Private Pilot License Canada Timeline If you’re interested in pilot training or just started pursuing a private pilot license in Canada, you’ve come to the right spot. Let’s walk through a training timeline to keep you on track during your training. Let’s look at how to train to be a pilot. Ground School A minimum…
It’s a pretty common question for newly minted private pilots to ask how they will go about their commercial pilot flight training at their local flight training unit. The reality is that most flight schools in Canada that are authorized to conduct commercial pilot training don’t make their students follow any syllabus, which leaves the…
Aviate Navigate Communicate. This phrase is a key principle, or law to most, that guides pilots in their flight operations during any sort of task management or emergency. This principle is an essential part of workload management during high stress scenarios which require prioritization. Join us as we will explore each of these principles in…
This is an Editorial Comment written by Halldale Group Editor Rick Adams. The article references American regulations which are not applicable to Canada; however, the spirit and message is equally important to Canadian Pilots. Airline Pilots and the 1500 Hour Rule Is there objective, validated justification for the FAA’s 1500 flight hours regulation to become…
I’ve often heard from many flight instructors that they’ve learned more in the 30 hours of their flight instructor rating training than they have in their whole commercial pilot training – an exaggeration, I hope. When I ask the flight instructors to expand on that comment, I get a variety of answers ranging from increased…
We get a lot of emails inquiries from students asking when they should start their online ground school for their flight training. Realistically, it is hard to provide a one fit solution for everyone because we come from all different walks of life. In this article, we will discuss what options exist for students, what…
Aviation Medical Validity Periods This is a rather unusual post that is being made in our blog section, but it is fairly important. We are going to be addressing a rather misunderstood concept in aviation surround the aviation medical, in particular the validity period of the medicals. This is an important article to read because…
Workload Management Workload Management involves the proper allocation and distribution of tasks to individuals, avoidance of work overloads in self and in others and the use of resources to reduce stress and increase performance. This article expands on our existing series of topics on Threat and Error Management which we believe are key skills for…
AWWS GFA The term AWWS GFA refers to NavCanada‘s Aviation Weather Web Site – Graphical Area Forecast. The GFA weather charts depict the most probably weather in a given area below 24,000ft. The charts include 3 clouds and weather and 3 icing, turbulence and freezing level that are valid for a specific time period, normally 6 hours…
Pilot Logbook Although the task of finding a pilot logbook may seem simple, a properly organized and properly filled out logbook is something that a pilot can take pride in. Many career pilots still keep their very first student pilot logbook from when they were conducting ab-initio training; memories forever engrained in paper. As a…
