Conduct of Flight Reviews

Verified from official sources
CARs Standard 921Version 1Effective -Verified 23 August 2026

In plain language

During your flight review, you must plan and fly a flight demonstrating your skills. The reviewer cannot train or help you unless there is a safety risk, and they must stop the review if you fly unsafely or break regulations.

Requirement as structured

When conducting a flight review, the flight reviewer must require the candidate to plan and complete a flight demonstrating advanced or complex knowledge, stop the review if unsafe acts or regulatory breaches occur, refrain from training or demonstrating, refrain from intervening unless safety requires, and evaluate specific exercises and airmanship.

Original regulatory text

When conducting a flight review, the flight reviewer shall: (a) require the candidate to plan and complete a flight... (b) stop the flight review when unsafe airmanship, dangerous flying, or a breach of the applicable regulations is displayed; (c) refrain from training or demonstrating... (d) refrain from intervening unless it is necessary in the interest of safety; and (e) evaluate...

Applies when

country
Canada
regulatory category
General