"Pakistani" airfield near Toronto?

"Mark Morissette" wrote in message
m...
Hi Paul;

As noted, 122.7 is a common CTAF here as well.

That aside, I think I can offer some enlightenment on the inordinately
high number of Indian-accented pilots in Southern Ontario recently.

Both UOIT in Oshawa and Centennial college are offering very intensive
commercial pilot training out of CYOO, and a huge number of overseas
students have swamped the courses. At Canadian Flight Academy alone a
huge portion of the current students are of Indian decent, and there is
also the Durham Flight Center participating in these courses.

You probably heard a few of the students out on their cross countries,
perhaps.

As for the wording...I have no idea...perhaps a mix of tough to
distinguish English pronunciation along with added student stumbles on the
radio?

Are we losing student-starts to our northern neighbor due to TSA/OHS
requirements?

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ

Jay Beckman wrote:
Are we losing student-starts to our northern neighbor due to TSA/OHS
requirements?

Based on the astounding number of international students that have
suddenly starting training in Canada, and the occasional chatter on the
subject, I would gather the answer is...well...yes.

To their credit, the local colleges/universities have jumped on the
international pilot training bandwagon within the last year or so, and
have apparently had great success with such.

In article ,
Mark Morissette wrote:

Jay Beckman wrote:
Are we losing student-starts to our northern neighbor due to TSA/OHS
requirements?

Based on the astounding number of international students that have
suddenly starting training in Canada, and the occasional chatter on the
subject, I would gather the answer is...well...yes.

To their credit, the local colleges/universities have jumped on the
international pilot training bandwagon within the last year or so, and
have apparently had great success with such.

I just read a news story that some company is building a large flight
school in Nova Scoita or Newfoundland and is getting a large Canadian
government grant to assist.

Jay Beckman wrote:
"Mark Morissette" wrote in message
m...
Hi Paul;

As noted, 122.7 is a common CTAF here as well.

That aside, I think I can offer some enlightenment on the inordinately
high number of Indian-accented pilots in Southern Ontario recently.

Both UOIT in Oshawa and Centennial college are offering very intensive
commercial pilot training out of CYOO, and a huge number of overseas
students have swamped the courses. At Canadian Flight Academy alone a
huge portion of the current students are of Indian decent, and there is
also the Durham Flight Center participating in these courses.

You probably heard a few of the students out on their cross countries,
perhaps.

As for the wording...I have no idea...perhaps a mix of tough to
distinguish English pronunciation along with added student stumbles on the
radio?

Are we losing student-starts to our northern neighbor due to TSA/OHS
requirements?


Absolutely. Not only in aviation, but also in science and technology.
The number of international graduate students in engineering is
significantly up in Canada and down in the U.S.

Jay Beckman wrote:

Are we losing student-starts to our northern neighbor due to TSA/OHS requirements?


Nope. From what I hear, Canada is significantly cheaper. New Zealand
and Serbia are other countries that Indians go a lot to. And to the US
too, of course!

Ramapriya

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Jay Beckman wrote:

Are we losing student-starts to our northern neighbor due to TSA/OHS
requirements?


Nope. From what I hear, Canada is significantly cheaper. New Zealand
and Serbia are other countries that Indians go a lot to. And to the US
too, of course!

Ramapriya


I know the Chinese, Swedes (SAS? Sabena?) and Germans (Lufthansa...they own
their own airport...Mobile, AZ) are still plowing the skies of Arizona in
quantity.

Jay B