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Australians need to remember that Canada is a huge place with diverse flying
and while lots of flying is similar to Aus a lot is not.
There is a Canadian attitude that if you are not from Canada you don't know what you are doing, and to a point they are right. Australians don't have a clue about what its like to spend days shoveling your driveway, lake effect snow, icing in its various forms, deicing, frozen throttle and mixture cables,
landing with a windshield full of ice etc
Canadians don't have a clue about tropical , or what its like to see six inches of water come down in 30 minutes and or to fly though such a rain storm.
At the end of the day, the differences are easily learned, and the claims that one is a better system than another is a dead argument.
As for exams, yes, Australia has or had tougher exams generally, but
take two pilots who did exams in different countries and a year later, what do they remember? and, is it really relevant?
The Canadian approach does include a large practical emphasis while the
Australian is more technical.
If you go from one country to the next, don't expect it to be easy, but treat it as a hell of a learning exercise that will be a load of fun.
Just be prepared to pay your dues all over again.
As for standards of pilots, you take each pilot as you find them, lots of schools
in Aus and Canada that turn out endless streams of pilots who can pass exams and tests but have woeful flying schools.
Ramjet
Last edited by Ramjet555; 26th Jan 2013 at 19:57.