Air canada?

Question

I'm 16 and I was wondering for the basic requirement to become a pilot and work at air canada,on the list-it said you need 1000hours of flying but can you start early with private flight school and gain hours and when I graduate from a proper university and count the 1000 hours I did when I was 16..does that work or do I have to get the hours during university or after?

Basic requirement:

* 1000 hours of fixed wing flying time

* Completion of schooling to the university entrance level. Ability to pass the Air Canada and Transport Canada medical and visual acuity requirements for a Category 1 medical certificate.

* Canadian Commercial Pilot licence, current Instrument Rating and Multi-Engine endorsement.

* Canadian citizenship or landed immigrant status.

Answer 1

any time logged after you get your license is called PIC time (pilot in command) .. you can count any PIC time toward the 1000 hrs

Answer 2

An hour is an hour, whether you get it when you're 16 or after university. A 1000 hrs can take anywhere from 2-5 years to get.

Anyhow, to be an Air Canada pilot the requirements you mentioned above are a minimum. Usually they would hire pilots 3000 hrs an up but other airlines such as Air Canada Jazz or smaller charters would consider a 1000 hr pilot.

Also, a majority of your hours would have to e PIC (pilot in command) which would be hard to get unless yo become a instructor or a captain of a small plane or jet. So try to take it step by step rather than jumping to the big leagues right away.

If you need a degree and a license there's a few universities and colleges that offer that now like Western and Waterloo.

Seneca College also has a degree program that gives you a frozen ATPL (airline transport) and a cadet program that gives the top students positions in Air Canada Jazz.

aviation.senecac.on.ca

Answer 3

After you'll find some information over here, the best way is to call at an aviation academy. Why don't you get information straight from the source? ;)  Success! and fly beautiful!