On Nov 27, 10:58*am, John Smith wrote:
BT wrote:
Your Canadian certificate does not say Private Glider or Commercial Glider?
I had not seen that before.

In the most countries of this world, the glider pilot license does not
say "private glider" or "commercial glider", because in most countries
of this world, there is simply no such thing. There's a glider pilot
license, and that's it. A fully ICAO compliant glider license, by the way..

So I think you should try and get some paper by the Canadian authorities
confirming that your licence is ICAO compliant.

Canada has recognized that we're not completely ICAO compliant in a
couple of areas, and has begun the process of fixing that at a faster-
than-expected-for-beaurocracy speed.

On 1 January, you should be able to apply at
http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/ge...el/changes.htm for a
new-style Canadian licence, where your GPL and PPL will be combined in
to a single document that should satisfy the FAA's inspectors. If you
didn't have the PPL, and just a GPL, you'd have to wait until 2010 to
apply for the new document.

Cheers,

Rob