CAE, Jazz and Seneca Launch First Canadian Pilot Training Program

CAE, Jazz Aviation (a subsidiary of Chorus Aviation Inc.), and Seneca have teamed up to develop Jazz Approach, an innovative Canadian program to provide Jazz with a pipeline of top-quality first officers. Cadets will receive a letter of employment from Jazz upon selection into the program, allowing for a direct path to join the airline as first officers, conditional upon successful completion of the program. The parties involved have signed a five-year partnership agreement, and the first cohort is set to begin training in April 2020.

"CAE creates over 1,500 new pilots yearly over 30 cadet training programs globally, and we are thrilled to add a first Canadian cadet pilot training program to our list of curricula," said Nick Leontidis, CAE’s group president, Civil Aviation Training Solutions. "The demand for pilots has never been so high. With over 300,000 pilots needed globally over the next decade, CAE is working closely with airlines around the world to come up with pilot creation solutions."

Jazz Aviation’s pilots have been training in CAE’s network in Canada since 2003. Now, under this new agreement, with its partner Seneca, CAE will be assisting Jazz in the selection, training and certification of new pilots.

“For Jazz, this innovative initiative will be an expansionof our Jazz Aviation Pathways Program (Jazz APP) and provides yet anotheravenue for future generations of pilots to launch their careers in aviation,”said Captain Steve Linthwaite, vice president, Flight Operations for JazzAviation.  “The roots of the Jazz APP programgo back to 2007 and the addition of Jazz Approach is an important step ingrowing the program to yet another level.”