Ottawa, Ontario
Constant improvement is crucial to ensuring the continued safety of aviation in Canada, including in how we deliver essential safety training for recreational pilots.
Today, the Honourable Bill Blair, President of the King's Privy Council for Canada and Minister of Emergency Preparedness, announced $558,903 in funding for the Canadian Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) Flight Safety Foundation for a three-year project to enhance pilot training and its accessibility online.
The COPA Aviation Academy will ensure that pilots have 24/7 access to the necessary safety and search and rescue training, in a bilingual format, at no financial cost to pilots. This new online learning portal will provide the public safety community with invaluable data and insights into pilot safety training knowledge gaps.
The funding, from Public Safety Canada's Search and Rescue New Initiatives Fund (SAR NIF), will also support COPA in introducing enhanced safety courses that help pilots maintain their licenses and stay current on best practices for safer flying.
These safety courses and learning modules will help make flying safer by keeping pilots informed of the leading causes of various incidents and accidents while providing clear and simple guidance on how to avoid them.
