Chief Instructor – Bob Leroux

Class 1 Flight Instructor | Pilot Examiner | former Transport Canada Inspector

NavPath Aviation Ltd was founded and is operated by Bob Leroux who holds the position of Chief Instructor, Course Manager and Pilot Examiner. Bob has a Class 1 Flight Instructor Rating, is a Transport Canada authorized Pilot Examiner and is a former Transport Canada Civil Aviation Inspector.

Since learning to fly as a teenager in the Royal Canadian Air Cadets, Bob has had a fulfilling career in the aviation industry enabling him to acquire wide-ranging knowledge, experience and skills. Bob has held a Flight Instructor Rating since 1976 and has more than 25 years of experience as a Transport Canada Civil Aviation Inspector.

After teaching at the aviation college level in British Columbia, Bob joined Transport Canada as a Civil Aviation Inspector in the General Aviation Division. He worked in the Pacific Regional Office in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Transport Canada Centre in Abbotsford, British Columbia and also in National Headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario. While in Ottawa, Bob was responsible for writing the Canadian Aviation Regulations and Standards that deal with providing safety oversight of the flight training industry in Canada. Bob’s responsibilities also included national oversight of the Flight Instructor Refresher Course Program and the Pilot Examiner Program.

Bob has conducted several hundred flight tests, including many for Flight Instructor Ratings involving initial, upgrade and renewal flight tests for Class 4, Class 3, Class 2 and Class 1 instructors. When Bob was a Transport Canada Inspector in the Pacific Region, he trained many senior flight instructors to be appointed as a Pilot Examiner to conduct flight tests as a delegate of the Minister of Transport. Bob’s experience provides a unique perspective on the responsibilities of flight instructors and the standards expected during flight training and flight testing.

Bob’s considerable flying experience ranges from the Piper Super Cub and de Havilland Beaver on floats to the Beechcraft King Air, and he is type rated on the Airbus A320. Bob also gained international experience in Asia working in the airline simulator industry. Now, after “retiring”,  Bob continues to share his expertise with the aviation industry conducting various aviation training courses and conducts flight tests in aeroplanes as a Transport Canada authorized Pilot Examiner.

When not so busy Bob enjoys flying his Piper Turbo Arrow IV.

… it’s an attitude!