Sparrow - Flight Training Program

Welcome to the Air Inuit Sparrow program!

Sparrow is a unique program that offers inuit candidates the training, resources and airline partnership they need to become an airline pilot. Via the program Air Inuit offers candidates the opportunity to receive their pilot license and fly the wings of their airline!

Our program is set to recruit for winter 2024/2025 for motivated Nunavik beneficiaries* who have met the following criteria:

  • Have a Secondary 5 diploma with strong academics
  • Able to pass a background check and drug test (including both legalized and illegal drugs)
  • Able to obtain a Class 1 Transport Canada medical
  • Strong second language proficiency
  • Independent and mature

For any questions please contact info-sparrow@airinuit.com

*Must be a beneficiary of the James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement (JBNQA)

No photo and no words will ever describe the feeling of passing your commercial flight test! Thank you forever to those who got me here.

Dorothy Andrusiak

Dorothy Andrusiak
Pilot & Sparrow Program Graduate

A day in the life of a Sparrow Program student.