Canadian Aviation Regulations

604.172 A private operator may provide the training referred to in subsection 604.170(1) and sections 604.177 and 604.178 to a flight crew member using only a level C or D flight simulator if

• (a) the flight crew member has acquired flight time on an aircraft certificated in the same category, and with engines using the same principle of propulsion, as the aircraft on which the flight crew member is to be trained; and

• (b) the private operator provides to the flight crew member, using the same flight simulator, training in respect of the following activities under variable visual meteorological conditions of dusk and night, or day and night:

  • (i) aircraft manoeuvres on the ground,

  • (ii) normal take-offs and landings and crosswind take-offs and landings, up to 100% of the crosswind component specified by the aircraft manufacturer,

  • (iii) encounters with moderate to severe in-flight icing conditions,

  • (iv) simulated line flights that include at least one sector in which the flight crew member acts as pilot flying and at least one sector in which the flight crew member acts as pilot not flying or pilot monitoring,

  • (v) visual circuits and landings with variable wind, runway illusion and runway surface conditions,

  • (vi) approaches and landings with an engine simulated inoperative,

  • (vii) approaches and landings without electronic glide slope indication,

  • (viii) approaches and landings with flight control failures and abnormalities, if applicable, and

  • (ix) engine failure procedures during a take-off and a missed approach.