Student Experience

Earn a Commercial Pilot Licence and a College Diploma with additional ratings in just 16 months!

The Aviation Management Program at Algonquin College, located in Ottawa, Canada is your Fast Track to a Commercial Pilot’s job and will be the starting point to launch your career in Aviation. This program is 60 weeks intensive training where students are immersed in academics and flying the aircraft every day.

Our rigorous flight training schedule delivered through Cornwall Aviation and the Rockcliffe and Ottawa Flying Clubs, provides 200 hours of flight time experience. You also have the option to customize the fourth level to include a Seaplane Rating, Instructor Rating or a Multi Crew, Cruise Relief Pilot endorsement. The option is yours.

In response to the industry’s desire to employ graduates with a strong background in business and management education, students can expect a solid foundation in business management which in effect allows our graduates to obtain work in various facets of the aviation industry including entry-level management positions.

To enhance employment opportunities our courses offer First Aid/CPR, Fuel Handling Certification, Aircraft Handling, Winter Operations Handling, Safety Management Systems, Wilderness Survival Training, Cockpit Resource Management, Maintenance Skills and Dispatching.

Click this link to learn more about Algonquin College student Takashi Hirose, Canada’s Best Amateur Pilot for 2013.

“Just a short “Hello”. Mitch is a Flight Instructor at Waterloo Airport. The Aviation Program at Algonquin College was perfect for Mitch. I was very impressed from the first time I communicated with you and remain impressed today. Thanks for preparing Mitch for his first Flying Job :)”

– Les Wallace, Father of Mitch Wallace.