Read what I said in response to your posting again. You said, "you can fly your DC8 or MD88 full of passengers in Canada after renewing your IFR in a Seneca."
Here's why that isn't quite correct. The only way someone can fly a DC8 or any other large passenger jet aircraft for hire in Canada is if they hold an Air Operator Certificate issued under CAR 705. Every pilot who flies for a CAR 705 operator must hold a PPC based on the operators training and checking program. The requirements for that PPC include the requirements to renew an IFR rating. Therefore, you cannot fly a DC8 for hire in Canada without a valid PPC. If you want to go renew your IFR 4 months later in a Seneca, that's your business. But when the 6 months on your DC8 PPC expires, you will not be able to fly it again until you've renewed that PPC.
Last edited by J.O.; 21st Mar 2014 at 20:34.