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Old 25th August 2006 | 20:19
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From: CA
Hi Ricky1,
I have never been to PRI, but I just want to let you know that each school will tell you that they might hire you as instructor and all the bla bla bla. It's marketing.
I did all my training in Canada, Instructor rating, A320 rating, then I went to Uk and got a JAR licence etc. If your goal is to get a JAR licence, don't waste your time in Canada. The training is well below the JAR standards, and the written tests are really easy compared to the JAR ones. With a Canadian license and 300 hrs TT, you won't get a job in Canada. Even if you become instructor, it will take a long time before you might be givenen a chance to fly a light twin. Most of my friend are still instuctor with over 3000 hrs on C152s, they are paid peanuts . Waste of time, and waste of money
Please stop dreaming that they will help you to get a job at the end of your training. There are plenty of guys with CPL/IR and 300 hrs TT still on the ground.
a first class pilot for a very reasonable price.
believe me, airlines really don't care of this, if you don't have at least a type rating and/or valuable flight experience
STOP DREAMING, START FLYING

One more thing, if you expect to work in Canada, you should start asap the process for the resident card (take about a year and 2000$). You will never find a company that will help you to get a work visa, too much Canadian pilots on the ground.
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