Federal officials combing through skills training programs have concluded major changes are needed if those are to be used to address a shortage of airline pilots.
Instead, officials are suggesting a strategy being used by other countries as a way for Canada to address a growing need for pilots: governments and airlines partner to pay for pilot training.
John McKenna, president and CEO of the Air Transport Association of Canada, said his group has asked the government to guarantee private loans from banks to qualified students or forgive interest payments. Industry estimates say Canada will need 7,300 new commercial pilots by 2025 as demand for air travel increases, but will fall 3,000 short of that mark.
But a July briefing note to a senior official at Employment and Social Development Canada says that existing government programs "are not well suited" to help train more pilots. -- youth employment programs don't recognize aspiring pilots as students, meaning terms and conditions of funding would be required to offer wage subsidies.
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