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Key Program Features
The advantages are many. The benefits are immense. The pricing is surprising. We give you the opportunity - you take the rest!
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Full, unrestricted ATP license
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Over 1500 hours total time
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Possibility of turbine internship
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Employment assistance
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Flight instructor license
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Paid pilot internship
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2.5 year fast-track to full ATPL
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Best cost-efficiency
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Program Structure and Time-line
The absolutely fastest way to get from Zero experience level to the modern airline cockpit!
This program is structured in such a way that every segment leads our students to the ultimate goal: employment in the airlines. The program is divided into the following stages:
| # | Phase | Duration | Location |
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| 1 | Enrollment | 1-2 months | World-wide |
| 2 | CPL/AMEL/ASEL Course | 8 months | USA |
| 3 | CFI/CFII/MEI Course | 4 months | USA |
| 4 | CPT Internship (Flight Instructor) | 6-12 months | USA |
| 5 | OPT Internship (Instructor or Commercial Pilot) | 12 months | USA |
| 6 | Airline Transport Pilot License (unrestricted) | 2 weeks | USA |
| 7A | Airline Pilot Placement Assistance | 6 months | World-wide |
| 7B | International Internship (Ferry Pilot) | 18 months | World-wide |
The total duration of the program is approximately two and a half years, including flight instructor and commercial pilot internships in the United States, which take another 18-24 months. This does not include the structured international internship as a ferry pilot, which is limited to 18 months (Option 5). All stages of flight training are conducted in the United States to a very high standard by the accredited flight academy “Pelican Flight Training.”
After completing the flight training phases, students will be offered internships as a flight instructor (6-12 months) and a commercial charter pilot (12 months), providing crucial career development flight time. Once the pilot achieves 1500 hours of flight time, they can obtain their full, unrestricted FAA/ICAO Airline Transport Pilot License and proceed with either Option 1 (5A) – working as a first officer at target airlines, or Option 2 (5B) – continuing to build flight hours as an international ferry pilot in the Caribbean (British Virgin Islands). This internship allows students to gain valuable experience as professional pilots and accumulate more complex turbine and cross-country flight time.
The main objective of the program is to provide graduates with permanent airline employment placements at industry leaders such as Fly Dubai, Emirates, Qatar, Cathay Pacific, Air Asia, Lion Air, Singapore Airlines, Air China, Chinese Airlines, Air Hong Kong, Malaysian Airlines, Jet Star, Tiger Air, and many more.
- Phase 1 - Enrollment
At this phase student will be required to complete enrollment application form and provide documents for initial consideration by our company. After application details and document screening, student will be contacted for the initial interview to check his/her knowledge of English. Our requirements are simple: high school diploma (or higher), English knowledge on upper-intermediate level or better, international passport and good health with no disqualifying conditions. Once all requirements are satisfied, student will be furnished with the flight training agreement, visa support paperwork, preliminary aviation training study materials and TSA security clearance.
- Phase 2 - PPL & CPL Licenses
After arrival in the United States at our flight training center, called “Pelican Flight Academy” a student will undergo a short FAA pilot medical. After this, student will start his/her theoretical and practical training: ground school and flying. We aim to conduct at least 3-4 hours of ground school every day and 2-3 hours of flight training together with the ground school. The flight training segment will be subdivided into Private, Instrument, Commercial courses, each giving the student a higher aeronautical license and grade. After completion of this phase, the student will be fully certified Commercial Pilots with FAA/ICAO licenses, rated to operate single-engine, multi-engine aircraft both in normal (VMC) and limited visibility (IMC) conditions. It takes 200 flight hours to complete this stage.
- Phase 3 - CFI License
Students will then proceed to obtaining their Certified Flight Instructor license. This is necessary to facilitate the internship phase of our program which allows students to work as commercial pilot flight instructors and start building valuable flight time, as well as getting paid for their work. It takes 25 flight hours to complete this stage
- Phase 4 - CPT Internship
Student, and at this point – a fully-qualified FAA commercial pilot and a flight instructor, will be offered opportunity to work as a flight instructor intern in our FTP academy under the CPT (Curricular Practical Training) program using the unique F-1 visa employment permit benefits. During this period, student may obtain up to 500 hours of additional flight time. Approximately 25% of this flight time will be conducted on multi-engine aircraft. All of the flight time will be logged as PIC (Pilot-In-Command) and in a multi-crew environment. Expected instructor flight time is 80 hours per month, with the expected earnings of $800 – $1200 USD per month.
- Phase 5 - OPT Internship
A student’s F-1 visa also offers a unique opportunity to work on the OPT (Optional Practical Training) program for an additional 12-24 months. Such program allows pilots to build additional piston or even turbine time in either flight school or a passenger/cargo charter environment. This options is available for students who completed their CPT, logged over 600 hours of flight time (200 during training and 400 during CPT internship) and have completed CPT with no incidents, no accidents, and commendations from the flight school’s chief CFI.
- Phase 6 - ATP License
After Student completed his/her CPT and OPT internship, thus logging over 1500 hours of total flight time, he/she will become eligible to apply for a full, unrestricted Airline Pilot License issued under the FAA and ICAO regulations. This will be a full ICAO ATPL, giving a de facto authority to the student to become a commanding pilot on a large passenger category aircraft. An unrestricted ATPL license is a standard requirement for employment as a First Officer with most leading airlines in the Word. It is also the highest aeronautical certification that any pilot can ever achieve. It takes 2 weeks to complete this phase with our partner, ATP flight school.
- Phase 7A - Airline Placement
At this point, our company will continue fostering your pilot career by offering a comprehensive airline employment support with the leading airlines in Asian and Middle East. This service is offered to the full program graduates. There is no limit to the assistance program: we will continue our support until the graduates get permanent airline employment. Of course, it is conditional on the graduate’s passing the airline employment interview. Normally, placement programs take 3-6 months. Permanent employment in the United States may be achieved by qualified candidates through EB-1 visa application.
- Phase 7B - Ferry Pilot Internship
This optional internship course is offered to our graduates who have completed the CPT and OPT program as flight instructors and/or commercial pilots with good evaluations, showed fair professionalism and acceptable academic achievement, but who were unable to meet the Airline Pilot Internship standards at the time of graduation and need to continue building valuable flight time and grow their aviation experience by working as international aircraft delivery pilots for our international partner, Global Air Holding Ltd located in Hong Kong SAR. This company is specializing in aircraft sales and delivery from the United States to Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia for their international clients. Expected pilot salary is $2000 – $2500 per aircraft transfer. After completion of this guaranteed internship phase, pilot can achieve over 2500 hours of flight time, including valuable turbine (turbo-prop) experience.
- Programs Terms & Conditions
The International ferry pilot internship is limited to 18 months. There is no obligation or training bonds. Pilots are free to leave internship at any time without penalties. Conditions of internship include the following requirements: no accidents, accidents or FAA violations; English level ICAO-5 or higher. Completion of ” USA internship” and at least 1500 hours of flight time. This Internship if offered ONLY to graduates of Aerocadet’s Full Professional Airline Pilot flight training program or Aerocadet’s Degree Program, who studied from either Zero or PPL levels.
This OPT internship is limited to 12 months. Pilots are free to leave internship at any time without penalties. Conditions of internship include: completion of the CPT internship, good overall conduct, absence of accidents, incidents, DUIs and FAA violations. The internship acceptance and employment permission under the F-1 visa program is subject to approval by the AFSP and USCIS. FTP has final discretion on whether to offer or deny employment to the candidate. The internship is conditionally guaranteed – meaning that the candidate must meet all the requirements set forth in the training and internship agreement in order to qualify for the employment offer. If the candidate does not meet the requirements, the internship will not be offered.
This Airline First Officer placement assistance service is not limited. Target for placement is normally 3-6 months. Conditions for placement include: completion of the CPT and OPT internships (OPT must be conducted as certified flight instructor on the academy’s premises), over 1500 hours total flight time, excellent employment conduct as flight instructor and/or commercial pilot during CPT and OPT phases, absence of accidents, incidents, DUIs and airspace violations, English on ICAO 6 level.
The International ferry pilot internship is limited to 18 months. There is no obligation or training bonds. Pilots are free to leave internship at any time without penalties. Conditions of internship include the following requirements: no accidents, accidents or FAA violations; English level ICAO-5 or higher. Completion of ” USA internship” and at least 1500 hours of flight time. This Internship if offered ONLY to graduates of Aerocadet’s Full Professional Airline Pilot flight training program or Aerocadet’s Degree Program, who studied from either Zero or PPL levels.
Due to high demand and limited training facilities this program has a limited availability of annual training slots. Company has a right to refuse enrollment to students on selective basis. The basis taken into account are: pilot aptitude testing scores, academic transcript scores, English test scores and student’s character, motivation discovery conducted during the enrollment interview and financial standing. If Student is awarded this training program, this means that his/her training slot has been allocated, booked and guaranteed. This also means that some other student was displaced from the training slot in favor of this award. Students are asked to take into account this consideration and treat their training slot award as a valuable commodity.
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Flight & Ground School Training
Summary of the estimated flight training hours
Students will receive the following amount of flight training hours during the licensing phases of the program:
| Hours | Private Pilot Certificate, Part 141 |
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| 35 | Classroom hours |
| 15 | Pre- and post-flight briefings |
| 1.2 | Dual AATD ALX Simulator |
| 22.8 | Dual instruction in a Cessna 152Â (or 172, upgradable – see pricing section) |
| 60 | Commercial Pilot ground school |
| 120 | Commercial Pilot flight training (ASEL/AMEL) |
| 120 | FAA Flight Instructor ground school (CFI, CFII, MEI) |
| 37 | FAA Flight Instructor flight training (CFI, CFII, MEI) |
Students will receive the following total hours after completion of all the phases of the program, including internship:
| Phase | Hours |
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| Commercial Pilot License and Flight Instructor License (with Single-, Multi-engine and instrument ratings) | 237, prop |
| CPT Flight Instructor Internship | 500, prop |
| OPT flight instructor internship | 1500, prop |
| Caribbean ferry pilot internship | 2500, prop and turbine |
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Accommodation
We are proud to provide the most comfortable environment for learning!
During the primary stages of training, flight students are required to stay near the flight training center. The accommodation types are flexible and available on demand. Because students will not be able to work for the initial 12 months of this program (the flight training phase), we have to include the cost of accommodation in the program cost estimate.
- 12 Months of shared accommodation are included in the full program cost estimate
Improvised campus apartments are located only a few minutes walk from the airport and approximately 10-15 minutes drive from the beach.
12 months of standard shared accommodation is included in this program. After the initial 12 months lapse, the students are normally allowed to enter internship with the flight academy using the CPT and OPT internship authorization, and can earn sufficient income to cover additional accommodation needs.
| Accommodation type | Monthly cost |
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| Shared room (standard) | $750 |
| Private room (upgraded) | $1000 |
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Tuition Cost
Our programs are not just competitively priced, they pay to students after licensing!
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Estimated full cost of FPAP-US program, with accommodation: $81,985.00**
This is what’s included in the Full Cost Estimate:
- 12 months of campus accommodation (optional)
- Administrative, consulting services
- F-1 Visa support services
- Foreign student medical insurance
- US and Caribbean pilot internships
- Recommendation letters and employment support
- Airline employment placement assistance
- Government fees (medical, exams)
Disclaimer
- The program’s cost is subject to change based on the USD-INR EXCHANGE RATE.
- 1. Fuel prices of the aircraft rentals are subject to change based on the current fuel prices with respect to flight training organization (FTO)
- The FTO is deemed to change the rentals based on the fuel price changes.
- There will be additional charges for aircraft rentals and upgrades; additional ground and flight training is applicable. Additional miscellaneous and administrative charges are appropriate, along with visa, TSA Clearance, and FAA medical fees.
Note: Contact us for further Information. At the time of program selection, enrolment, training requirements, and needs, the Actual Estimated Quote will be provided to clients with a cost structure breakdown.
