by Peter Pigott

“Education in aviation is never ending,” says Bruce Dwyer, administrator of aviation program at Ottawa’s Algonquin College. “It’s a lifelong learning career because, whether you’re a pilot or a mechanic, you’ll never stop learning. Whether working on an airplane or flying one, you’ll always be learning a new type of aircraft or a new system, getting a new checkout, or doing a new installation on something that’s never been done before.” In 2000, the aviation industry in Canada began to realize that a significant percentage of its skilled maintenance work force was due to disappear when “baby-boomers” came of retirement age. That realization has spurred the Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council (CAMC) and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) to investigate the problem.

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