Canada: Which flight school school choose?
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I would suggest you PRO ifr. excellent professional training. Stay out of Manitoba, on an average usually 4months go waste in a year due to bad weather, to make things worse schools are more money oriented.
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I might be off topic, but can someone give me some advice/suggest on which would be the best route to choose?
So, as I'd really like to transfer in Canada to do flight training, study and live definitely (hope to get the residency status a day) I'm looking which route choose to become a professional pilot in Canada.
1) Go at an university in the area of Toronto, maybe York University and study Disaster & Emergency Management or something else, and at the same time work hardly to fly as much as possible to get a CPL, IATRA, and Flight Instructor Rating, and while finishing the university working as Fligh Instructor somewhere in the area of Toronto.
2) Go to a Flight College like Moncton Flight College and get a 2 years diploma and Flight Instructor Rating, hope to get hired or find a job anywhere in Canada as Flight Instructor or something else.
3) Go either to Seneca or to Coastal Pacific and get a Bachelor's Degree + Flight Instructor Rating and look for a whichever flying job everywhere in Canada.
Remember, I'm italian and I will come in Canada as an international student who wants to live definitely in Canada...
Many thanks in advance for your help!
So, as I'd really like to transfer in Canada to do flight training, study and live definitely (hope to get the residency status a day) I'm looking which route choose to become a professional pilot in Canada.
1) Go at an university in the area of Toronto, maybe York University and study Disaster & Emergency Management or something else, and at the same time work hardly to fly as much as possible to get a CPL, IATRA, and Flight Instructor Rating, and while finishing the university working as Fligh Instructor somewhere in the area of Toronto.
2) Go to a Flight College like Moncton Flight College and get a 2 years diploma and Flight Instructor Rating, hope to get hired or find a job anywhere in Canada as Flight Instructor or something else.
3) Go either to Seneca or to Coastal Pacific and get a Bachelor's Degree + Flight Instructor Rating and look for a whichever flying job everywhere in Canada.
Remember, I'm italian and I will come in Canada as an international student who wants to live definitely in Canada...
Many thanks in advance for your help!
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Hi,
I just graduated from MFC in November of 2010. I don't know much about the other schools but I can give you a bit of info that might help.
1)Firstly, MFC is a great school, there are 4 or 5 around Canada that are top notch, MFC is one of them. Another is Brampton Flying Club which is also great.
If you want to know the best flying schools, go and check the website of the Webster Memorial Trophy. It is a competition for the best private pilot in Canada and consists of the best students from the best schools in the country. Check the Regional Finalists sections from recent years and jot down the number of times each school is represented, that'll give you a good indication of the best schools. Brampton is almost always in it as is MFC. The Webster Memorial Trophy Competition Regional Finalists
2) You're on the right track with choosing your overall education strategy, i.e. whether to pursue a degree or not. I chose to do a 4 year economics degree and then do the ICPC course at MFC after that (completed all in just over 5 years). I completed the flying course in 1 and a few months, but the average is around one and half years. The course says 48 weeks but that is assuming the weather is always perfect. Note that MFC also has a degree program with Mount Allison University, its still in the experimental phase, which is 20 minutes from Moncton. Having lived there for a year I met a lot of Allison graduates and they rave about their university, infact it more often than not is ranked as the best undergraduate university in Canada! That program will give you a bachelors of science with a frozen ATPL in 4 years.
The University of Western Ontario had a Aviation Management program, I'm not sure if its still around or not, but I do know a few people who took it and it was a lot of work. Last I heard, the school that was doing their flying became exclusively a training centre for Chinese airlines, I don't know whether the course still exists. Its called the Aviation Management program, and UWO is also a top quality school. BUT this is a management degree, not a science degree, keep that in mind, if you plan on working for an airline a management degree would be leaps and bounds better than a science degree, I still don't understand why pilots who want to work for airlines need science degrees.
Finally, Seneca, if you get to talk to them ask them this question, and I would like an answer as well because its a real problem; Where are they going to do their flying? Because Buttonville is closing and their campus was right beside it. If thats where they do it from, and I think it is, it might be a problem. The other issue is they are based in Toronto and that means expensive, expensive and more expensive. However, having said that their program has years behind it and It seems to be put together very well. If you are new to Canada as well it might be easier to fit in to the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Toronto being that there are so many Italians there and it might be easier for you living there. I say this as I also immigrated to Canada and spent years in London Ontario at UWO and certainly missed some of the comforts of home which were available in Toronto.
Oh, and finally, if you have the brains to do a degree, do one it is vastly superior to a diploma and a number of ways and airlines look highly upon them.
I hope this information was useful if you have any further questions don't hesitate to ask.
I just graduated from MFC in November of 2010. I don't know much about the other schools but I can give you a bit of info that might help.
1)Firstly, MFC is a great school, there are 4 or 5 around Canada that are top notch, MFC is one of them. Another is Brampton Flying Club which is also great.
If you want to know the best flying schools, go and check the website of the Webster Memorial Trophy. It is a competition for the best private pilot in Canada and consists of the best students from the best schools in the country. Check the Regional Finalists sections from recent years and jot down the number of times each school is represented, that'll give you a good indication of the best schools. Brampton is almost always in it as is MFC. The Webster Memorial Trophy Competition Regional Finalists
2) You're on the right track with choosing your overall education strategy, i.e. whether to pursue a degree or not. I chose to do a 4 year economics degree and then do the ICPC course at MFC after that (completed all in just over 5 years). I completed the flying course in 1 and a few months, but the average is around one and half years. The course says 48 weeks but that is assuming the weather is always perfect. Note that MFC also has a degree program with Mount Allison University, its still in the experimental phase, which is 20 minutes from Moncton. Having lived there for a year I met a lot of Allison graduates and they rave about their university, infact it more often than not is ranked as the best undergraduate university in Canada! That program will give you a bachelors of science with a frozen ATPL in 4 years.
The University of Western Ontario had a Aviation Management program, I'm not sure if its still around or not, but I do know a few people who took it and it was a lot of work. Last I heard, the school that was doing their flying became exclusively a training centre for Chinese airlines, I don't know whether the course still exists. Its called the Aviation Management program, and UWO is also a top quality school. BUT this is a management degree, not a science degree, keep that in mind, if you plan on working for an airline a management degree would be leaps and bounds better than a science degree, I still don't understand why pilots who want to work for airlines need science degrees.
Finally, Seneca, if you get to talk to them ask them this question, and I would like an answer as well because its a real problem; Where are they going to do their flying? Because Buttonville is closing and their campus was right beside it. If thats where they do it from, and I think it is, it might be a problem. The other issue is they are based in Toronto and that means expensive, expensive and more expensive. However, having said that their program has years behind it and It seems to be put together very well. If you are new to Canada as well it might be easier to fit in to the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Toronto being that there are so many Italians there and it might be easier for you living there. I say this as I also immigrated to Canada and spent years in London Ontario at UWO and certainly missed some of the comforts of home which were available in Toronto.
Oh, and finally, if you have the brains to do a degree, do one it is vastly superior to a diploma and a number of ways and airlines look highly upon them.
I hope this information was useful if you have any further questions don't hesitate to ask.
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Which flight school would you suggest me in Montreal?
Are there any aviation college or aviation (business) related university degree in the province of Quèbec?
Are there any aviation college or aviation (business) related university degree in the province of Quèbec?
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MFC vs Academy of Aeronautics, which to choose
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I'm planning on obtaining CPL followed by ATPL (frozen) in Canada. Have a doubt between Moncton flight college and Academy of Aeronautics (Montreal). Both seem to be respectable schools. May somebody advise me which school to choose please considering job possibilities after graduating? I'm an international student from Russia. Thanks in advance!!
I'm planning on obtaining CPL followed by ATPL (frozen) in Canada. Have a doubt between Moncton flight college and Academy of Aeronautics (Montreal). Both seem to be respectable schools. May somebody advise me which school to choose please considering job possibilities after graduating? I'm an international student from Russia. Thanks in advance!!
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I was also an International student at MFC, i completed the ICPC course in 18 months, I could have finished sooner but i had a part-time job while studying. After your studies the college offers the Instructor course and you're almost guaranteed a job when you're done. As long as you're not incompetent.
