Management and Organizational Studies 1022F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Toronto Pearson International Airport, Sheet Metal, Airline Hub

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 1022F/G
• Professor: Suzanne Kearns

Document Summary

Civil aviation = anything that"s not the military. Canada has the second largest civil aircraft fleet in the world: 29,064 fixed-wing, 2,505 rotary wing aircrafts, 80% operate within the general aviation (ga) sector, ga = all air operations outside of the military and airline environment. Represent interested of personal aviation: sector of ga, personal travel and recreation. Supports pilots by defending their right to the freedom of canadian airspace. In the 50s, copa worked to raise awareness about the flying community: promotes safety through education and lower the cost of flying. 1952 = 7k pilots: 4560 private, 2505 commercial, more commercial aircrafts than private. 2008 = 64542 pilots: 39,944 non-commercial, 2:1 ratio, non-commercial to commercial. Major components include: flight training, personal aviation, corporate travel, helicopter operations, charter flights, bush flying, agricultural operations, sight-seeing trips. Pilot permit recreational (pp-r) = permit to fly during daylight and good weather with. Pilot must complete rating course and annual recurrent training.