Appendix 1 TABLE 8. AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT–HELICOPTER TCCA Converting to FAA Topic FAA Converting to TCCA Minimum age: 23 Age Not applicable; TCCA only requires an applicant to be 21 years of age and to hold an FAA ATP Certificate. As per 14 CFR part 61, § 61.153(a), an FAA ATP Certificate holder must be at least 23 years of age.
Hold at a minimum an FAA 3rd class medical certificate to obtain the FAA ATP.
Medical Certificate TCCA Category 1 medical certificate.
Hold a TCCA ATPL with the Helicopter rating.
In addition, the applicant must have logged the following aeronautical experience:
At least 1,200 hours of total time as a pilot that includes at least:
• 500 hours of cross-country flight time.
• 100 hours of night flight time, of which 15 hours are in helicopters.
• 200 hours of flight time in helicopters, which includes at least 75 hours as a PIC, or as SIC performing the duties of a PIC under the supervision of a PIC, or any combination thereof.
• 75 hours of instrument flight time in actual or simulated IMC, of which at least 50 hours are obtained in flight with at least 25 hours in helicopters as a PIC, or as SIC performing the duties of a PIC under the supervision of a PIC, or any combination thereof.
Eligibility and Experience (Hours) Hold an FAA ATP Certificate with a Rotorcraft category and Helicopter class rating with helicopter instrument privileges.
or Hold an FAA ATP Certificate with a Rotorcraft-Helicopter rating limited to VFR only; may be issued a TCCA ATPL with the Helicopter rating for Aerial Work Only.
In addition, the applicant must have logged the following aeronautical experience:
At least 1,000 hours total time as a pilot, which includes at least:
• 600 hours as a pilot in helicopters of which 250 hours of PIC flight time must be in helicopters.
• 200 hours of cross-country flight time in helicopters of which 100 hours must be PIC flight time in helicopters.
Appendix 1 TCCA Converting to FAA Topic FAA Converting to TCCA *Only helicopters that are over 12,500 pounds maximum certified takeoff weight are eligible for a pilot type rating on an FAA pilot certificate.
TCCA Pilot Type Rating Eligibility Requirement Must be a pilot type rating that authorizes PIC privileges.
For a helicopter pilot type rating for a helicopter type that only requires a pilot flightcrew of a single pilot, TCCA requires at least 30 hours of total flight experience in helicopters for the initial helicopter pilot type rating and 5 hours of PIC flight time in the specific M/M of helicopter for any additional helicopter pilot type ratings.
For a helicopter pilot type rating for a helicopter type that requires a pilot and co-pilot for IFR operations or by the helicopter type certification data sheet, TCCA requires the applicant must have 166 hours of total flight experience in helicopters.
and Show having met one of the following additional qualification requirements within the preceding 12 calendar months prior to the month of application:
• § 61.58 PIC proficiency check in that M/M of helicopter;
or
• FAA pilot type rating practical test in that specific M/M of helicopter.
*If the applicant has not met either one of the above requirements (i.e., § 61.58 PIC proficiency check or FAA pilot type rating practical test), the applicant may be issued a restricted pilot type rating for that specific M/M of helicopter providing at least one multicrew helicopter is endorsed on the license.
Appendix 1 TCCA Converting to FAA Topic FAA Converting to TCCA Pass an examination in air law and communications as specified by the FAA.
Theoretical Knowledge Pass the air law and communication examination specified by TCCA.
No further skill/practical testing required. Practical Skill No further skill/practical testing required.
Requires that the TCCA ATPL contain the English language proficiency endorsement.
English Language Proficiency Endorsement Requires that the FAA ATP Certificate contain the English language proficiency endorsement.
Appendix 1 TABLE 9. INSTRUMENT RATING–HELICOPTER TCCA Converting to FAA Topic FAA Converting to TCCA Minimum age: 17 for PPL holder Age Minimum age: 17 for PPL holder Hold at a minimum an FAA 3rd class medical certificate to exercise the privileges of the person’s pilot certificate.
Medical Certificate Hold at a minimum a TCCA Category 3 medical certificate.
Hold a TCCA Instrument Rating– Helicopter.
Eligibility and Flight Experience (Hours) Hold an FAA Instrument–Helicopter rating and have an FAA 14 CFR part 61, § 61.57(d) IPC in a helicopter within the past 24 calendar months.
Pass an examination in air law and communications as specified by the FAA.
Theoretical Knowledge Pass the air law and communication examination specified by TCCA.
No further skill/practical testing required.
Practical Skill No further skill/practical testing required.
Requires that the TCCA pilot license contain the English language proficiency endorsement.
English Language Proficiency Endorsement Requires that the FAA pilot certificate contain the English language proficiency endorsement.
Appendix 1 TABLE 10. HELICOPTER TYPE RATINGS TCCA Converting to FAA Topic FAA Converting to TCCA Minimum age appropriate to the FAA pilot certificate that is being issued.
Age Minimum age appropriate to the TCCA pilot license that is being issued.
Hold at a minimum at least an FAA 3rd class medical certificate.
Medical Certificate Hold at a minimum at least a TCCA Category 3 medical certificate.
Hold a TCCA pilot license with appropriate helicopter type rating.
*However, only helicopters that are over 12,500 pounds maximum certified takeoff weight are eligible for a pilot type rating on an FAA pilot certificate.
Eligibility and Flight Experience (Hours) Hold an FAA pilot certificate with the appropriate helicopter pilot type rating.
An appropriate helicopter pilot type rating must authorize PIC privileges.
TCCA Pilot Type Rating Eligibility Requirement Must be a pilot type rating that authorizes PIC privileges.
For a helicopter pilot type rating for a helicopter type that only requires a pilot flightcrew of a single pilot, TCCA requires at least 30 hours of total flight experience in helicopters for the initial helicopter pilot type rating and 5 hours of PIC flight time in the specific M/M of helicopter for any additional helicopter pilot type ratings.
For a helicopter pilot type rating for a helicopter type that requires a pilot and co-pilot for IFR operations or by the helicopter type certification data sheet, TCCA requires the applicant must have 166 hours of total flight experience in helicopters.
and Show having met one of the following additional qualification requirements within the preceding 12 calendar months prior to the month of application:
• 14 CFR part 61, § 61.58 PIC proficiency check in that M/M of helicopter;
or
• FAA pilot type rating practical test in that specific M/M of helicopter.
If the applicant has not met either one of the above requirements (i.e., § 61.58 PIC proficiency check or FAA pilot type
Appendix 1 TCCA Converting to FAA Topic FAA Converting to TCCA rating practical test), the applicant will be issued a restricted pilot type rating for that specific M/M of helicopter.
No further testing required. Theoretical Knowledge No further testing required.
No further skill/practical testing required.
Practical Skill No further skill/practical testing required.
Helicopter pilot type ratings on the TCCA pilot license may be placed on that person’s FAA pilot certificate with no further testing requirements.
*Only helicopters that are over 12,500 pounds maximum certified takeoff weight are eligible for a pilot type rating on the FAA pilot certificate.
Pilot Type Rating Issuance Requirements Helicopter pilot type ratings on the FAA pilot certificate may be placed on that person’s TCCA pilot license with no further testing requirements.
Requires that the TCCA pilot license contain the English language proficiency endorsement.
English Language Proficiency Endorsement Requires that the FAA pilot certificate contain the English language proficiency endorsement.
Appendix 2 APPENDIX 2. EXCERPT OF SPECIAL CONDITIONS (TAKEN FROM CHAPTER III OF THE IPL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FAA
AND TCCA)
1. INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIAL CONDITIONS
a. These procedures apply to the following aircraft categories and class: aeroplane1 and rotorcraft-helicopter and the private, commercial, and airline transport pilot levels of certificates and licences, including the following ratings or qualifications: aeroplane instrument rating;
helicopter instrument rating; aeroplane category class ratings; certain aeroplane and helicopter pilot type ratings, and night qualification issued under 14 CFR part 61 and CARs Part IV.
1 The term “aeroplane” has the same meaning as “airplane” for the purposes of this agreement.
b. FAA-certificated pilots who apply for conversion to a TCCA pilot licence must first obtain the appropriate TCCA medical certificate (either a Category 1 or 3, as appropriate), issued under CARs Part IV, Subpart 4, Medical Requirements, before a TCCA pilot licence may be issued.
TCCA licensed pilots who apply for conversion to an FAA pilot certificate must obtain the appropriate FAA medical certificate (i.e., 1st, 2nd, or 3rd class medical certificate) issued under 14 CFR part 67 before the FAA pilot certificate can be issued.
c. On the aeroplane licence, TCCA does not issue an ATP licence with a single-engined aeroplane only rating. An FAA ATP Certificate holder with a single-engine aeroplane only rating (meaning no multiengine aeroplane class rating) will be eligible only for the issuance of a TCCA Commercial Pilot licence with the appropriate single-engined aeroplane rating.
d. The conversion conditions are contained in the Appendix of this document.
e. Once a pilot licence or certificate is converted, pilots must meet the recency and operational requirements of the state of licence conversion in order to exercise the privileges of the licence, certificate, and ratings obtained through the conversion process. Additionally, this agreement applies to the following situations:
(1) The currency activities described in 14 CFR 61.57 (i.e., instrument approaches, holding procedures, and intercepting and tracking through the use of navigational electronic systems) performed in a category or class covered under this agreement, and appropriate to instrument rating converted, that are performed under CAR 401.05(3) may be used to meet the instrument experience requirements found in 14 CFR 61.57(c).
(2) Pilots holding a TCCA pilot license with an instrument rating converted from an FAA p ilot certificate with an instrument rating may also meet the requirements of CAR 421.49 [Renewal of Instrument Rating] if they have passed an FAA instrument proficiency check in a category or class covered under this agreement or an approved flight simulation training device representing an aircraft that is covered under this agreement (i.e., § 61.57(d)) within the previous 24 calendar months.
Appendix 2
(3) An appropriate pilot type rating means a pilot type rating that authorizes PIC privileges. A pilot type rating that authorizes only SIC privileges (i.e., § 61.5(b)(7)(iv)) may not be converted under this IPL.
(4) O nly helicopters that are over 12,500 pounds maximum certified takeoff weight are eligible for a pilot type rating on a U.S. pilot certificate.
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