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EPISODE · Dec 15, 2025 · 33 MIN

Pilot Program

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The Pilot Program Good quality truck training schools are not doing as well as they once were, thanks to the budget quickie so-called schools. A good quality school can cost anywhere from $8,000 to $15,000. It's tough for a young guy or girl to come up with that kind of money.  But this is interesting…did you know that there is no shortage of young people showing up to fork out around 20 thousand to become a pilot…and $80,000 to become a commercial pilot.  Yet, it's interesting that, unlike in the trucking world, there a no bad or crooked quickie pilot schools. Well, I thought I should talk to some pilot training schools and a pilot to see how they train and how they are monitored and learn about the training testing licensing. I have a flight instructor on with me from Manitoba, and after that, I will talk to a pilot who is known to you all.  Let's see if we can learn anything from how they do things under the eagle eye of Transport Canada. You'll never see a 737 flying next to school bus, or a family in an SUV. So why is safety in trucking less important than flight? 

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