# 2022-111 Careers, Cease-training, Pilot

Case summary

F&R date: 2023-10-10

The grievor, a student pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force, contested the decision of the Commandant at 2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School to cease the grievor's Phase II flight training. The grievor asserted that key elements of his training, testing, and progress review were not handled properly. More broadly, the grievor asserted that excessive delays, some related to COVID-19, resulted in his course being delivered in a manner too extended and disjointed to effectively meet the training design and intent. As redress, the grievor sought to resume his pilot training.

The Commander of 2 Canadian Air Division, acting as the Initial Authority, determined that the decision to cease the grievor's pilot training was warranted and that the grievor had been treated fairly and in accordance with applicable provisions. While he acknowledged that COVID-19 had caused some delays, and that certain elements of the Training Plan were not followed, he found that they were not responsible for the grievor's course failure.

The Committee found that the school had failed to follow the Training Plan by not providing the grievor with mandated academic refresher training and a collaborative Instructor Continuity Assistance Program when it was required. The Committee also found that the cumulative effect of the excessive length and the several delays in the grievor's training (over 600 days versus the prescribed period of 168 days) unfairly undermined the grievor's ability to acquire and retain the learning objectives. As a result, the Committee found that the grievor had been aggrieved and recommended that the Final Authority (FA) grant redress.