scubasteve,
My appologies. I have just read your message, and will reply to the e-ddress supplied. If it is no longer active, let me know.
For both you and Stu, ALL post-secondary institutions have to be registered here in B.C. (and in every other province with a similar body, as far as I know) with PPSEC
http://www.ppsec.bc.ca in order to do business. If the school is ACCREDITED, their students are then able to qualify for student loans programs both federally, and provincially, just like any college. That college ALSO has to be accredited with PPSEC, but by virtue of the ability to grant diplomas (the gov't has already assessed thier program), the qualifications for accreditation are automatically met for the college. We all go through the same process. There is nothing special about a college in the eyes of PPSEC.
STU,
Heaven forbid anyone disagree with you. Should make for some interesting CRM. RSC posted his/her observations, but you don't like them so i guess it must be BS.
See my notes above re: Student Loans.
Now, which flight school hires from their grads onto the ramp? Starting from the West: Juan Air, Vic. Flying Club, Pro IFR, Pacific Flying Club, Southern Skies Aviation, Air-Hart, Carson Air, High Alpine Air, Sharp Wings, Morgan Air, Calgary Flying Club, Perimeter..., should I go on, or do you understand that doing YOUR research is not MY job. EVERYONE would rather hire their own before outsiders. Where do you think these operations get their pilots from? Do you think that they're training a bunch of pilots, learning all about these people along the way, and then cutting them loose only to hire wildcards they know nothing about? Additionally, I happen to believe that if someone sees fit to spend their flight training dollars with me, thereby investing in my company, I have an OBLIGATION to try and return the favor by giving them the first crack at any employment that comes up. The owner of any 406/702/703/704 operation will feel the same. Has this never occurred to you? Did this not occur to you when you chose where to train? Why not? You are correct in your assumptions that there are always more grads than jobs. Not every student is right for the job, and not every student WANTS the job that is available. The company hires the best one(s) for the position(s), the rest join the pool of pilots looking elsewhere, but at least they had a SHOT at those jobs, that the student who trained elsewhere (like a College) didn't. GET IT?
Didn't realize I had made it personal. Or anyone had. If disagreeing with you is personal, then we may as well end this discussion. Wouldn't want to hurt any feelings.
Everything was nice and civilised until:
I notice you are in YCG? Having a hard time competing with Selkirk?
You'll have to do better than that to hurt my feelings. It would be nice, however, if you could accept some responsibilty for this nice, generic discussion about Flight Schools (in GENERAL) and College Programs (IN GENERAL) disintegrating the way it has. You seem very sensitive about the prospect that a student from a "lowly" FBO has every opportunity awaiting them that you do. Too bad.