Abbots ford Airport Magazine

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New Transport Canada Centre serves
Mighty Fraser country

The new Abbotsford TCC is home to 13 employees, and serves aviation clients in the Fraser Valley from Boundary Bay to Hope. According to a recent department statement, "Transport Canada continues to evolve to meet the challenges of the next century. Our mission is to develop and administer policies, regulations and services for the best possible transportation system, The Department is commercializing many of its operational activities, overhauling transportation policy, streamlining regulations, reducing subsidies and cutting overhead. The Department no longer owns, operates or subsidizes large parts of the transportation system. The role of the new Transport Canada is to oversee the transportation system, developing up-to-date, relevant transportation policies and legislation and maintaining a high level of safety and security. This encompasses transportation activities in marine, rail, air and road sectors.

In order to effectively serve our clients, these services are delivered through ten Transport Canada Centres. (TCC's) and a Regional Headquarters in Pacific Region. The role of Transport Canada is to ensure that Canada's transportation system is one of the safest in the world and able to support trade, tourism and job creation by bolstering Canada competitiveness in domestic and international markets.

May, 1999 marked the official opening of the new Abbotsford Transport Canada Centre. Officiating were Transport Canada's Regional Director Mark Duncan (right) and (from left) , David Nowzek, Regional Director Civil Aviation, Jerry Lloyd, President BC Aviation Council and George Ferguson, Mayor of Abbots ford. The centre's new logo in background.

Abbots ford TCC- Civil Aviation staff: (Back row, left to right) Simon Mears, Pat Guttormson, Rick Kirkwood, Rick Haymond, and Richard Mackereth. (Front Row) Wendy Boyes, Joel Schoenberger, Bob Leroux, Catherine Jingling and Cathy Stevens.

Coastal Pacific Aviation
Celebrating 26 years as a flight training company, and offering programs in a joint venture with the University College of the Fraser Valley (UCFV) for the last 18 years Coastal Pacific Aviation is ready for new millennium challenges.

1983: Coastal Pacific played a major role in developing a professional pilot program as part of the curriculum offered by UCFV. The program was developed as a two year diploma in Commercial Aviation, with the student emerging with 12 university transferable courses, plus a Commercial pilot's license with multi-engine and instrument ratings. Students with previous post secondary education can choose as one year diploma program with the same aviation component as the two year program.

1996: UCFV and Coastal Pacific established Canada' first four year degree course which gives the successful graduate a Bachelor of Business Administration (Aviation) degree. Major airlines in Canada , and across the world, prefer to hire an individual with a degree as well as the necessary flying experience. The BBA (Aviation) prepares a professional pilot with the background to address general education requirements and the ability to assume management responsibilities in the aviation industry. In addition to the joint programs offered with UCFV, Coastal Pacific's affiliate company, CP Advanced Flight, provides individuals, carriers and corporations with training programs for turbine transition training and more specifically, Beech King Air operations.

Having defined its role in pilot training within Canada, Coastal Pacific turned to the Pacific Rim and the international training market and has since trained students from Korea and Japan. Coastal Pacific is a member in good standing of the Aerospace industries Association and the Airline Transport Association of Canada and Sheila Whittaker, Coastal Pacific's Vice President of School Operations, is the current Chairman of the British Columbia Aviation Council.

From Wing Span Magazine
Part 1..... ..........Abbotsford Airport Introduction
Part 2 .............. Conair Expansion at Abbotsford
Part 3 .............. Transport Canada Centre
Part 4 .............. WestJet and Abbotsford
Part 5................Tradex Centre at Airport


....Angela Warner: Abbotsford and Mighty Fraser Country at a glance.
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