What's the best aircraft schools in canada?

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What's the best aircraft schools in canada?

Answer 1

In Canada, there is not one particular 'best flight school'. There are colleges and schools that have a better reputation than others, but to a certain extent, where you did your training will not determine whether you get a particular job or not. That will depend more on the individual.

In Canada there are 3 main routes to get your pilot licences. Going through a traditional local flight school, taking a College or University Aviation Program or going through the military.

There are numerous different local flight schools across the country and to outline them would be very time consuming. I'll confine my answer to colleges and universities in Canada, but just be aware that it's not the only way to get your licences.

There are a number of factors to consider when deciding which College Program to attend. It's not a case of "School X is the best so I'm going to go there."

Location, Costs, length of program, type of diploma/degree, and career aspirations are all things to take into account.

There are a few Universities that have combined with Flight Schools to offer degrees. In Canada, having a degree is not necessary to becoming an airline pilot, however, it is looked upon favourably. The University of Western Ontario has a Commercial Aviation Management Degree; The University of Waterloo has Science and Aviation, and Geography and Aviation Programs; The University College of the Fraser Valley as an Aviation Bachelor of Business Administration.

The more well known College programs in Canada include the subsidized 3 in Ontario - Seneca College, Sault College and Confederation College. They offer considerable savings over other college programs and for the most part have a good reputation.

In the East there's Moncton Flight College. There's CEGEP Chicoutimi in Quebec. Out West you've got Selkirk College in Castlegar, Mount Royal in Calgary, BCIT in Vancouver and the SIAST in Saskatchewan has a program.

There are a number other lessor known, but still very reputable colleges that I have missed.

If you want a degree, look at UWO, Waterloo and Seneca. If not and money is tight, look at Sault and Confederation.

If you just want to get working ASAP, look for various 1 year programs.

If you have anymore questions feel free to send me an e-mail listed on my book's blog.

Cheers!

James Ball

Author of "So, You Want to be a Pilot, Eh? - A Guidebook for Canadian Pilot Training"

http://www.piloteh.com

http://www.piloteh.blogspot.com

Answer 2

For the best Flying school in Canada, is hard to tell since not many people can train anywhere in Canada.  For Toronto I recommend Brampton: http://www.bramfly.ca/

Answer 3

http://www.justflightschools.com/Canada/

http://www.pilotcareercentre.com/Trainin...

(ones listed here are pretty good to my knowledge)

I went here for my PPL

http://www.pilotcareercentre.com/Trainin... and visited here:

http://www.pilotcareercentre.com/Trainin...

for some fun in the simulators