Originally Posted by
avpilot1
Hello,
I did training with my previous company for a CL-65 type rating but left just before the ride. Is there somewhere I can finish the ride? I still have my training record. Thanks.
Well, it is a very grey area you're in, so my gut says not really, no. I'm speaking as a former ACP.
An ACP can conduct a PPC for the sole purpose of issuing a type rating, but they have to be authorized by Transport Canada beyond the ACP approval process - I make that sound like a bigger deal than it is. It's not, it's a tickbox on the application form. The gotchya for you will be in the interpretation of the ACP Manual, ACP Authorities, Subsection 5(b)(i) where it describes you needing to complete a recognized program of ground and flight training on the aircraft type by a TRTO (Type Rating and Training Organization - think, Flight Safety or CAE). While you may have the training records, what you perhaps don't have are training files from a TRTO. An air operator is not a TRTO. What you also don't have will be a valid and up-to-date nomination to the ride. Both the TRTO training files and a nomination would be required before you could challenge the flight test. Furthermore, while you have training files from an air operator, it has been my experience that Transport Canada considers training files to be the property of the air operator or training organization,
NOT the pilot.
Complicating matters further, because you never finished a PPC, your training files are of relatively no use to any other air operator as they'd have to start you from scratch. While it is possible to transfer training from one operator to another, you must have completed the ride as a prerequisite. Another complication would be if the air operator sent you to a TRTO for the training. This complicates matters because while you received training from a TRTO, it was on behalf of an air operator, so it is extremely grey as to who legally holds the rights to those records. Like I said, TC has consistently taken the line that training records are company property.
For all these reasons, and were I to have the CL65 on my accreditation letter, I'd not agree to conduct a ride on you as it could put my own license on the line. It sucks, and another ACP may have a different interpretation, so I do suggest you seek a second opinion. Now, I am 2 years removed from my last ride and when I handed back my ACP credentials, so it is possible there have been minor changes in that time. However, Transport Canada sent me ACP Manual, Tenth Edition, which is the same as I was using when doing flight checks, so I doubt there has been such a major change as the wording of that section in the ACP manual.