PROFESSIONAL PILOT PROGRAM

Professional Training PROFESSIONAL PILOT PROGRAM

About the program

You are preparing for an exciting career in aviation. At the end of this course, you will feel fully prepared and qualified to apply to Pilot Jobs. Through this program, you are training for something more than a License – you are training for a job as a Pilot.

When we looked at the traditional way of commercial flight training in Canada, we noticed a few disturbing facts:

To earn a commercial license, one has to prove 200 hours of flight experience. There is no quality control that would assign a higher value to purposeful, task-oriented flight training versus just flying around the home base in circles for 200 hours. In fact, most graduates from flight schools have done very little cross country flying – the required 300 NM flight is for most the one outstanding cross country experience.
For reasons of economy, most schools have a standardized fleet of one or two types of aircraft only. Students often earn a commercial license and have only experienced one aircraft type – often a Cessna 152 or 172. Since it is considered a higher insurance risk, very few schools offer training in tailwheel aircraft despite the fact that it helps train better pilots.
Training in marginal weather conditions, flying into unimproved or short airstrips, landing on grass, gravel or beaches is often avoided to minimize any risk of damage to the propellers.
Students are often trained inefficiently, leading to high flight hours. Requiring 80 hours and more for a Private Pilot License is excessive, and some schools graduate their students with more than 100 hours – in fact doubling the training cost from a normally anticipated budget.

At Canadian Flight Centre we realized that, in order to train students for their first job, we have to enable them to deal with the challenging flying environment that Canada stands for. Our students are exposed to a challenging curriculum that is rarely offered by other schools but fully equips the student for their flying career and journey. Our cross-country flights include ocean flying, mountainous terrain, desert climates and cold winters. Students experience the kind of landing strips that prepare them for flying in the Canadian wilderness.

When it comes to advanced flight training, we use multi-engine aircraft like the Piper Seneca V and the King Air C90 – few schools in Canada or the US have similar equipment. And while most schools typically restrict their flying to a small local area, our aircraft are capable of holding training flights from Alaska to California, both in closely controlled airspaces and in the vast uncontrolled airspaces of Northern Canada and Alaska. Due to turbocharged engines, we have no altitude restrictions that would prevent us from going over the Rocky Mountains, and due to certification for “known ice conditions” we can train in extreme weather conditions.

Program cost

Domestic Students: 53,175 CAD tuition + 19,655 CAD school supplies

International Students: 58,493 CAD tuition + 19,555 CAD school supplies

Prices as of May 2023. Click here for our refund policy.

Note

This program is also regulated by Transport Canada (TC), to learn more about Transport Canada, click here.

This program has been approved by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills & Training. To learn more about PTIB and its regulations, click here.

Do you offer any Academic Training?

As a flying school, we do what we do best – providing flight training. However, we are aware of the major airlines’ preference for pilots with some academic background. After analyzing the various aviation diploma programs offered around the world, we concluded that the time and cost commitment of such programs will not benefit the pilot career. We believe in earning a true university degree through the flexibility of open learning – studying from home at your own pace without slowing down your career in aviation. We have a partnership with the Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, one of the leaders in Open Learning. Our students can register with the university and will receive academic credits for all their flying achievements towards a university degree.

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

Anna est un très talentueuse et responsable. Croyez-moi parce que je la connais de l'école comme son professeur. Elle est très exigeante et surtout à ..ellei-même.

Nikolai Routchka

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