You should be fine. Now a days they take many more students then they can train.. expecting many of them to drop out after 1st semester beacuase they can’t hold a 3.0 gpa and/or pass every course. First semester you don’t touch a plane so they can afford to have a huge amount of first years to get ...

Speedalive wrote: ↑Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:12 pm Got in with high 60's and low 70's a few years ago. You'll be ok.

Are you in from Ontario? What level math and English course did you take (University/College)?

Seems most of the Ontario based college programs are struggling to meet timelines for flying due to staff instructor shortfalls. Some are subcontracting out portions of flight training syllabus to third party flight training institutions. Not sure if this will affect program intake numbers for fall...

Hi all, I’m currently in grade 10 and looking at different ways to make a good career for myself flying. If I were to work full time for 2 or so years (living with mom & dad), what job would you recommend trying to do? If anyone else took this route, what work did you do to save up for flight school...

Before I start I would like to make it very clear that I have enjoyed both flying aircraft AND fixing them when I tried them out. For flying I took a discovery flight and for a maintenance experience I visited my cousin at work (who is an maintenance engineer in Newfoundland). I am currently in gra...

Oh they have a shuttle at Sault. That's convenient. Did you have to pay? How much did it cost? Shuttle was included. It was driven out by the morning and afternoon duty instructors, as long as flying was on (sometimes flying was cancelled due to weather and the sim schedule would go into effect ins...

I graduated from Sault College back in 2008. When I was there, it was a 3 year, 7 semester course (you flew through your first summer until you had the PPL done). Flying was half of the week starting in semester 2, with regular classes the other half of the week. By the end of the course, you gradu...

I am interested in going to either Confederation or Sault College for Aviation - Flight Management. For any current or former students of these programs: What is the schedule like? How often did/do you fly? How did/do you get to the airport? Would I need a car for Confederation? (I know Sault for su...

Heliian wrote: ↑Sun Mar 18, 2018 6:10 am Just pick one.

Contrary to popular belief, the old pilot/ame jobs just don't exist anymore.

You'll have more success just sticking with one. If you're into mechanicals then take ame. If you want to fly, go fly.

Catch me at fly school in two years.

Thanks Heliian.

The key to landing your first flying job is CONNECTIONS! As you work through your private and commercial licenses, you’ll meet people, build relationships, and learn from other people. The aviation community is fairly small. If you have the right connections, and have a good attitude about everythi...

There are many different ways. My path was dictated by circumstance and sheer bullheaded stubbornness. More than one pilot has called me nuts for wanting to try, but I had to. So I write this having just started in my first aviation job and working towards a pilot position doing pipeline survey wor...

I went to Sault college and i can honestly say that it was not that good. If i could of done it all over again i would have done it privately. I have alot of buddies that went to confed and it sounds like that was a much better run program Yes that's the message I'm getting here. I would do it priv...

Here’s what my timeline looked like. January, 2014 - Began my flight training full time. March, 2014 - completed my private license, and began time building towards the 200 hour commercial requirement. 45ish hours total December, 2014 - Commercial license complete - 200 ish hours total January, 201...

You could always take the Aircraft Maintenance program, and start apprenticing at a flight school, and if you are lucky, as I was, the flight school will let you take some lessons for free, attend ground school at a reduced cost, and trade some overtime for flight hours. Ah, that's a good point. Ju...

If you are worried about medical conditions nothing prevents you from going for a CAT 1 medical right now. You dont need to be enrolled in any flying training or anything. Find a CAME (Civil Aviation Medical Examiner) and make an appointment. They'll answer all your questions (for a fee of course)....

Before I start I would like to make it very clear that I have enjoyed both flying aircraft AND fixing them when I tried them out. For flying I took a discovery flight and for a maintenance experience I visited my cousin at work (who is an maintenance engineer in Newfoundland). I am currently in grad...

dogfood wrote: ↑Wed Mar 14, 2018 8:12 pm its 2 semesters per year with one in the summer of just flying online no courses

Flying online as in onnline ground training or actual aircraft flying?

I'm pretty new to aviation and want to be a pilot. Looking at different potential programs and career outlooks, it seems there are so may different paths you could follow. I'm interested in hearing other peoples stories about how their careers have developed. Tell me the good and the bad, I want to ...

I've seen some smart university grads and stupid "how did you ever graduate elementary school" uni grads. I've seen great pilots with degrees but I've also seen greater pilots without degrees. Anyways, I'm not interested in getting into the debate about who is better or worse since no one is better...

This is all relative. Education is but proof that one is committed and capable of finishing a complex task or goal. I have absolutely no problem with airlines preferring degrees, but where I do have a problem is where an experienced pilot without post secondary education is passed over for someone ...

Has anyone attended Sault College? I am interested in the program they have there and I am very confused about when each semester is. The Aviation Technology- Flight course is 3 years, but has 7 semesters. This of course would mean three sets of fall and winter semesters, along with one more fit in ...

I noticed what you are saying about Sault being strict. Just look at the uniform requirements on the program overview :shock:. That weather sounds absoulutely terrible. I think based on these responses Thunder Bay might be the better place for me. I definitley won't rule out Sault though. Thanks fo...

IMHO the more degrees a pilot has, the less employable he is, as a line pilot. Go get a Phd in Physics and then apply to Buffalo. Let me know how that works out for you. Looking at two identical guys, except one has a degree and 5,000TT and one has a high school diploma and 10,000TT, I'd hire the g...

flyingjerry wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 5:38 pm Just get the multi IFR... unless you want to retire on a PC12

Hey nothing against the PC12, but I just want a little more.

Thanks flyingjerry

The general opinion is to get the multi-IFR. After reading the responses I went on the "jobs" page and learned pretty quick how valuable it is.

Thank you all for your responses.