we explained on our Getting Started page, all licenses consist of a required amount of flight training and ground school hours (which will entail a Flight Test and Written Exam). Depending on the ratings you may choose to add on, they may or may not also require the same.

Why do the Professional Pilot Course, instead of everything separately?

Every pilot starts with the Private Pilot’s license. Many aspiring pilots have the end goal of making it their career, so we have designed an integrated Professional Pilot Course – our most popular course. It includes the Private Pilot’s License, Night Rating, Commercial Pilot’s License, and multi/IFR ratings. This will make you a fully employable pilot in the industry! Since the Professional Pilot Course integrates different ratings (such as the Night Rating and Multi/IFR Ratings) into your Commercial flight training hours – versus getting all licenses and ratings separately— it is quicker and more cost-effective!

Professional Pilot Course

COST SAVINGS: The hours required for the Night, Multi, and Multi IFR Ratings can count towards the Commercial requirements of 200 hours – so we combine this into the CPL rather than training outside of the 200 hours to reduce student costs!



Partially through your flight training already? You don’t have to start from scratch to jump into our Professional Pilot Course – just arrange an appointment with our Chief Flight Instructor to put together a flight training plan to pick up where you left off, to maximize the benefit of combining training hours for your CPL requirements!

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Just looking for a single license? Here is a breakdown of all of them, if you were to not combine your training hours like we do in the Professional Pilot Course.

Private Pilot’s License - PPL

First step for everyone! Allows you to pilot an aircraft with passengers and attach further licenses or ratings.

Requirements:

  • 45 hours overall flight time
  • 40 hours ground school
  • Written Exam, Flight Test
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Commercial Pilot’s License - CPL

The next license up from the Private Pilot’s License; completion of the CPL will permit you to work for hire as a pilot. We do our training in a C172 rather than the smaller C152, in order to prepare our students for understanding more complex systems. 

Requirements:

200 flight hours composed of:

  • 45 hours from Private Pilot’s License
  • 35 dual flight training hours
  • 30 solo flight training hours
  • 90 solo time building hours
  • 80 hours ground school (through SaskPoly or online)
  • Written Exam, Flight Test
  • License Fee
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Night Rating

Allows those with a minimum of a Private Pilot’s License to fly during official night. No written exam or flight test!

Requirements:

  • PPL License 10 dual hours (5 dual instrument, 5 dual night)
  • 5 solo night hours
  • License Fee 
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Multi-Engine Rating

Allows those with a minimum of a Private Pilot’s License to fly an aircraft with more than one engine. No written exam, but you will have to do a flight test.

Requirements:

  • PPL License
  • Training to pass flight test (no minimum flight time required)
  • Flight Test
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Multi Engine Instrument Rating (MIFR)

Allows those with a minimum of a PPL and a Multi Engine Rating to operate an aircraft with more than one engine without reference to the horizon (in Instrument Meteorological Conditions and at night). 

Requirements:

  • PPL License
  • Multi Engine Rating
  • 50 hours cross-country
  • 40 hours instrument time
  • Written Exam, Flight Test
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Single Engine Instrument Rating (SE IFR)

Allows those with a minimum of a PPL to operate a single engine aircraft without reference to the horizon (in Instrument Meteorological Conditions and at night).

Requirements:

  • PPL License
  • 50 hours cross country
  • 40 hours instrument time
  • Written Exam, Flight Test
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Flight Instructor Rating

The first job for many pilots – becoming a flight instructor enables you to build your hours while training with students (making you more employable), while earning money at the same time!

Requirements: 

  • PPL and CPL License
  • 25 hours ground school
  • 30 hours dual flight time
  • Written Exam, Flight Test
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Recreational Pilot Permit (RPP)

A permit that allows you to fly with one passenger only, in an aircraft that has no more than 4 seats. Only daytime flying is permitted, and no ratings may be attached with the exception of the Seaplane Rating/Float Rating. 

Requirements: 

  • 25 hours total flying time
  • Written Exam
  • Flight Test
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