Canadian Integrated Airline Transport Pilot Licence (CIATPL)

The Canadian Integrated Airline Transport Pilot Licence (CIATPL) program is the choice for those who want a career as a professional pilot – and have little to no previous flight experience or training.

The programs’ Transport Canada-approved curriculum provides students with the required skill sets needed by flight crew operating in multi-crew, advanced aircraft, and in airline operations. The program uses scenario-based situations with intensive training in both aircraft and advanced flight simulation equipment to provide the knowledge and skills you need to obtain a Private Pilot licence (PPL), a Commercial Pilot licence (CPL), and an Airline Transport Pilot licence (ATPL).

In the integrated program, students have 24 months to complete this 9-phase, 3-semester program, which includes up to 750 hours of ground school training and approximately 300 hours of flight training activity using a variety of simulators/FTDs and aircraft (e.g., Cessna 172S, Piper Seminole and King Air C90) – with all training taking place at the Oshawa Airport location.

The integrated program aims to take someone with no previous flight experience and prepare them for a career as an airline pilot. It is an intense, structured program that allows students to complete both ground school and flight training activities at the same time – and is designed to develop the student’s knowledge and skills from an airline point of view right from the start.

The ATPL is the highest level of pilot certificate pilots can obtain in civil aviation. To fly most, if not all, large commercial aircraft at least two pilots are needed, and the captain in command of the flight must hold an Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL).