I don't think we'll see a single Canadian MPL issued by Transport Canada. I believe foreign students training in YQM (and maybe elsewhere in Canada) may hold Canadian licences for validation when they return to their home country and their job-for-life flying jobs. That crowd may be getting TC MPLs but I wouldn't know.
First of all, it's an airline sponsored program that costs approximately $300,000.00 per trainee. Requires a university degree and a battery of 'tests' just to be accepted into the program. And there's one more caveat, only the best candidates get through.
Any suggestions as to which Canadian airline might be the first to put out those kind of bucks for that as a solution to any pilot shortage?
What about the candidate "self sponsoring" their training? Think that'll happen?
I don't think Transport Canada spent much time thinking this through. If they did they sure as hell don't know the first thing about aviation in Canada.
Willie Everlearn
