page_title: College of Professional Pilots of Canada
hierarchical_section_title: College of Professional Pilots of Canada
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context_page_description: The College of Pilots Canada is a professional organization consisting of pilots from within the industry. It is made up of members holding a Commercial Pilot License or higher, as well as pilots currently enrolled in flight training working towards a CPL.
  They believe that the occupation of a Pilot should be a certified profession much like many other professions are, and will aid in working towards a safe and more self regulated profession in conjunction with Transport Canada.
  They aim to be recognized as the worldwide "gold standard" for the self-governing model for maintaining pilots credentials.
  The group became established not only with a common goal in mind but also because of an accident that occurred in Winnipeg, Manitoba on June 11, 2002. The accident occurred when a light twin engine aircraft piloted by Mr. Tayfel and operated by Keystone Air Service crashed, killing one of the six passengers. The aircraft, on a charter from a remote fishing lodge, performed a go-around in Winnipeg International Airport and ran out of fuel crashing into a busy intersection in the Winnipeg area.
context_section_description: The College of Pilots Canada is a professional organization consisting of pilots from within the industry.  It is made up of members holding a Commercial Pilot License(CPL) or higher, as well as pilots currently enrolled in flight training working towards a CPL .
  They believe that the occupation of a Pilot should be a certified profession much like many other professions are, and will aid in working towards a safe and more self regulated profession in conjunction with Transport Canada.
  They aim to be recognized as the worldwide "gold standard" for the self-governing model for maintaining pilots credentials.
  The group became established not only with a common goal in mind but also because of an accident that occurred in Winnipeg, Manitoba on June 11, 2002. The accident occurred when a light twin engine aircraft piloted by Mr. Tayfel and operated by Keystone Air Service crashed, killing one of the six passengers. The aircraft, on a charter from a remote fishing lodge, performed a go-around in Winnipeg International Airport and ran out of fuel crashing into a busy intersection in the Winnipeg area.
  The defence argued that the flight operator, Keystone Air, should take the blame because Tayfel's bosses pressured him to go ahead with the flight as scheduled. During cross-examination, though, Tayfel admitted he did not push the issue of the auto-pilot system any further with the chief pilot.   Aviation experts testified during the trial that if the aircraft had been equipped with a working auto pilot, the pilot would have most likely been able to land on the first attempt and not crashed.
  The accident subsequently led to the criminal conviction of the pilot in 2007 setting a legal precedent for all pilots in Canada.
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