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!
Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) PROGRAM INCLUDES:
- PPL
- Night Rating
- Mountain Flying
- CPL
- Multi-Engine Rating
- Multi-IFR Rating
- Instructor Rating
- Time building
- Includes internship/work experience as a flight instructor. Bonus for top-performing students in the class: Multi-engine Pilot-in-Command (PIC) time!
- ATPL exams preparation
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
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
Program Admission Requirements
- 17+ years old
Program Cost
Domestic Students
- 1st year: 84,333 CAD tuition + 18,025 CAD school supplies
- 2nd year: 25,175 CAD tuition + 2,345 CAD school supplies
- 3rd year: 10,532 CAD tuition + 950 CAD school supplies
International Students
- 1st year: 89,066 CAD tuition + 18,025 CAD school supplies
- 2nd year: 31,393 CAD tuition + 2,345 CAD school supplies
- 3rd year: 11,585 CAD tuition + 950 CAD school supplies
Prices as of July 2022. Click here for our refund policy.
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Note: 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.
Note: This program is also regulated by Transport Canada (TC), to learn more about Transport Canada, click here.
