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Ratings and jobs that move you up

• Instrument rating

  Flying in cloud. No airline will hire you without it.

• Multi-engine rating

  Required for almost every airline aircraft.

• Flight instructor rating

  The most common way Canadian pilots build their first 500 hours, and you get paid to do it.

• Type rating

  Training on one specific aircraft type. Airlines usually pay for this when they hire you.

• Float and bush flying

  Northern operators hire low-time pilots and the flying is hands-on.