Pilot Rating Program and Examinations
Requirements for All Pilot Ratings:
Instructors should review the requirements for each rating and endorsement to confirm that pilots have met all requirements before assigning a pilot rating. The requirements can be found in SOP 410 Pilot Ratings .
Important Checklist for Conducting Examinations and Assigning and Submitting Ratings:
- Please be sure that all practical skills required for the rating have been tested and observed by you as instructor;
- Use the Training Logbook for all new students (available by online purchase or by download)
- Consult with any other instructor that the student may have begun their training with in order to credit previous fulfillments of any rating requirements with a previous instructor;
- Please promptly submit rating typeform to the Office so that pilots can receive their updated currency card;
- Submit ratings only after all requirements have been met; it is the responsibility of the instructor and the student to manage all the components of completion of the requirements for a rating;
- Carefully protect passwords connected with access to the written examinations; instructors must be logged in to access the pilot examinations, so that the system recognizes them as current instructors; a further password is required to access the examinations (contact the Office in case of difficulty);
- Please also direct pilots to the Official Facebook Page of the Association so they can begin to participate in discussions with fellow pilots.
When should students become HPAC members?
Students can become members of HPAC
- at the beginning of, or during, their H1, P1 or S1 training
- at the conclusion of their H2, P2 or S2 training (the membership and rating application is submitted by the instructor).
While the student is under instruction, the student pilot is covered for third-party liability under the third-party liability insurance carried by the instructor/tandem pilot.
Pilots with Foreign Ratings:
Pilots with foreign ratings should contact an HPAC-certified instructor to have their foreign rating reviewed and their skills assessed so that an HPAC-equivalent rating could be assigned by the instructor. Discretion lies with the instructor as to how he/she conducts the assessment of the foreign rating, potentially including administering a written examination.
Any HPAC rating that is assigned by the instructor should be submitted by the instructor on a pilot rating form in the usual way.
Exams:
Active instructors can download exams on this page.