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Old 15th October 2006 | 20:42
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Fingersmac
 
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Check out Confederation College. You're done in two years (18 months), start flying right away in first semester and there are no quotas. You have to attain a 70% average in aviation courses and a 60% average in non-aviation courses; if everyone in your year passes, then everyone continues to the next semester.

You get a CPL with a float rating (24 hours on floats) and a college diploma. No Multi-IFR though, although they do prepare you for the written exam. The entire program costs approximately $8500, with the flight training completely subsidized by the government. We have a brand new multi-million dollar facility that was built in 2001 and a fleet of 14 aircraft (1x C180, 1x R172K, 4x C172S, 8x C172N). The senior instructors are very experienced career instructors (some have industry experience as well) and the intern instructors are all past graduates of our program. Both senior and intern instructors are always available to help with all aspects of the program (academics and flying).

If you want a degree, you can use your diploma to secure advance standing at most universities. I plan on working towards a degree in my spare time through Athabasca (who will grant me 1.5 years of university credit) while building hours (which is much more important than the degree, for the most part).

Confederation grads have been very successful in many facets of the industry including Air Canada, Jazz, Westjet, Cathay Pacific, Canadian Forces and the MNR (CL415/215 waterbomber pilots).
It's worth a look for sure.
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