Aus CPL Conversion to Canadian
Converting your Aus CPL to a Canadian is not difficult.
Getting an instructor rating is something else. If you have an Australian instructor you will need to do 15 hours air and 15 hours ground, that equates to about 50% of the minimum required if you did it all in Canada.
Then you have costs. If you go to a US flight school, aka mill, you can get an FAA CPL and do the instructor rating in what ever time it takes you to do it. You need to meet their standards and its "different" to Australia and Canada but at the end of the day, you got some valuable training in the US system and the US culture which is very different to Aus and Canada.
After you get your FAA tickets, then go to a flight school anywhere in Canada where they have a record of turning out instructor ratings. Getting a Class One is often a problem.
Get some referrals and follow them up.
With a Valid FAA instructor you will only require the conversion hours of 15 duel and 15 ground and you will need those to do your transport canada ride which is often NOT done by transport.
By comparison to Australia the basic Class IV ride is similar to a basic
Australian class 3 but at a slightly lower standard. A pass in Canada might not be as high a standard in Australia but its similar.
If you don't screw up in Canada you will probably pass in Aus.
The Australian system has not changed much in 50 years, the US is even older. Going back to WW2 Canada and Australia were identical if not meshed together.
It's important to look at the roots of the systems to understand the differences.
At the end of the day, go over the FAA instructor manual, the Canadian Flight Instructor Guide and its all good study material.
If you like instructing, you will have no problem getting a job.. Good instructors are always wanted.
Don't throw your eggs in just at Toronto. Take a look at variety of places.
One place worth mentioning for you is, Harv's Air in Manitoba , check out their on line resources to enable you to sit the exams as soon as you get here.
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