Once you have earned your Private Pilot’s license, one of the most fun things you can do is share flying with the people closest to you. As a Private Pilot you may carry passengers (as long as you are not compensated for it). They have all heard how much you love flying and how much you have learned from your flight lessons. So show them what it’s all about!
35 hours is the minimum required for FAA Part 141 Private Pilot training. Credit may be given under FAR Part 61. This is evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Although it is technically possible to complete this course in 35-40 hours, it is not practical for most students without previous experience.
Receiving your Private Pilot Multi-Engine add-on rating allows for you to carry friends and family in a larger aircraft that has two engines. The prerequisite for this course is the Private Pilot Certificate. All privileges of the Private Pilot Certificate apply with this rating.
With an instrument rating, you will have the freedom to fly more places and in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC). As the title implies, an Instrument Rating permits you to fly “by instruments,” i.e., without visual references to the ground, horizon, and other landmarks. This is a rating that will add safety to your flights, and allow you to become a better pilot. This is also a required rating to become a Commercial Pilot.
This is a FAA Part 141 approved Instrument Rating Course. Credit may be available for Part 61, and if so, 50 hours of PIC cross country time is required.
A licensed commercial pilot may act as pilot-in-command of an aircraft for compensation or hire, as well as carry persons or property for compensation or hire. To put another way, holding a commercial pilot license means you are legally allowed to get paid as a pilot.
Candidates must meet all prerequisites including FAR § 61.129 before starting the course.
Becoming a Commercial Pilot allows for you to fly for compensation or hire. You can now carry persons or property from place to place and receive money. With the Multi-Engine Commercial rating however, all Commercial privileges apply but are also transferred over to an airplane with more than one engine.
Candidates must meet all prerequisites including FAR § 61.129
This ab initio course is for students with no prior flight experience. You will complete your Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, time-building and your Commercial Single-Engine Pilot license as you progress through this program. This course may be completed in as little as 16 weeks for focused and motivated candidates. After completion of this course, most pilots will continue with the Commercial Multi-Engine add-on rating course.
This course takes zero hour students through their Private Pilot License, Instrument rating, time building and Multi-Engine Commercial License in as little as 16 weeks with approximately 252 Hours of total flight time. It is designed for the students who do not prefer the flight instructor route in order to accumulate time but to go directly to the numerous companies hiring low time pilots for cargo and charter flights flying mostly piston aircraft. This is also the course for most international students. In most countries there is only one Commercial license, holders of Commercial-Multi licenses can also fly single-engine aircraft commercially.
Once you have earned your Commercial Single Engine Certificate, this course allows you to obtain your Commercial Multi-Engine add-on with Instrument Rating in a Multi-Engine Aircraft. You will be able to carry passengers or property for compensation or hire in a Multi-Engine Aircraft and fly an Instrument Flight Plan. This course may be completed in as little as one week.
Candidates must meet all prerequisites including FAR § 61.129
You will become a Certificated Flight Instructor (CFI) with this course. As a CFI, you will teach new pilots, gaining a wealth of knowledge through teaching, as well as building your own flight hours. This course may be completed in as little as 3 – 4 weeks.
Candidates must meet all prerequisites per FAR § 61.183
Florida Aviation Academy’s Instrument Instructor rating (CFII) course adds instrument instructor privileges to your current Flight Instructor certificate (CFI) with single-engine privileges. Receiving the CFII rating allows you to teach students to become Instrument Rated pilots. You will be able to build high quality experience and hours by instructing pilots on instrument flying.
Candidates must meet prerequisites including FAR § 61.183 and FAR § 61.191
Obtaining the Multi-Engine Instructor rating (MEI) will enable you to provide instruction in a multi-engine airplane. Florida Aviation Academy’s MEI course has been developed to help students reach their goal of adding their multi-engine rating to their CFI certificate. As an accelerated course, students must be laser-focused on their studies to complete their rating within the set timeline.
Candidates must meet prerequisites including FAR § 61.183, FAR § 61.191, and FAR § 61.195
Florida Aviation Academy is an FAA approved Part 141 Professional Pilot training school which was founded in 1993, and has been in continuous operation since inception.
