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Central to the air cadet program are the gliding and flying courses offered to air cadets who qualify. One in five private pilots in Canada is an ex-air cadet, and 67% of commercial and airline pilots began their careers as an air cadet. [6] There are 454 squadrons located across the country with enrolment of over 26,000 Air Cadets. [7]
The most common type of Canadian licence is the private pilot licence—aeroplane, which is used to fly light general aviation aircraft privately and recreationally. At the end of 2008 there were 27,138 aeroplane and 596 helicopter private pilot licences in force in Canada.
The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is the largest pilot union in the world, [1] representing more than 79,000 pilots [1] from 42 US and Canadian airlines. ALPA was founded on 27 July 1931 [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and is a member of the AFL-CIO and the Canadian Labour Congress .
But the airline says: “The average Air Canada pilot’s income has increased by more than twice the rate of inflation. A pilot who was with Air Canada in 2014, at the start of the current ...
As a result, some United pilots now earn 92% more than their counterparts at Air Canada, data from the pilots' association shows. In 2013, the pay gap was just 3%. The government wouldn't intervene
Air Canada’s 5,200 pilots had voted overwhelmingly to walk out in a long and bitter dispute in which they were seeking pay (Air Canada)
The new Canadian Air Force was a branch of the Air Board and was chiefly a training militia that provided refresher training to veteran pilots. [9] [10] Many CAF members also worked with the Air Board's Civil Operations Branch on operations that included forestry, surveying and anti-smuggling patrols. [11]
According to the FAA's U.S. Civil Airmen Statistics, [28] there were 757,000 pilots in the United States in 2022, of which 72,000 were women. 281,000 were student pilots; 164,000 were private pilots; 104,000 were commercial pilots; and 167,000 were air transport pilots. 13,000 were rotorcraft pilots and 21,000 were glider pilots. 125,000 were ...