Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• The school meets your philosophy, goals and objectives.
• Housing, financial aid and additional training (i.e. aerobatics and multi-engine training) are available to broaden your experience.
• The school is backed by a solid history.
• The operators have all of the necessary credentials.
• The school has a strong graduation record.
• Classrooms are equipped with state-of-the-art technology.
• Type and number of aircraft meet your training needs.
• Strong airport infrastructure (control tower, flight service station, etc.).
• MFC Training has some of the best VFR weather which means you get your training done faster and more affordable.
• Strong Instructor base and leadership teams. MFC Training has over 90 plus years of experience.

• You will need an aviation medical certificate from one of Transport Canada’s approved medical examiners. MFC Training can help you with this, we will walk you through the process and can help arrange a medical in your area.
• If you want to arrange a medical yourself, you can look up your closest medical examiner at this link. Transport Canada approved medical examiners link
• Try an intro flight! Intro flight is a low-cost way to get bitten by the aviation bug. Call us today we can help locate an intro flight in your area.
• Sit back look up at the sky and map out where you see yourself. Are you walking onboard your big Jumbo Jet airplane? are you telling stories to your passengers that you just flew into a fishing lodge? do you see yourself flying and working in aviation management? If so call us we can define the best path for you.

Absolutely! MFC Training offers a variety of structured and customized programs. What you want when you want it. Let’s chat today and we can discuss the various options.

Yes. MFC’s modular training programs, which are self-study programs, also offers one-on-one ground school training with our instructors. Our Commercial Pilot License (CPL) program also has a self-study option.

Can you say 16 weeks? No joke!! Take to the sky in no time. MFC Training has a large fleet, clear skies, and over 150 instructors we can make it happen.

9 Months!! And you can show off your shiny new Commercial Licence. MFC Training has a large fleet, clear skies, and over 150 instructors we can make it happen.

There are many ways to build hours and experience working as a pilot to qualify for airline positions. There are bush pilot jobs with passengers and cargo in northern or remote areas of Canada, small charter company positions, seasonal work as fire, or pipeline patrol. The world is facing an aviation shortage Canada will need 7,300 new commercial pilots by 2025, COVID did have an impact on the industry but the issues that caused the worldwide pilot shortage are still there. We can’t train enough to meet this demand. So the best time to start is now.

Please contact us for start dates.

We send out program information packages on our courses by either email or mail. The packages include our course outlines, admission requirements and costs.

You will be assigned a primary flight instructor with whom you will do most of your training. Instructors will be scheduled around your training.

• Medical, we can help you with that call us for more info
• High School, call us and we can discuss minimum requirements.

This depends on the program you can choose, we will help you with funding and provide you with an account you can add money to cover your flying needs.

Our favourite question, check out our fleet page for more info but we offer the best in class training aircraft, our diverse 60 plus fleet consists of Diamond DA20-C1 Eclipse’s, Cessna 172’s, Piper Seminole’s and King Air C90’s.

MFC is a recognized institution with most National and Provincial Student Loan Programs.  This option is available to domestic students.

With the Pilot shortage many government agencies are providing more funding to aviation programs now then in previous years.

Have you ever heard of Life in Flight? Click here for more info. MFC Training is a subsidiary of Exchange Income Corporation (EIC), who has over 10 airlines in its portfolio. MFC Training has a direct line to these airlines with more options for graduates to gain work.

MFC awards prizes and small scholarships at our graduation ceremony each spring. Students who are applying/accepted for provincial and national student loan programs in Canada automatically receive any scholarships and/or bursaries that they are eligible for through student loan programs. When applying for student loans within your province, the province automatically applies for national student loans and any other scholarships and bursaries on your behalf.

Students applying to one of the degree programs with Mount Allison University would be eligible for any scholarships and/or bursaries offered by the university.

Life in Flight program click here for more info.

• We offer a 2-year diploma program
• 4-year Bachelor of Science in Aviation degree in partnership with Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB.
• 4-year Bachelor of Commerce in Aviation degree in partnership with Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB.

Entry to The ICPC program requires proof of high school graduation at a minimum. In addition to high school graduation, grade 12 academic math is required for the Diploma program.

Before flying large planes, you will need experience flying smaller aircraft. Once you accumulate the necessary flying hours and experience (1 500 -3 000 hours) and the Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL), you are eligible for airline jobs.

Pilot jobs for students who complete the Professional Pilot Program include Airline Pilot (with the ATPL), bush pilot flying, cargo and passenger flying, seasonal work, including pipeline or fire patrol, and flying with small regional/charter companies.

Yes you can. We prefer to hire instructors from our instructor program, as we like to build our own instructors. We offer an comprehensive instructor program and are very proud of our graduate instructors!

The students at MFC are a tight-knit group. They like to work and play as a group, help each other in study groups, and socialize together when not training.

MFC is located in New Brunswick, Canada. MFC has a campuses in Dieppe, at the Greater Moncton International Airport, and in Fredericton, at the Fredericton International Airport.

Both MFC Training campuses experience a range of weather conditions. The different weather and varied geography foster an enriched flight training experience. Students exit our programs better-equipped to manage four seasons of weather operations safely. Canada’s climate and geography promote better pilot decision-making skills, and the kind of experience employers love when graduates return home. Please check the www.flycanada.org website for more information.

MFC has trained over 22,000 pilots from 65 countries around the world. We train domestic students, and we have contracts with Chinese airlines. Our students also come from Europe, the Middle East, India, and the Caribbean.

Yes, Canada has one of the most respected flight training standards in the world. Canada’s four-season weather also offers real-world conditions for flight training.

MFC Training currently offers only fixed wing training; however, we are often making improvements and rotary wing training may be something we look at offering in the future!