Aircraft Fleet

14 Planes based at the Buttonville Airport in Markham, Ontario: 5 Beechcraft Bonanza, 7 Cessna 172 training, and Two Beech Baron

Training Professional Pilots for the Global Aviation Industry

Seneca College School of Aviation trains Professional Pilots for the Global Aviation Industry. We offer students an applied degree program that contains an integrated flight and academic curriculum, with breadth and depth that exceed industry standards and provide a safety-conscious environment. The Seneca College of applied Arts & Technology’s internationally-renowned School of Aviation and Flight Technology has a successful 39-year history of launching professional pilots in major global airlines. We are also the first and only college in the country to offer an integrated Bachelor of Applied Technology-Flight Degree Program.

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About Seneca College

Seneca is the largest college in Canada with more than 100,000 full and part-time students on campuses in Toronto, Ontario. Students can choose from more than 260 careers and receive the academic foundation, workplace experience and practical training needed to succeed.

Seneca College has also been a national leader in the field of aviation education for more than 39 years. Increasingly, airlines have shown a preference for hiring individuals who have completed a degree program. With the exception of the Seneca College degree program in Flight, there are no aviation technology-based degree programs offered in the Province of Ontario.

The Flight Degree Program has flight operations based at Buttonville Airport in Toronto, with 2 main academic campuses in North York and Markham.

Academic Curriculum

The Bachelor of applied Technology provides a rigorous technology-based curriculum and the application of the theory of aviation technology. The breadth of knowledge and skills allows graduates to operate safely in a highly complex machine, to under the technologies and the human factors that affect the successful operation of an aircraft, and to assume the professional responsibility associated with being a commercial pilot.

Business theory, airport operations and planning and air carrier administration courses and practice provide a “larger sense” of the aviation industry and will allow students to access a greater variety of careers in the industry.

The course is 48 months in duration and includes a co-operative work term in field of aviation.

Flight Training

Intensive flight training and simulator experience are integral parts of this rigorous degree program. Two summer semesters of intensive flight training and simulator experience is a required component of the program.

Students are trained through an Integrated Airline Transport Pilot License program (IATP[A]). Seneca’s program is approved by Transport Canada and exceeds the new Transport Canada requirements for the IATP(A).

Students graduate with a Canadian Commercial Pilots License with a multi-engine Instrument endorsement. Students receive a Jet Transition Program in their final year which gives them exposure to multi-crew training, high altitude operations and jet experience in a Canadair Regional Jet simulator (Level 5 FTD).

Jet Transition Program

The objective of the Jet Transition Program (JTP) is to enhance the high quality of Seneca Aviation graduates by arming them with a new level of advanced training. Seneca Aviation graduates will be able to easily transition to flight crew positions beyond the traditional entry-level positions in an ever-increasing complex aviation market. Graduates will be able to apply their skills and knowledge to positions in all areas of the industry, including employment outside the flight deck. The JTP exceeds the minimum requirements of the JAA Multi-Crew Cooperation training program.

Specific outcomes include:

A) Multi-crew Standard Operating Procedures Training
B) Jet performance and operational skills
C) EFIS and advanced avionics experience
D) High Altitude Training
E) CRM and PDM training for multi-crew environments
F) Completion of the Transport Canada ATPL exams

CRJ 200 Level 5 FTD

Features:

Full control loading
220 degree visual system
Detailed weather simulation
Extensive system function

C172 Level 6 FTD

Features:

Digital full control loading
220 degree visual system
Detailed weather simulation
All system function

B58 Baron and F33 Bonanza Level 5 FTD

Features:

Digital full control loading
220 degree visual system
Detailed weather simulation
All system function

Graduate Credentials:

Bachelors Degree in Aviation
Integrated Commercial Pilot License
Group 1 Instrument Rating
Multi-Engine Rating
ATPL Examinations (SAMRA and SARON) complete
o Valid for 5 years as per the Integrated ATP program.

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