Requirements for Flight Preparation

1. Before each flight, student pilots shall contact the Kamloops Flight Information Centre at 1-866-992-7433 (WX BRIEF) and obtain a pilot briefing.  From this briefing, a student must determine forecast cloud layers, visibility, wind, temperature, turbulence, SIGMETS (Significant Weather Reports) and NOTAMs (Notice to Airmen) for the departure and destination airport, and the proposed training area or route.
2. Prior to each training flight (dual or solo), student pilots shall examine the aircraft Journey Log and the Langley Flying School’s Aircraft Status Display to ensure:
   • the total air time reported on the Aircraft Status Display accurately reflects the total air time recorded in the aircraft Journey Log prior to the first flight of the current day;
   • the date and/or air time of scheduled maintenance tasks for aircraft posted on the Aircraft Status Display have not been exceeded;
   • knowledge of any current deferred aircraft defects.
3. Prior to conducting pre-flight servicing or inspection of training aircraft, student pilots shall ensure the aircraft ignition keys are visibly placed on the aircraft’s glare shield, thereby ensuring the magnetos are switched off.
4. Prior to each flight, student pilots shall record the quantities of fuel and oil on board the aircraft at the time of takeoff in the Training Flight Operations Log.  The fuel must be specified in U.S. gallons and time (normal cruise fuel consumption); the oil must be specified in U.S. quarts.  For VFR training flights, fuel and oil must be sufficient for the intended flight, plus 60 minutes at normal fuel consumption.
5. Oil shall be added when the indicated quantity is at or below the following: in the case of the Cessna 150/152, add at 5 quarts U.S.; in the case of the Piper Cherokee and Piper Seneca, add at 6 quarts U.S.
6. Prior to each flight student pilots shall calculate the proposed takeoff weight and Centre of Gravity of the training aircraft and record these in the Training Flight Operations Log.
7. Prior to each training flight (dual or solo), the entry in the Training Flight Operations Log shall be countersigned by a supervising instructor.

Post-flight Requirements

1. At the termination of each flight, student pilots shall ensure their aircraft is properly positioned and secured so as to prevent collision or wind damage.  When a parked aircraft is not under constant and direct supervision by a Flight Instructor or Pilot-in-command, the aircraft must be tied down and the control column secured.  In all cases, the control column or an unoccupied aircraft must be secured when the surface winds are in excess of 7 KTS. 
2. At the termination of each training flight, student pilots shall ensure the aircraft start-up and shutdown Hobbs times, and the aircraft takeoff and landing times, are recorded in the Training Flight Operations Log.

Weather Minima Requirements

1. All dual flights are governed by the weather minima specified in the Canadian Aviation Regulations.  While active VFR flight training is prohibited when below the above weather minima, Flight Instructors may operate with Special VFR authorization owing to localized phenomena during arrivals and departure.
2. The following minimum apply to solo flights:

Additional Requirements for Strait of Georgia Flights

1. For solo flight across or along the Strait of Georgia, the forecast weather minima is no cloud ceiling below 6,000’ ASL, no precipitation, and a minimum (15) miles visibility.
2. Flight altitude over the Strait of Georgia must at all times be sufficiently high to enable maximum distance glide to land with the aircraft propeller windmilling.
3. Life jackets must be worn by students during Strait of Georgia crossings.

Additional Requirements for IFR Flight Training

1. For IFR training flights, fuel and oil must be sufficient for flight to the intended destination, and hence from the destination airport to the alternate airport, plus 45 minutes at normal fuel consumption.
2. The weather minima for single-engine IFR flight training shall be sufficiently high so as to permit a successful forced approach during the course of flight, and at no time less than a 700’ ceiling AGL and three (3) miles visibility.  For multi-engine IFR flight training, the weather minimum shall be as published for IFR flight in the Canadian Aviation Regulations.
3. IFR flight training at altitudes above the freezing level in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) is prohibited.

Additional Requirements for Multi-engine Flight Training

1. Prior to pre-flight services or inspection, a visual inspection of the magneto switches shall be made to ensure they are switched off.
2. It is prohibited to conduct a takeoff when Accelerate-Stop Distance exceeds Takeoff Run Available.
3. A pre-takeoff briefing must be conducted or supervised by the Pilot-in-Command just prior to all departures which specifies:
   • the target speeds, flap configuration, and gear retraction procedures to be used during the takeoff; and
   • the actions that will be taken in the event of an engine failure on departure, with specific reference to V_mc and the anticipated landing area available.
4. With respect to stall training, the aircraft must be at an operationally safe altitude so as to permit recovery at or above 3000’ AGL.
5. It is prohibited to initiate a simulated engine failure below 500’ AGL, unless authorized by Chief Flying Instructor.
6. It is prohibited to demonstrate V_mc below 4000’ AGL.
7. All training involving actual engine shutdown must occur within 15 miles of the following airports: Abbotsford, Pitt Meadows, Boundary Bay, or Bellingham.  The conditions at the selected airport must be suitable for a landing in the event that the engine cannot be restarted.

Requirements for Collision Avoidance

1. Prior to executing a turn during flight, students receiving dual instruction shall visually inspect vicinity airspace for traffic and call “clear left” in the case of left turns, or “clear right” in the case of right turns.
2. During prolonged climbs or descents, students shall conduct periodic clearing turns to visually inspect vicinity airspace for traffic.
3. A clearing turn to inspect vicinity airspace for traffic shall be conducted prior to each stall, spin, and prior to slow flight manoeuvring.  This clearing turn must consist of a 180° turn, or two 90° turns in opposite directions, and shall be conducted immediately prior to conducting the manoeuvre.

General Requirements

1. All aircraft defects and unserviceabilities will be immediately reported to the supervising instructor and entered in the aircraft Journey Log.
2. For the purposes of determining the need for a safety inspection of aircraft, any of the following incidents shall be immediately reported to the supervising instructor:
1. abnormally hard landings, nose-wheel landings, or landings involving tail strikes or excessive side-loading on the landing gear;
2. bird strikes or possible bird strikes;
3. collision or possible collision with any object during ground or flight operation;
4. flap deployment in excess of the limit speeds specified for the aircraft;
5. airspeed in excess of the maximum structural cruise speed;
6. the exceeding of any other aircraft limitation prescribed by the Pilot Operating Handbook.
3. Except in an emergency, and unless otherwise specified by the Flight Instructor authorizing the flight, the practice areas for all Private Pilot and Recreational Pilot solo training flights are specified as follows: In the case of training flight originating from Langley Airport, the practice areas are CYA 180 (T) and CYA 181 (A)(T).
4. For all Private Pilot and Recreational Pilot solo training flights, the maximum crosswind component for conducting takeoffs or landings is 10 knots.  For all other training flights, takeoffs are prohibited where the wind conditions exceed the maximum demonstrated crosswind component published in the Pilot Operating Handbook or placarded in the aircraft.
5. The minimum temperature for all training flights originating from Langley Airport is -20° C; the minimum terperature for all training flights originating from Grand Forks Airport is -15° C.
6. All runway clearances from a Tower Control Unit pertaining to taxiing to position or taking off must be readback.
7. The landing light of single-engine aircraft shall be turned on during all flights.
8. Takeoffs or landings are prohibited when birds are situated on the runway.
9. In the case of an unscheduled or forced landing, the pilot-in-command (student pilot or instructor) must contact Flight Service, either by radio (121.5 MHz.) or by ground line (the Kamloops Flight Information Centre at 1-866-992-7433—WX BRIEF) and the Chief Flying Instructor.  Except in the case of an emergency, no attempt shall be made to take off after an unscheduled or forced landing without the approval of the Chief Flying Instructor.