Night
| The night rating allows you to fly at night under visual flight rules. This rating does not require a flight test or written examination, but a successful flight evaluation by an instructor is required. |
| Prerequisite: Private Pilot License |
| Flight time: A minimum of 10 hours, 5 of which are dual. 5 hours solo with 10 takeoffs and landings. 10 hours instrument. |
| Typical cost: Based on 5 hours dual, 5 hours solo, 10 briefing hours – $ 3,000 (taxes, estimate only) |
VFR Over the Top
| A VFR OTT rating allows a pilot to overfly a broken or overcast layer of cloud while VFR. This rating does not require a flight test or written examination, but a successful flight evaluation by an instructor is required. |
| Prerequisite: Private pilot license |
| Flight time: A minimum of 15 hours dual, (instrument time from the Private pilot license and night rating may be credited towards this) |
| Typical cost: based on 10 hours dual and 10 briefing hours – $ 3,500 (estimate only) |
Instrument Rating (Group 3 – Single Engine)
| The instrument rating allows you to fly with primary reference to the instruments. This rating is divided into groups, with group 3 being single-engine aeroplanes, group 1 being multi-engine aeroplanes. |
| Requirements: |
| Prerequisite: Private pilot license and 50 hours PIC cross country |
| Flight time: 40 hours instrument (instrument time from previous licenses/ratings may be credited towards this), 100-nm cross country |
| Written exam: Successfully pass the instrument rating written examination |
| Flight test: Successfully pass the instrument rating flight test with a designed pilot examiner |
| Typical cost: based on 20 hours instrument, 20 briefing hours – $ 7,500 (supplies, fees, estimate only). |
Instructor Rating
| The instructor rating allows you to teach aspiring pilots to acquire a license or rating. A Class 4 instructor rating is required to be supervised by a Class 1 or 2 flight instructor, until they attain the requisite experience. |
| Requirements: |
| Prerequisite: Commercial pilot’s license |
| Age: 18 |
| Medical: Class 1 through a Civil Aviation Medical Examiner |
| Flight time: A minimum of 30 hours dual, with 5 hours instrument |
| Ground School: 25 hours with a Class 1 Flight Instructor |
| Written exam: Successfully pass the instructor rating written examination |
| Flight test: Successfully pass the instructor rating flight test with a designed pilot examiner |
| Typical cost: based on 30 hours dual, 10 hours solo and 60 briefing hours – $ 14,500 (fees, estimate only) |
Seaplane Rating (Coming soon!)
| This rating allows you to operate an aeroplane from the thousands of lakes Canada has to offer. Discover the joy of a picnic on that quiet beach you haven’t explored. There is no ground school, TC written examination or flight test required with this rating. But a qualifying flight under the supervision of a flight instructor is required. |
| Flight Time: A minimum of 5 hours dual instruction, and a minimum of 5 takeoffs and landings as solo occupant of the aeroplane. |
| Typical cost: Based on 6 hours dual, 1 hour solo – Pricing coming soon! |