Aviation Career + Scholarship Guide
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AVIATION CaREER + SCHOLARSHIP GUIDE PICTURE YOURSELF HERE DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES? Top Aviation Companies Outline Opportunities FUNDING AVAILABLE More than 100 Scholarships Listed AVIATION IS NOT JUST FOR PILOTS Pursue Your Dream in Maintenance, Operations, ATC Hey Come Fly some of the world’s most advanced commercial in all kinds of to destinations around the There’s opportunity, up here. Learn more about becoming a pilot at: ACPA.CA/pilotlife CONTENTS EDITOR 4 PRESIDENTS’ MESSAGES Russ Niles [email protected] FILLING FUTURE PILOT SEATS 250.546.6743 6 THE PILOT LIFE GRAPHIC DESIGNER Shannon Swanson A GREAT CAREER WITH GREAT VIEws ASSOCIATE EDITOR Steve Drinkwater 12 THE AIRLINE ROUTE DISPLAY ADVERTISING SALES HOW JAZZ GROOMS NEW Katherine Kjaer 250.592.5331 PILOTS [email protected] 20 DREAMS TAKE FLIGHT CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SALES & PRODUCTION STRUCTURED TRAINING AT COORDINATOR WATERLOO-WELLINGTON Maureen Leigh 1.800.656.7598 [email protected] 30 SCHOLARSHIP LISTINGS FUNDING HELP IS AvAILABLE CIRCULATION Maureen Leigh 36 NON-FLYING CAREERS ACCOUNTING Anthea Williams BEHIND-THE-SCENES JOBS VITAL photo courtesy jazz aviation jazz courtesy photo ASSISTANT ADMIN Rajei Gill Cover photo by Simon Blakesley th Coming Jan 09 2019 14 Month Accelerated Pilot Program www.flybfc.com 519-753-2521 CAREER GUIDE | 2018 3 WELCOME On behalf of the 3,700 members of est airline. It may sound cliché, but, as It is because being a pilot is so great the Air Canada Pilots Association you will learn here and elsewhere, it tru- that we as a union are so vested in pre- (ACPA), it is my distinct pleasure ly is a great time to be a pilot in Canada. serving the benefits and opportunities to welcome you to this, the inau- From its inception as our nation’s we have worked so hard to earn. gural 2018 Aviation Career and largest single pilot group in 1995, ACPA In aviation as in life, many paths can Recruitment Guide. has been a leader in advancing our pro- lead to your desired destination, and While I may be flying with Canada’s fession and aviation safety at home and opportunities to help your career take ber (1X) flagship carrier now, it was not so long abroad. By representing our members on flight — including the many and varied M ago that I found myself in the early individual issues with our employer, as scholarships presented here — abound. Me days of my aviation career as an air well as collectively through the bargain- The professional aviators of the Air ACPA ambulance pilot, first on turboprops — ing process, we are enhancing working Canada Pilots Association wish you all owsun, owsun, and later, Learjets. conditions and career prospects for our the best as you embark upon the adven- s My current role representing mem- highly-trained and specialized members ture that is a pilot’s life. bers as Chair of ACPA’s Master Elected every day. And as advocates not only for Respectfully, icer Mike Council gives me a unique perspective our pilots but the travelling public, we oFF on how rewarding our chosen career are identifying and advancing critical can be. Our members range from those industry issues with a range of key just starting on the line to those who stakeholders, including government, Captain Matt Hogan are looking to new horizons as they ap- regulatory authorities, fellow trade Master Elected Council (MEC) Chair, proach their last flight for Canada’s larg- unions and the media. Air Canada Pilots Association First credit: photo 4 CAREER GUIDE | 2018 WELCOME Welcome to COPA’s 2018 Canadian of aviation at every level. Anyone who at some point, have benefitted and by Aviation Career and Scholarship has ever dreamed of piloting an aircraft raising awareness, we can help ensure Guide, presented in partnership with has, at some point, walked through the that these same programs are there to the Air Canada Pilots Association. front door of a flight school to begin give the same help to future generations We are excited to be working with their odyssey. Through this publication of Canadian aviators. As you benefit ACPA as the lead partner, Jazz Air and we hope to help people take that first from programs such as these along your Waterloo Wellington Flight Centre as step. To realize their dreams, and to take career path, consider supporting the Section Leaders to provide this resource charge of their future. Inside, you will programs and organizations that helped for those looking to enter the aviation find detailed information on many of you get your foot in the door — whether industry or those looking to upgrade the scholarships and bursaries available mentoring future students at your lo- their existing ratings. Since 1952 COPA to assist people in offsetting costs associ- cal flight school, giving youth their first has been active as the voice for general ated with their flight training at all lev- airplane ride through COPA for Kids, or aviation, representing pilots and air- els, including fixed-wing, helicopters, helping to ensure that scholarship pro- craft owners in every province and ter- and specialized advanced training. grams are available for those who need ritory. At the grassroots of the aviation We also hope that as you realize your them when the time comes. industry, general aviation is where it dreams, you will give back. Each of these We all have a role to play in Canada’s all begins. COPA has a long history of scholarships forms part of the legacy of robust aviation industry and it starts connecting communities across Canada a person or group who was inspired to here: by enabling the next generation of with aviation and enabling future avia- help others pursue their passion. Many Canadian pilots. tors to get their start. We pride ourselves of these programs are sustained through on our role in helping to shape the future generous donations made by those who, Bernard Gervais, COPA President SERVING CANADIAN AVIATION Airport Advisory Service (AAS) at 55 Airports Remote Airport Advisory Service (RAAS) at 36 Airports 207 Remote Communication Outlets (RCO) International Flight Service Station (IFSS) — North Atlantic & Polar airspace 6 Flight Information Centres (FIC) — 1-866-WXBRIEF STAY INFORMED Air Traffic Specialists Association of Canada ATSAC.COM CAREER GUIDE | 2018 5 FLYING THE LINE FLYING THE LINE The Pilot Flying for pure enjoyment and a rewarding career By First Officer Miyuki Hamakawa, Life ACPA External Affairs Committee Member any of us who have become commer- My mother, a passenger agent for Canadian Airlines in cial pilots remember the eureka! mo- Vancouver, put the idea in my head. She always enjoyed ment when we decided flying is what her work and meeting people — also the travel benefits we wanted to do for a living. My eu- for employees. The pilots she met seemed to enjoy their reka! moment came when I was in job. So I booked a familiarization flight at a local airport to MGrade 9 and struggling to find a potential career I liked. see if flying planes was for me. I remember taking off in a CAREER GUIDE | 2018 7 FLYING THE LINE Cessna and looking down at all the cars My pathway to Air Canada began and trees and buildings and thinking with lessons on weekends to accumu- If you are hired by this was the coolest thing. The instruc- late the 50 hours of flying to earn my a major airline, your tor let me take the controls. I loved the private pilot’s licence. Then I complet- freedom, the maneuverability, not only ed a two-year aviation program at a compensation will keep left and right, but up and down as well. community college, in which I added increasing over the I thought to myself as we landed, ‘Yes, 200 hours of flying needed for my com- this is it!’ mercial license. At the time, first jobs years as you move It’s a decision most pilots never re- were harder to get. I spent over a year gret. Being a pilot is extraordinarily doing flight dispatching at two small by seniority different from any 9-to-5 job. Flying for airlines before transitioning to flying ber M Air Canada Rouge has taken me to an at the second. Doing a ground job like One of my first jobs was flying turbo- Me incredible number of faraway places — flight dispatch can help a pilot get into props from Vancouver to BC coastal ACPA including Japan, Switzerland and Ha- flying because the company already and interior airports. Weather permit- waii. Travelling for work has enabled knows you and you know the opera- ting, there were awesome views. Fly- onko, XM me to improve my Japanese language tion. Then again, with pilots in great ing over the islands, you’d see boats, skills too! demand today, many go directly from ric Ma whales, sea lions. You’re flying along e I have used some of my 24- or 48- earning their commercial license to a the beaches and it’s just amazing. I hour layovers abroad to do some ex- first flying job. joined Air Canada in 2013 and now fly aptain c ploring and sample different cultures. I And what a job it is! Unless you be- Boeing 767-300s. Crossing the Atlantic, can use my employee travel benefits for come an astronaut, you’ll have the best I get to see the mountains and glaciers extended trips. These are opportunities view of our world, the ground below of Greenland, and icebergs with patch- most other people never have. or the stars above. It never gets old.