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(Effective October 15 2008)
The Pacific Flying Club offers a Private Pilot flight training programme based on minimum of 45 hours of flight training. Of this time 17 hours must be dual instruction based on regulatory minimums. The requirements stipulate that the student will complete 5 hours of dual instrument training, 3 hours dual cross country flying and 5 hours of solo cross country flying. Five hours may be completed in an approved flight training simulator. Additionally the Club provides a ground school programme as preparation for the written examination administered by Transport Canada. The Private ground school is held every Monday and Wednesday evening from 19:00 to 21:30 on a continuous rotating basis or Saturday mornings; as such it is possible to start the ground school programme at any time and attend as many times as desired. An online groundschool is available as well for convenience. The number of hours to complete the course will depend on the individual's other commitments, number of hours flown per week, weather, number of repetitive exercises required, time to meet proficiency requirements for the flight test,etc. Most students require more than the minimum number of dual hours to prepare for their flight test. While our experience is that very few people flight test in the minimum time prescribed by Transport Canada, our students flight test on average in about 55-60 hours total time (40 hours dual, 15 hours solo) if they do not require repeat lessons. Students who do an introductory flight with the Club and subsequently enroll in groundschool will receive a reduction in their ground school costs. Purchasing a yearly membership will reduce solo flying costs by $10 per hour.
