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haahhaahahahhaahhahahhahhiflyforpie wrote:...............Air Canada announces new Cadet Training Program. --AF
................“The beautiful thing about Mirabel is that it is close enough to our headquarters in Montreal, but it's far enough away to give our cadets that 'middle of nowhere' feeling like you get when you fly up north. Plus it has very little traffic and really long runways to help our cadets with landing.”
Chaxterium wrote:Isn't that the debate though? I believe cadet programs are rather common in Europe and I don't believe their accident rates are appreciably higher than ours. We like to hang onto our the belief that paying our dues by working our way up the ladder creates better and safer pilots but it's not the way things are done in Europe and they seem to be doing ok. Our system may arguably create better and more rounded pilots but cadet programs are designed to do one thing; teach cadets how to fly an airliner and aside from a few glaring omissions, they seem to do it quite well.Inverted2 wrote:I won't be the least bit surprised to see the number of accidents increase though.
Notwithstanding the above I do think our system is better. It may take a longer time to get to the airlines but it's a hell of a ride getting there. Certainly makes for some great stories to tell the grandkids one day.
When I finished flight school if someone had told me I could fly for Jazz right away I would have jumped at the opportunity but looking back on my career now I wouldn't change a thing. I'm glad it wasn't an option.
Cheers,
Chax
Fair enough. But as I said....
Chaxterium wrote: Our system may arguably create better and more rounded pilots but cadet programs are designed to do one thing; teach cadets how to fly an airliner and aside from a few glaring omissions, they seem to do it quite well.
Since these cadet programs are for airline ops, there is always an experienced pilot (Capt.) as part of the crew.Jastapilot wrote:I'd guess the few glaring omissions are the few times an experienced pilot would be required to get the aircraft on the ground safely.
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