I have been Instructing in Calgary this Summer and it has been extremely busy except for weather. What has it been like for the rest of Canada?

I've been busy out here in the capital.

The place I worked at this summer was really busy...but they had a cadet contract too so that helped

Miss Mae,
how is the new job going?

loving every minute of it!

I started at CYPK this summer and its been very busy. I think all have my class 3 by the end of the summer at the rate were going at.

Thats great!!!!! Flight schools are busy pumping out more 200 hr wonders to filling the up-coming pilot shortage.

merlin wrote:Thats great!!!!! Flight schools are busy pumping out more 200 hr wonders to filling the up-coming pilot shortage.

I'm sure you didn't complain when they pumped you out : P

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Don't forget some people that come out aren't 200 hr wonders. Some are 45 hr wonders and they just want to do it for fun.

Hey Privateer

ever get over to tommys at all

BTD wrote:Don't forget some people that come out aren't 200 hr wonders. Some are 45 hr wonders and they just want to do it for fun.

That's what a majority of our business comes from, and we've been pretty much steady aside from the weather. I get a kick out of most of these people they start hell bent on getting their licence while they're on holidays for the summer, that is until camping, fishing, golf, stampedeing, more golf, rodeoing, houseboating, waterskiing, and even more golfing get in the way. Then they wonder why they're not done come the end of August.

Ah well.

Same here, 95% of our student base is in it for recreation.

I always enjoy reading how people assume on this forum that everyone that is in the flight training system is in it for a career.

The summer has been good for us in S.Ontario too.

Although when the humidex reaches the mid to high 30's alot of people seem to be thinking twice before booking a flight in a 152.

I agree with Right Seat Captain, our flying club's student base is 90/95% recreational flyers with the other few pilots having commercial license dreams.

i think that the commercial pilot is becoming obsolete. there is nobody to fill in behind us. Woo hoo pilto shortage sorry i had to

Just out of curiosity, how many of these private/recreational students are planning on buying planes? and if they are what kind of planes?

Aether wrote:Just out of curiosity, how many of these private/recreational students are planning on buying planes? and if they are what kind of planes?

Not many I find are looking to buy an aircraft. Those who are, are usually looking for shares in something anywhere from a C150 to Cherokee 180. A very few number of people are looking for something like an Piper Arrow, Beech Sierra.