Convert FAA license to TCCA(Canada)

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Originally Posted by YANGTSUNGHSUAN

Hello Everyone:

I’m YANG. I got my FAA CPL with multi engine land and instrument rating in U.S. recently.
I don't have CPL with single engine land. (I have several Commercial pilot training hours in single engine land)
I plan to convert my license to Canadian license and get the instructor rating there.

Here is things I read: (I meet all requirements.)

• Transport Canada AC 401-001 6.2. In this section, the requirements in this section only said “Must hold a FAA Commercial airman certificate with airplane category and class rating(s)”.
• CAR 421.69 Flight instructor rating Class 4 Aeroplane requirements, it said what I need is total flight time 200 hours and instrument time 20 hours.

I already sent the email to several schools. I got two answers.

1. The first one said I can only convert to PPL with multi engine and instrument rating if I don't have any single engine training associated with my CPL. Given the amount of flight time I have, it shouldn’t be too difficult for me to obtain a TCCA CPL with the associated training.
2. The other said If you did not have single engine IFR, then the conversion is only for Multi-Engine IFR. As for instructor rating course, we do not require Single Engine IFR. It’s just that when teaching students IFR, you can only teach them Multi-IFR rating.

My question is if I successfully convert CPL with multi engine and instrument rating, do I need additional training about CPL with single engine ? TCCA CPL is typically single engine.
According to the second school said, if I get the instructor rating, can I teach PPL(single engine VFR)?

Thanks.

I did FAA commercial multi engine conversion to TC. TC does not differentiate between ME-CPL or SE-CPL. Once you convert, you will have TC CPL with both single and multi engine ratings.

As for instrument rating, they do differentiate between ME and SE. If you want Group 1 instrument rating which is multi-engine instrument rating, you will have to provide a proof that you have passed FAA IR in a multi engine airplane or do a FAA IPC in a multi engine airplane (You can do holding, intercepting, precision and non-precision approach in a flying school sim, just do a circling approach in an actual multi engine airplane, it will suffice).