help please!

[bumble_bee]

Hello,
I'm interested in pursuing my career as a pilot. I have chosen Academy of Aeronautics, Canada, to begin my training with. Can you please tell me if this institution is good and is not a fraud. Will it be safe to send the downpayment without visiting it in person, as I'm from a different country? Thanks in advance.

[albatross]

Never heard of them.
I would be very cautious about sending money.
Nice website.
Academy of Aeronautics Canada - Professional Flight School

Perhaps someone will be along with better info.

[Longtimer]

They are registered with Transport Canada.

View Flight Training Unit
Unit Number: 4378
File Number:
Legal Name: ACADÉMIE AÉRONAUTIQUE INC.
Trade Name: ACADEMY OF AERONAUTICS / ACADÉMIE AÉRONAUTIQUE
Address: HANGAR 16 - MIRAJET 12550 RUE SERVICE A4 MIRABEL QC J7N 1G7
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email:
Category: Aeroplane
Authorities: Private Pilot , Commercial Pilot , Recreational Pilot , VFR Over-the-top Rating , Night Rating
Aircraft: CESSNA 152, CESSNA 172
Aerodromes:
ID Name Type
CYMX MONTRÉAL INTL (MIRABEL) MAIN BASE

[9 lives]

Welcome BumbleBee,

It is unwise to pay any more money in advance than you are prepared to walk away from. I suggest you pursue a "pay as you go" approach to training. You're not looking for credit from the company, they should not be looking for an investor...

If, later in your training, you're really happy with the company, certainly say so here, and you might consider paying some in advance based upon your personal confidence, if doing so offers you a saving.

If you are considering learning to fly, and building your experience for hundreds of hours and a year or so, consider buying a modest plane for your personal use, if you can meet the ownership requirements.

[_Phoenix]

AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT LICENSE (ATPL)
For those students who wish to work for an airline, it is mandatory to have an Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL). Our students who have already obtained their Commercial Pilot license will be allegeable to work as a co-pilot or a first officer. However, if they choose to eventually become a Captain they will need a minimum of 1500 hours of flight-time to obtain their (ATPL). Upon graduation we offer our students the opportunity to work for our academy as an instructor to they can dock hours to work towards this goal.

I don't fully understand the meaning of "allegeable", but I would not interpret it as "eligible".

[9 lives]

I don't fully understand the meaning of "allegeable"

Nor I. However, in Canada, our heritage of French is important. My French is poor, so I'm entirely willing to make allowances for imperfect English use in French origin publications. If I were to insist on excellent English, I'd make my world rather small...

With any business, when you come to the serious detail communications, then's the time to assure mutual understanding....

[9 lives]

Send them your money in trust.

Well.... slow down a little.... I suppose there may be formal "tuition", in the colleges sense, for some flight training services. But do your homework, there have been some very unhappy outcomes in the past, resulting from paying large sums for flight training in advance.

[Flexable]

Send the minimum $$ and pay as you go.
If you are not happy with the quality of the product (aircraft/instructors/facilities) or if the school run into financial problems you will be able to cut down your loss.
Good luck

[Donkey497]

Noting your location & intended training site, perhaps a more pertinent question that you should be asking yourself is how much cold can I stand? The culture and climate in Mirabel is significantly different to your current location. It would be better to worry more about these rather than whether a flight school is likely to defraud you or not.

[nandy]

Hello Bumble bee,

I have also decided to join Academy of Aeronautics.Did you pay your $15000? Kindly email me [email protected] so that we can discuss this school.

[Zombywoof]

$15,000 ???

You gotta be kidding me.

[Zombywoof]

If you're gonna send fifteen thousand dollars to someone you've never met in a country half a world away, for pete's sake don't send it to a flight school in Canada, sent it to a prince in Nigeria. The ROI is much higher.

[SUF]

Hi,
I'm interested too, i'm 21 and I want to start my pilot career with a good school, how is Academy of Aeronautics of Montreal?
Can you tell me about your experince if you decided to attend that academy?

Thank you

[vickers vanguard]

Avoid this school, there are better choices around Montreal, and elsewhere in Canada. The good flight schools around YUL have been very busy and have generally a high student to instructor ratio. Your training will take you longer than usual when you factor in airplane/ instructor availability and the weather. Don’t be fooled with the flashy websites and don’t hand over large chunk of money in advance.

[Mostly Harmless]

I would suggest you look at the Prairie Provinces. I suggest this for a couple of reasons:
1. The winters, while cold, usually provide clear skies and a lot of available flying days for your training:
2. The cities are smaller, the airports less crowded so the "Practice Area" tends to be closer to the airfield you are operating out of and you spend less of your time and money transiting to the "Practice Area" to begin and end your training. This saves you money.

There are many fine schools in the mountains of BC that will afford you a unique training environment and can save you money on the nearness of the practice area. But the weather is a bit more of an issue and you may lose days to low cloud cover.

I would avoid Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver because they are large cities and you will spend a fair amount of your training time navigating to and from the practice areas. But, there are nearby smaller cities around all three of these places where you can get around spending a lot of training time just transiting to and from practice areas. I'm sure someone here can make a few suggestions as I'm a long way removed from doing training now.

Good luck.