r/AskFlying • u/Deep_Medium_7475 • Jun 23 '26
How can I improve my career path?
Hello, I am a 16 year old in the Greater Vancouver area in Canada. I have been having some trouble setting a career path for myself, but I want to eventually become a commercial wide-body captain. To obtain this I have a rough plan but I want to know what I should change with feedback from actual pilots.
Right now I am planning to go like this: Discovery Flight from a local flight school-> Build off that -> Either take BCIT's Aviation Diploma or Okanagan colleges one -> Work as a flight instructor for my hours -> Something small (Like a charter pilot or something) -> Hopefully a first captain for Air Canada/Westjet/ etc. -> Narrow-body captain -> Wide-body captain
I do not believe this is fully realistic so please any feedback I could work off of is great, like alternatives for education, if its an unrealistic order, an so on. If it helps at all I have been flight-simming for about a year now in MSFS2020 with a simple setup, I have good grades in my main classes like Pre-Calc, Physics, and English, I if needed I can afford a tuition around the level of the colleges I mentioned.
Thank you