Looks promising! I like the accomodation at the airfield option, should save a pound or two:ok:

Another Fto that I was looking at was Moncton their website is www.mfc.nb.ca They've good facilities from what I can see from their website. The whole thing seems a lot more formal than harv's though, Harvs seems like a much more family type of business but then I haven't been to either so I don't know.
It might be worth your while looking at moncton though as well.

west coast schools
 

hmm am also doing research to find a good school to go to in canada or NZ ... so far heard some pretty good stuff abt schools in Boundary Bay Airport, Delta located near to vancouver...

1) Pro IFR www.proifr.com

2) Pacific Flying club www.pacificflyingclub.com

Just wondering,

Is the canadain training as good a quality as that of say JAA or FAA. It's just the training seems to be so cheap for a CPL + IR + ME + Instructors rating plus accomodation you're talking about in and around £15,000. That is a massive saving on the £50,000 - 60,000 it costs in the UK!!

Hey there,

I have done all 3 (Canadian, FAA, JAA), and still think that the Canadian one was the best one that I did. Flying is cheap in Canada mainly due to good exchange rate you get.

I would say Canadian ground work is in between the FAA and JAA and that the flying is as good as the FAA and so better than the JAA. (had to put that in to wind up some of the JAA FAA debators)

You may find that like a lot of the FTOs quote you the lowest price humanly possible to get the ratings.

If you add about 30% to the cost of training and living I have usually found that will give you a more accurate view of what it will cost. It will also save you the blushes of running out of money during your training.

I would personally recommend Moncton as I did my intial training there. You should also I believe be able to walk away with both Can & JAA Com/MIR.

Hope that helps or not as the case might be.

-273

Moncton is great. the cost to live there is much cheaper than big centres like Toronto or Vancouver. The staff whole approach at MFC is very professional. I spent 2 years there as a student and 2 as an instructor. They are also a partner of Boernemouth(?) now as a partner for CAA/JAA training.

What would be the story for a person coming from Europe doing a Canadian pilot program like Monctons.
Would their by obstacles with staying and working in Canada after these licences were attained?
Would anyone not recommend a route like this, considering I'm not necessarily looking for a right hand seat in a major airline straight off, I wouldn't mind doing some light aircraft hour building i.e. instructor or bush flying?

www.pilotcareercentre.com lists most of the schools here. Most people take a commercial with multi-IFR and instructor rating to start out, but some like myself try to specialize in bush operations. You'll have to study the pros and cons of each and figure out what you like best.

There are a lot of college aviation programs as well, but most do not take international students.

Good Luck!
Dave

p.s. when we'll both be job hunting, it's war, buddy. :)

goin to canada...any advice?
 

hello everybody!!!

this is my first message in pprune. would like to start of by saying that this is the best site for any wannabe like me to who wants to make a career in aviation. Thank all for all the info.

anways my story is....I am 22 , a college graduate and now dreaming of making it big in commercial aviation. After months of searching for schools and countries, i have decided to head to canada for professional program. The course will help me with 200 hrs of flying hours with all the basic liscences and ratings.

My plan is to atleast gain about 800-1000 hrs before i get back home. I inderstand in USA you can do a bit of flight instruction on a J-1 visa and gain those valubale flying hours. I would like to know if this can be done in CANADA too. I am lil short on onfo for Candadian visa.

I mean will be able to work as a instructor after i get a instructors rating in canada. Do i need a work permit of a sort?

This is gonna be challenging road ahead, so all our tips will be of great help!!!

Thank you everybody in advance
will look forward for your help

cheers and safe flying
arnold

pleaseeee
 

guys please any tips will do...i really need some

thank you in advance :ok:

Hiya,

don't know much about it myself but try searching for 'Flight Training Canada' on PPRuNe search

alternatively the guys in the Canada Forum might be able to help you out.

Good luck:ok:

Take a warm coat and dont talk to any moose's;)

hello Trislander and Sanchez

Thank you Sanchez i will defently remember that ;)

By the way do mosse's bite? Never seen one in this part of the world where i am right now.

Thaks for the tip trislander, i think i will post my question in the Canada forum, i will have better response there.

Well infact i did get a small advice , Its easy and fast to have a immigration lawyer to get yourself a working permit. IT may be expensive though, but if you wanna work in canada for a while then i guess thats the best option.

Anways still looking forward for more tips

Thank you all in advance again
Cheers and Safe flying
arnold :ok:

FAA CPL in Canada
 

Hello,

If one has an FAA CPL/IR or even an FAA ATP, what conversion is needed licence wise, to fly in Canada commercially?
(obviously the right to work its required)

Has anyone encountered this before and know the score?

Regards,

Speedbird19

Flight training in Canada
 

Hi everyone,

Would you have information or past experiences with flight training in Canada?

I'm looking at doing some commercial training out there but can't find much information on the web,

Any help would be appreciated.

Many Thanks.

Try

www.mfc.nb.ca/

Moncton Flight School near Halifax, it is connected to, i think, Pilot Training College in Bournemouth so have a look at them both.











Shed Rule:ok:

A Canadian friend of mine has flown with and recommends: www.flighttraining.org

Harv's Air Service is Steinbach Manitoba is good, too. www.harvsair.com

Talk to Adam

Phil

Flight training in Canada
 

Thanks for the Info.

Professional Pilot Training in Canada
 

Im a wannabe pilot and have been researching flight schools all over the world and have found a school I recently visited in Canada as my top choice. Its very professional and well run and its very well priced....

I need advice though into what the future prospects are for a UK pilot being trained to ATPL level in Canada and then applying for the airlines in the UK/Canada to start a career?

The school is called Pro and located at Boundary Bay, close to Vancouver, anyone shed any light on it.....???

Thanks all. Barney

Flying in Canada
 

PM me if you want details about certain schools in Canada.

Flight schools in US and Canada
 

hi all !!

I'm searching for good flight schools in US or Canada, schools that are economic and also enjoy a good reputation.

I've heard that european based schools in US are good....however I don know exactly...

Please help me if anyone personally know a good school.

redards

If you want a JAA-compatible one, try Moncton Flight Centre in New Brunswick. However, I have personal experience of Harvsair in Steinbach, Manitoba (near Winnipeg), and I believe they have a link with a JAA school in UK. Talk to Adam Penner at www.harvsair.com. Good people and good weather!

Phil

PACO !!
 

ya I checked out both Mancton flight college and Harv's Air. i've written to them.

do you know some schools in states...I'm not basically upto a JAA compatible course...as I'm an Indian and i'll have to ultimately convert it to indian CPL.

I just want 200 hrs. with ME and IR.

regards

Harvs air?

I went there. The people were for the most part boring. The town is dry, you're not allowed to "make noise" after 10 or drink any beer in the flat. Come on, we're grown-ups (for the most part!). Also the place is totally flat and when I was there the weather was pants.

Did I mention the mud covered grass runway?

I've also trained at Ormond beach, which despite the above post, I really enjoyed.

Later

hi

what about ASA (American School of Aiation), California...how is it ? does anyone know...

they are giving a very low training cost and also the housing is very cheap.

but ant say if they give any hidden costs afterwards...??

regards

Training
 

Hello

I am Canadian and i cant wait to head across the pond for my career. There are lots of risk's involved, 1 being finance. Tons of challenges, large possibility of now work, it goes on and on. If you want to work in the Eu you can train in Canada, but you would then have to convert your license to JAA standards. Now i am no expert but if there were scheme's that took you and paid your way through this ASS-KICKING BATTLE of aviation to a top spot, i wouldnt be on here for hours researching options. Sorry buddy but i think the times are changing,compared to what use to be. Canada is a great country but you wont fly the airlines for at least 6-7 years and unless you want to flight instruct you will have to bush fly for that first initial job, and usually you will start on the dock loading/unloading ect ect... All i know is that i am not going to spend all this money to load propane tanks onto an airplane for 1-2 years as they state. I would rather pay the big bucks, you may risk allot more but then again its the location,lifestyle,life your after 2.. Remember that

Best of luck

Best flying schools in the US & Canada?
 

Hello guys, my backup plan for the cadet pilot programme is to flight trained in the US or Canada, I am wondering which is the best and most recommanded flying university/college in the US and Canada by major airlines (such as Air Canada).

I've checked the http://www.pilotcareercenter.com/ but there're many many and many flying schools in the US and Canada...:rolleyes:
Is American School of Aviation a good one?

Please give me some advices...:O

Thanks
flyer_spotter

i've been in Florida lately and i visited sunstate aviation, PEA, Deltacademy and RAA!

Now i'm going to choose PEA from what i've seen..they ffer an J1 visa (so u can stay there 2 years) and u can work as a PAID flight instructor!

RAA is another good choice but unluckyly only M1visa so 9 months there!
It's a pity cause it looks reeeeally professional..a lot of simulators but for me it's a great pity for the visa question...

Fabio

Thanks for your information Holliwood!

and, which one is the best flying school in Canada?

In the land of the blind..........:eek: :eek:

Spend a few weeks working through the thousands of posts on this subject. It will be useful but that's probably not what you want.

Training in Canada
 

Thinking about doing A320 TR with this company I got info from them costing
$16,800 USD. plus they say they have agencies in asia to help their graduate.
Does anyone have done this program or heard anything? Thanks for your
precious info.

Training in Canada
 

There is so much concentration in this forum on flight schools in US and South Africa because flying seems to be cheaper in those places and i wonder why nobody cares about canada where it seems to be cheaper. Being somebody that is planning to go there for my licenses, i am curious to know why nobody talks about canada?

Probably a waste of time. After all, looking at these search results, no-one ever considers Canada.

:hmm:

Scroggs

well you euro mates should consider it. especially with the GBP being about 1 GBP: 2.3 CAD you boys could run away with paying 50 GBP per hour on a new 172. and most of all we have schools in winnipeg ( http://www.perimeter.ca ) and in vancouver ( http://www.proifr.com ) where you actually train in known ice for your ifr. their twins are done up with "boots" and most students who do their ifr usually walk away with about 5-15 hrs of actual IMC. plus there's plenty of beer, plenty of women and depending on which part of the country your in...plenty to keep you occupied when you're not studying.

Cheers

Harv's Air
 

Have a look at this post, I posted last year about my decision to hour build in Canada. Its a fantastic country to fly in and I'd certainly recommend it :ok:
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=172055

Harv's Air in Steinbach manitoba have some sort of JAA association and are highly recommended, Moncton flight school in new Brunwick are JAA approved and Pro IFR really know their stuff, although I'm not sure about their JAA status.
You will also find a remarkable amount of consistency amongst Transport Canada examiners.

So why not Canada?

Phil

Flight Training in Canada
 

Having trained in Toronto (CYTZ) over two summers, I can thoroughly recommend Canada as a venue.

One of the advantages is the exchange rate. Another is the plethora of different a/d types available for training.

Andrew

Joking aren't you ? More like 1 GBP : 2 CAD at the moment (Having a Cad mortgage and living in the UK I take a vested interest in these things !!)

ooops you could be right. all depends on which bank does your conversion. my bank was trading at 2.26 GBP (i rounded up) not too long ago. each bank sets their own conversion commission so don't go by what you see in the paper.

cheers