Originally Posted by
Pilot DAR
I'm thinking; don't put that on your resume when applying to a Canadian GA business for a pilot job.
Aviran, it puzzles me why most of your posts on the Canadian forum knock the Canadian system, yet you seem to be so eager to participate in it? I have flown as a pilot in several dozen countries on three continents, and with that experience, I could not be more happy to be a citizen of Canada, and a pilot in Canada. I have been so lucky to fly with the economy and freedom I have for the last half century. Is our system perfect? No. But over all, our system is good, and produces pilots respected internationally. Gaps I see can be filled by the diligent pilot seeking out extra training along their career - a good idea for any pilot. Waving the ugly stick at Canada will do nothing to make our system better, and just makes you look bad.
Go and work in our system for half the time I have, earn some respect and credibility in our system, then bring your ideas for improvement to the table. I can absolutely assure you that TC staff listen to the comments of credible, established industry pilots - and things change for the better because those credible pilot's opinions were considered. But, you gotta earn the credibility first!
I'll put it this way - I live in an area where the closest PE with instrument rating privilege is over 800 KM away. For him to come here I'd have to pay over $1,000. Meanwhile, driving across the border a distance of 300 KM I can pay $70 USD for a CFII to conduct an IPC. Technically an FAA holder doesn't need an IPC as long as they can do their 6 HITS (you can Google it), but I can do it nevertheless and it counts.
This PE doesn't even come here unless he have, at least, 3-4 candidates to justify the cost (fee + expanses). Sure, DPE in States charge a LOT more than Canadian PE, but it's a one time thing, which is why the price is so high.
Here's a solution TC was offered a long time ago but rejected it, which is to do a CFII of their own. Simply put - to have any instructor that want to do instrument training pass a dedicated written exam and flight test (which basically is the same instrument rating flight test on the right seat). It even makes a LOT more sense in Canada given our size and the lack of PEs (or qualified PEs) for certain areas.
Maybe if you'd lived in a remote area you'd understand why I am agitated with this system. Our system is designed for major metropolitan areas in mind. And you'd think the US is no different - but you'd be wrong, because they have special rules for Alaska to reduce the requirement given their location and topography. Why TC can't do the same and stop acting as if Canada end between QC and ON? I get it - it's where their major voters area, and government elected get it handed to them in the last election, but at least don't make it so much obvious.