18. Checkrides

All licensed members flying solo are required to maintain current checkrides for their aircraft. A checkride is a dual flight with a qualified flight instructor, lasting approximately 1.2 hours (with the exception of the twin.) The Chief Flying Instructor or designate reserves the right to request a checkride at any time if there are issues regarding safety, lack of airmanship, etc.

Checkrides are required according to the following schedule:

Recreational Pilot Permit holder:

A checkride is required every three months if the pilot has less than 50 hours PIC time. The checkride period is extended once the pilot has 50 or more hours PIC.

Upgrades to the C172 or Warrior may require a two hour minimum checkride with an instructor. The time required for the checkride and the number of flights over which it may be accomplished is up to the discretion of the instructor performing the checkride.

The pilot must have been signed off by an instructor for flights into Terminal Airspace and/or do at least one trip to Victoria.

Private or Commercial Pilot License holder:

A checkride, with an instructor, is required every six months for a pilot with less than 100 hours of Pilot In Command (PIC) time.

For pilots with more than 100 hours PIC a checkride, with an instructor, is required every twelve months. The twelve month checkride term is granted at the discretion of the flying instructor conducting the checkride.

An open book written examination must be completed once a year, before the checkride is performed.

New members at Pacific Flying Club will be required to do a checkride before flying solo on Club aircraft.

Members who complete their training at Pacific Flying Club and are issued a permit or license will be granted a checkride valid for three, six or twelve months according to the permit or license type and PIC hours. The validity period of the checkride is based on the date of the flight test.

Please note that instrument rating or multi-engine flight test rides are not considered substitutes for checkrides.

Checkrides cover different Club aircraft. The protocol governing which aircraft are covered by a particular checkride is outlined below:

A checkride on the Seneca covers all other Club aircraft, provided that the pilot has flown the other aircraft type before. A normal checkride for the Seneca is five hours. For pilots with Seneca time in their log books this may be reduced to three hours at the discretion of of the Chief Flight Instructor following consultation with the instructor that conducted the checkride.

Members due for a checkride and wishing to have the opportunity to fly both the C172s and the Warrior, must perform the checkride in the aircraft that they have flown the least in the previous six months or year (whichever is applicable.) The checkride will then cover both the C172s and Warrior.

Members that have never flown the Warrior will require an initial checkride on this aircraft.

To fly the Hawk XP, a checkride on the XP is required. This checkride will also satisfy the checkride requirements for the Warrior, providing that the member has had an initial check on that aircraft (see above.)

Checkrides in the C172s, Hawk XP and Warrior cover the C152s.