Colonel Sanders wrote:...but Seneca is funded by the government...
(I'm not 100% but) it used to be before it became a degree program and was only 3 yr diploma. not sure there is too much funding anymore and if there is, it is not to the same level. I believe the students now have to pay a sizeable portion of the flight training...hence the caveat on the Seneca web page that states "Tuition fees for this program are significantly higher than other college degree programs. Please contact the Admissions Office for more information."
From talking with some more recent alumni than myself, their tuition far exceeded the amount that it cost when I attended.
and just to clarify one of your earlier comments...it was funded by the Ontario government, so not all "Canadian taxpayers were screwed".
They provided similar funding to at least 2 other aviation colleges in the province too, but you don't seem to be at odds with those programs.
Why so much hate?
Yes I have seen their airplanes. Have flown almost everyone of them including the incident airplane (not the Cessnas, they came after I had matriculated)
I do agree with your sentiment about the time. People who attend a facility such as Seneca are, for the most part, not "worried about getting done in the shortest possible time" or they would have chosen a flight school over post secondary institution such as Seneca or any of the other flight colleges such as Sault or Confed, etc.
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