Flight crew licences, permits and ratings

Licence, permit and rating application forms and process, examinations licensing offices.

Services and information

Apply for a pilot permit or licence

Applications forms, pilot permits, pilot licences, private pilot, glider pilot, balloon pilot, commercial pilot, airline transport pilot, helicopter pilot, flight engineer.

General information on pilot licences and permits

Licence and permit types and ratings, age and medical requirements, crediting of flight time.

 

Licensing for foreign pilots

Licensing requirements for commercial and recreational pilots from foreign countries.

How to Book a Flight Crew Exam

Exam requirements, study and reference guides, booking exams.

 

Get a licence verification letter

Licence verification letter application process for yourself or someone else, update your verification letter.

Aircraft type designation for licensing

Blanket and individual type rating designators for pilot permits and licences.

 

Converting a US or Canadian pilot licence

Conversion of a Federal Aviation Administration certificate to a Transport Canada Civil Aviation licence, or vice versa.

Pilot Examiner – Flight Instructor rating

Pilot Examiner Program, Pilot Examiner manual, application to qualify for the Pilot Examiner pool.

 

Approved Check Pilot (ACP) and Advanced Qualification Program (AQP)

Bulletins, applications, forms, manuals, course providers, course materials.

 

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