Career Pilot Program

Career Pilot
Program

Our Career Pilot Program offers a professional training environment built around your lifestyle.


  • Operating as a Part 61 school with the structure of a Part 141 academy.

  • The perfect balance of flexibility and discipline.


Whether you choose to dive in full-time for an accelerated career path or train part-time while maintaining your current commitments, our program is tailored to your pace.


You have the freedom to customize your training—selecting the specific ratings you need—all while following a professional roadmap that leads directly to an employable career.

Our Career Pilot Program offers a professional training environment built around your lifestyle.


  • Operating as a Part 61 school with the structure of a Part 141 academy.

  • The perfect balance of flexibility and discipline.


Whether you choose to dive in full-time for an accelerated career path or train part-time while maintaining your current commitments, our program is tailored to your pace.


You have the freedom to customize your training—selecting the specific ratings you need—all while following a professional roadmap that leads directly to an employable career.

Program Investment

Cost and Hours

Program Investment

Cost and Hours

Rating
Flight Hours
Paid in Full
Hourly Rate
PPL55$19,593.75$20,625
IFR45$14,036.25$14,775
CSEL150$37,477.50$39,450
CFI10$4,892.50$5,150
CFII10$4,892.50$5,150
CAMEL15$8,407.50$8,850
MEI15$8,407.50$8,850
Rating
Flight Hours
Paid in Full
Hourly Rate
PPL55$19,593.75$20,625
IFR45$14,036.25$14,775
CSEL150$37,477.50$39,450
CFI10$4,892.50$5,150
CFII10$4,892.50$5,150
CAMEL15$8,407.50$8,850
MEI15$8,407.50$8,850

225 Ground Instruction Hours Included

** checkride fees, supplies, and housing not included **

225

Ground Instruction

Hours Included


** checkride fees, supplies, and housing not included **

225 Ground Instruction Hours Included

** checkride fees, supplies, and housing not included **

300
Total Flight Hours

300

total flight hours

300
Total Flight Hours

300
Total Flight Hours

$97,707.50
Total (paid in full)

$97,707.50

total (paid in full)


$97,707.50
Total (paid in full)

$103,850
Total (paid hourly)

$103,850

total (paid hourly)

$103,850
Total (paid hourly)

** Total cost and duration are estimates only. Actual results depend on student proficiency, weather, and training frequency. While our structured syllabus keeps you on track, individual completion times vary based on personal learning pace and external environmental factors. **

** Total cost and duration are estimates only. Actual results depend on student proficiency, weather, and training frequency. While our structured syllabus keeps you on track, individual completion times vary based on personal learning pace and external environmental factors. **

the Timeline

12-15 months

the Timeline

12-15 months

the Timeline

12-15 months

  1. Private Pilot

The starting line to your aviation journey.


  • Allows you to fly single-engine aircraft, carry passengers in visual weather conditions, and more!


  • This is the most exciting phase – your first solo happens here!

Diamond DA-40 aircraft with G1000 glass cockpit at Coeur d'Alene Airport Idaho
Diamond DA-40 aircraft with G1000 glass cockpit at Coeur d'Alene Airport Idaho
  1. Instrument Rating

Master the Clouds.


  • Learn to fly solely by reference to instruments.


  • Fly in low visibility and through clouds; navigate the professional IFR system.


  • This rating makes you a significantly safer, more precise pilot.

  1. Commercial Single-Engine

The Professional Pivot.


  • Refine your skills to a “pro” level.


  • You’ll master complex maneuvers and demonstrate high-precision mastery of the aircraft.


  • You can officially be paid to fly!

Diamond DA-40 aircraft with G1000 glass cockpit at Coeur d'Alene Airport Idaho
Diamond DA-40 aircraft with G1000 glass cockpit at Coeur d'Alene Airport Idaho
  1. Certified Flight Instructor

Become the Teacher.


  • Learn the Fundamentals of Instruction. You’ll learn how to analyze student errors and teach flight maneuvers from the right seat.


  • A pathway to build the 1,500 hours required for the airlines while earning a paycheck after the program.


  • Most pilots say they didn’t truly  understand flying until they had to teach it.

  1. CFI Instrument

Advanced Instruction.


  • An add-on to your CFI that allows you to teach students how to fly Instrument.


  • Makes you more employable as an instructor and allows you to teach one the most technical part of flight training.

Diamond DA-40 aircraft with G1000 glass cockpit at Coeur d'Alene Airport Idaho
  1. Commercial Multi-Engine

Step Up to Two.


  • Transition from one engine to two.


  • Learn to manage the complexity and performance of multi-engine aircraft.


  • Required for almost every airline or corporate jet job in the world.

  1. Commercial Multi-Engine Instructor

Elite Mastery


  • The final step in your teaching journey. Specialize in multi-engine flying.


  • Graduate with a complete professional portfolio.

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