AIRLINE PILOT PROGRAM

Professional Training AIRLINE PILOT PROGRAM

Airline Pilot Program

If you are seeking a job as an airline pilot, Canadian Flight Centre is THE place to go. CFC offers a 3-year Airline Pilot Diploma program for students of all backgrounds. We guide you through everything you need to know as you start your airline career.

If you chose this elite path, you will still do the PPL, CPL and IFR ground school with other students. However, your flying is more intense and demanding. You are held to a higher standard through mentoring and periodic Performance Evaluations. You are expected to finish your licenses and ratings, including instructor rating, within a total of 15 months. After that, you will practice your instructor skills under the close supervision of your mentor/supervisor in different areas: Ground school, PPL instructor, CPL instructor, later IFR and multi-engine instructor. In parallel, you can select from your areas of interest, for example, receive training as a charter pilot, and work in charter and air taxi operations (both as single pilot as well as in two-crew environment). Approximately 30 months after starting your training, with about 1,000 hours, you will write the Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) exams SARON and SAMRA, do your final flight test, and 36 months from now you can be ready to go for your airline job!

Some conditions of the Program are:

Full-time training, 5-6 days/week
Subject to successful passing of Transport Canada examinations, CFC internal regular performance assessments and regular attendance
LIMITED AVAILABILITY

But the ATPL is not all you obtain with this program! The list of mandatory training above earns you only 2600 out of the required 3000 credits for the Airline Pilot Diploma. The remaining credits are earned by choosing 4 out of almost 20 elective courses and options, examples of which include:

Tailwheel
Unusual Attitudes and Aerobatics
Long Cross-Country trips (min 5000nm total)
Tailwheel Instructor
Aerobatic Instructor Rating
Airshow Experience
Teaching of Ground School/Simulator
Single-Engine Charter Training
Multi-Engine Charter Training
Crew Resource Management
Introduction into Aircraft Maintenance
Ultimate Survival (High Altitude Indoctrination – in a hypobaric chamber, Underwater Egress Training, post-crash Summer and Winter Survival)
Air Traffic Control Introduction
Safety Management System
Introduction into Aviation Business Administration
Introduction to Aviation Business Management
Turbine and King Air Training

Program Admission, Cost, Information

Admission Requirements:

17 years old or older. English language proficiency.

Duration:

36 months full time

Locations:

All CFC locations. Usually mix of several locations throughout different phases of training.

Career Occupations:

Airline Pilot and similar

Program Cost Estimate:

Prices as of May 2025:

Domestic Students

	Tuition	School Supplies
First Year	CA$ 99,740	CA$ 20,255
Second Year	CA$ 30,015	CA$ 2,345
Third Year	CA$ 12,110	CA$ 1,050

International Students:

	Tuition	School Supplies
First Year	CA$ 109,714	CA$ 20,255
Second Year	CA$ 36,717	CA$ 2,345
Third Year	CA$ 13,321	CA$ 1,050

CLICK HERE for CFC Student Handbook with all CFC Policies, incl. attendance, accommodation, financial incl. fees and refunds, ground school etc.

Certifications

Federally, our flight training is regulated by Transport Canada (TC). To learn more about Transport Canada, click here.

Provincially:

in Alberta (coming soon): this Program is designated by Education Alberta. Link here.
in British Columbia: this Program has been approved by the Private Training Institutions Regulatory Unit (PTIRU) of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training. Link here

AIRLINE PILOT (ATPL) PROGRAM INCLUDES:

PPL
Night Rating
Mountain Flying
CPL
Multi-Engine Rating
Multi-IFR Rating
Instructor Rating
Time building for ATPL
Internship/work experience as a flight instructor and/or charter pilot. Bonus for top-performing students in the class: Multi-engine Pilot-in-Command (PIC) time!
ATPL exams preparation

alumni

I have been training at CFC for the last 10 months and I have been extremely satisfied with their service. They have a great fleet of aircrafts which are readily available.

Dilreen Gill

Love CFC!! The best Flight School ever!!! Best planes, best staff, best locations. I'm so glad I chose CFC.

Mario Velez

CFC is the best flying school ever. Wish you all the best!

Abdullah Aldossri

I trained on the Seneca 5 in CFC. Its an excellent aircraft, and the state-of-the-art instrument panels were very impressive.

Rashmi Limaye

Canadian Flight Centre can give the good training to learn to become a pilot for to secure the good future and Carrer

Syed Omer Hussain

ONE OF THE BEST SCHOOL WITH EXPERIENCED STAFF AND GOOD NUMBER OF AMAZING FLEETS .ITS A PLACE TO FLY HIGH....

Anuraag Srivastava

I started flying with CFC in 2010 my instructors Jamie, Will and Brandon were amazing! Barbara the dispatcher was always willing and eager to help me with any paper work I needed even though I know I was a bit of a pain to deal with at times 😉

Michael Gilbert

Lufthans slogan is its no better way to fly.... CFC its no better way to learn Flying ... nice greetings from germany !!!!

Rob Euler

AIRLINE PILOT PROGRAM