# 2019-292 Careers, Pilot, Training failure

Case summary

F&R Date: 2020-06-22

The grievor challenged a Progress Review Board (PRB) decision to cease his pilot training. As redress, he requested that he be re-integrated into the course and into the Pilot occupation.

The Initial Authority found that the decision to cease the grievor's training was reasonable and denied redress.

The Committee thoroughly examined the grievor's training progress cards and accepted the contemporaneous findings of several flight instructors who found that the grievor had failed to achieve the required standards on multiple flight objectives. The Committee also found that the PRB into his training failure was conducted fairly in accordance with 1 Canadian Air Division Order 5 - Training and Standards, and the Phase III Multi-Engine Training Plan.

However, the Committee noted that following the decision to cease his training, the grievor revealed additional medical and personal information that, had the PRB been aware of it, might have constituted extenuating circumstances that could have affected its recommendations. The Committee accepted that the grievor did not reveal the information due to well-founded fears of stereotyping and stigma.

Accordingly, the Committee recommended that the Final Authority (FA) direct that a new PRB be convened to assess whether the grievor's newly revealed information constitutes extenuating circumstances sufficient to integrate him back into pilot training.

FA decision summary

The Final Authority (FA) agreed with the Committee's finding that the grievor had not been aggrieved, but disagreed with its recommendation to convene a new PRB. The FA concluded that, based on the totality of the information, the cease-training decision was justifiable and made in accordance with policy.