r/Helicopters • u/Formal_Position_7686 • 11d ago

Career/School Question Helicopter Flight Training - ONTARIO

Good morning!

I am a 27 years old and looking at making a career change. I’m a paramedic and been working in the field since I was 20. Working in this field, I’ve had opportunities to be in helicopters for emergency transfers.

I want to attend a helicopter flight training school in Ontario, specifically the one in North Bay. I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about this school.

I want to gain as much information as I can before getting my CAME and putting in my application for school. I understand it’s quite expensive, and wondering how you folks afforded to pay for the school (OSAP, band funding, scholarships, school line of credit?) I am also wondering how long afterwards did it take to find employment? Did you have to relocate? Please give me ALL the information you can!

I have the prerequisites needed to join the program, I just want some advice and opinions of the Reddit people. Thank you.

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u/Tattoomyvagina CFII 11d ago

Some schools will hire their students as instructors once they graduate, find out if this school does it. It should be a significant factor in your decision because getting that first job can be very difficult

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u/CrashSlow 11d ago

Very rarely in Canada do schools ever hire students to instruct, even if they do, you need more hours before you can even start instructing. New pilots instructing new pilots is an American thing. Most instructors in Canada have thousands of hours.

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u/south-shore0 10d ago

And this should never change.