Waterloo partners to train next generation of aviators as possible global pilot shortage looms

Monday, November 6, 2017

The University of Waterloo will partner with a special agency of the United Nations to offer an introductory course on aviation that anyone in the world can take for free.

Waterloo’s agreement with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) comes as a recent study from CAE that projected that an increase in airline passengers is expected to double the size of the commercial aviation industry over the next 20 years. There are not enough pilots trained or training to meet that demand. Waterloo has the largest university-level aviation program in Canada.