Professional Airline Pilot EU
for European students

Why enroll with AeroCadet?

• Strategic Approach: AeroCadet understands that simply having the minimum required pilot licenses is not enough to secure a position with top aviation companies. They emphasize the importance of standing out and being unique among other candidates. AeroCadet provides a strategic approach to help pilots differentiate themselves and make a lasting impression on airline recruitment teams.

• Comprehensive Support: AeroCadet offers a personalized team of strategists, career mentors, and airline employment consultants who provide invaluable guidance and support throughout the pilot's career journey. These experts offer insights, advice, and mentoring to help pilots enhance their experience, knowledge, qualifications, and employment references, setting them apart from the competition.

• Industry Knowledge: With their deep understanding of the aviation industry, AeroCadet is equipped to provide pilots with up-to-date information on airline hiring standards and requirements. This knowledge helps pilots align their efforts effectively and efficiently to meet these standards and increase their chances of securing their dream job.

• Career Development: AeroCadet is committed to the long-term success of pilots in the competitive world of commercial aviation. They provide career development resources and assistance to ensure pilots are well-prepared and positioned for growth opportunities in their aviation careers.

• Prestigious Airline Opportunities: By enrolling with AeroCadet and benefiting from their expertise, pilots can increase their chances of receiving job offers from prestigious airlines. AeroCadet's insights and support can help aspiring pilots fulfill their dreams of working for the world's leading aviation companies.

As a leading aviation training and airline pilot career development consulting agent serving the largest international market, AeroCadet offers a tailored approach, expert support, and valuable industry knowledge to help pilots maximize their potential, stand out from the crowd, and achieve their desired career goals in the aviation industry.

Why holding a commercial pilot license will not land you an airline job?

Let's face the truth: the top airlines have high pilot recruitment standards that go beyond the basic qualifications of a newly-graduated commercial pilot. The goal for student pilots is to attain the necessary flight time, licensing, and aeronautical experience to become employable by these airlines, which means gaining an edge over the vast applicant pool competition, not just satisfying the basic legal commercial pilot qualification requirements.

Most international student pilots aim for first officer positions with prestigious passenger carriers such as Emirates, Qatar Airways, Etihad Airways, Cathay Pacific, Eva Air, AHK, Fly Dubai, ANA, and more. These airlines hire pilots from diverse citizenship and ethnic backgrounds on multi-year contracts. However, securing these coveted positions requires meeting specific requirements that newly-graduated commercial pilots may not fulfill.

These requirements typically include holding a full, unrestricted Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) issued by a recognized ICAO member state. Preferably, the license should be from a developed, English-speaking country like the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, and others. This ensures a high level of English language proficiency, which airlines consider crucial. It also helps verify that the pilot has acquired their qualifications legitimately and not through fraudulent means, which unfortunately can be an issue in some developing countries' flight training industry.

Furthermore, significant aeronautical experience is necessary, usually exceeding 1500 flight hours, with a balanced combination of propeller and turbine/jet flight time. For a newly-graduated CPL holder with only 200 hours of flight time, achieving these qualifications and experiences can be a significant challenge, considering the high cost of acquiring flight hours. This is why many new pilots face the dilemma of gaining the required transitional aeronautical experience, leading them to search for underpaid and potentially risky jobs like bush-flying or banner-towing. Some even give up on their aviation dreams in frustration and let their pilot licenses expire, seeking employment in other industries. However, there are alternatives to this discouraging path.

Aerocadet, with its team of consultants who are experienced current (or retired) airline pilots, has developed fully-integrated flight training and internship programs to address this transitional experience challenge. These programs offer a comprehensive solution, taking students from zero experience or any other level they have already achieved to obtaining a full EASA -ICAO Airline Transport Pilot Licenses. In the process, students gain valuable propeller and/or turbine experience, meeting the pilot recruitment requirements of major airlines that hire contract pilots for long-term, well-paid positions.

By providing a structured training program and internship opportunities, AeroCadet equips its students with the qualifications and experience necessary to stand out and succeed in the competitive airline job market.

How does this program achieve top objectives?

This program is absolutely unique. It offers student an opportunity to achieve a remarkable airline employment prospects by earning two types of professional pilot-licenses: the EASA ATPL "Frozen" which is required to work as first officer or captain on the EU-registered airliners, as well as EASA Flight Instructor License, which is required to be able to build formidable flight time to become competitive when applying for an airline employment; and, as a bonus, students will get certified as FAA Commercial Pilots and Flight Instructors. Such certification model will allow our graduates to seek employment as airline pilots across a wide range geographical regions, including the entire EU, USA, South America, Africa, Asia and Middle East.

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:

Total duration of the program is approximately two and a half years, not including optional internships, which take another 18 months. All stages of flight training are conducted in the United States to a very high standard by an accredited college. After the completion of flight training, student will be offered internship as a flight instructor and an ability to build a very important to career development flight time. After pilot achieves 1500 hours of flight time, student will be able to obtain his/her ATPL and proceed with the option 1 or option 2 internships working either as first officer at the US regional airlines or as an international ferry pilot in Hong Kong. This internships allow student to continue gaining valuable experience working as a professional pilot and building more complex turbine and cross-country flight time. At the last stage, graduates will be provided permanent airline employment placement assistance service with such airlines 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.

More details about the program segments:

At this stage, student will be required to complete enrollment application form (here >>>) and provide his documents for initial consideration by our company. After application details and document screening, student will be contacted for the initial interview to check his 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 (see full list of enrollment requirements here >>>) Once all requirements are satisfied, the student will be furnished with the flight training agreement, visa support paperwork, preliminary aviation training study materials and TSA security clearance. If successful, students will be required to pass EASA Class 1 medical exam.

After arrival in the United States at our flight training center, 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 courses, each giving the student a higher aeronautical license and grade.

In accordance with the EASA JAR FCL certification requirements, all the EASA licensing could be obtain in the USA at an EASA accredited flight training facility, except for the EASA Instrument Rating. This rating must be obtained only in the EASA airspace and certified by one of the EASA state members. Because of this, our students will be sent Coventry, UK, to our partner FTP to train there for two weeks and obtain this certification.

Student will return to the United States to complete the EASA and FAA Commercial Pilot licenses. It will take 200 hours of total flight time to complete this certification.

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

Please note: those students who wish to continue to the Option 1 - Airline Pilot Internship, must undergo their OPT on the academy's premises as flight instructors. If they elect to undergo OPT as commercial pilots with the external operators, they will not be able to qualify for Option 1 internship.

The Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) is the highest level of aircraft pilot license, required to command aircraft over 5700 kg or with over 9 passenger seats. The EASA Airline Transport Pilot’s License is a common license standard that has been agreed by 26 European countries. Our FTP, called "European Flight Training" is approved by the UK Civil Aviation Authority to provide EASA ATPL training in the USA. Before students start the ATPL study, there is a module on Maths and Physics. This serves two purposes; first it is a refresher for students if they have not studied these subjects for a while. Secondly, it satisfies the regulatory requirement that we ensure your level of knowledge is sufficient for the remainder of the course. The Maths and Physics module is conducted in the CBT only and there are no EASA exams associated with it. 

Further ATPL studies will be divided into three main modules:

After module 3 exams, students will apply for the EASA ATPL "Frozen" license.

At this stage, students spend 40 hours in a fully-certified CRJ-200 simulator in order to get acquainted with flight characteristics of a passenger jet and work airline crew work environment. Such experience is imperative for any pilot who wants to work for an airline after completion of flight training.

The Multi Crew Cooperation (also known as "Multi Crew Coordination" course is an allowance, an additional training at the commercial pilot license required in order to fly within a crew, that means in a multi-pilot aircraft with the aircrew consisting of at least two members. It is a requirement for pilots applying for an multi-pilot type rating under the EASA authority. The MCC course's purpose is to train pilots working as part of a multi-member flight crew. It teaches about communication and coordination. (This course is under the law of the Flight Crew Licensing "FCL1", part F)

Students, and at this point, fully-qualified commercial pilots and a flight instructors, will be offered opportunity to work as flight instructors at our flight center. During this period, students will be able to obtain up to 1500 of flight time, including at least 500 hours of cross-country time, 100 hours of instrument time and 75 hours of night 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 conducted in a multi-crew environment. Expected pilot salary is: $20 per flight hour x 80 hours per month. (This internship is optional and is offered as a part of our alumni support program. Pilots can leave internship at any time to peruse their airline interviews)

Want to blow your EU pilot competition out of the air? Then, this phase is a must! This optional internship course is offered to our graduates who have completed the CPT and OPT program as flight instructors with excellent evaluations, showed high professionalism and good academic achievement while studying at our school. Such graduates will be offered to continue studies to obtain an Associate Degree in Aeronautical Science and, simultaneously, undergo internship as first officers with one of the regional airlines in the United States. During this 18-month internship, pilots will build 1000-1200 hours on a medium weight passenger jet aircraft with MTOW over 30 tonnes, such as ERJ-175 or CRJ-700/900. This valuable flight time will allow them to obtain direct entry first officer employment with most leading airlines in the World. The pilots will be paid approximately $3500 USD per month by the airline. The academics, which is required to maintain their F-1 visas, will cost pilots around $1000 per month. Students will be required to undergo general elective academic courses for 6 months prior to starting their internship with the airlines. The cost of this optional program phase is $18,000 in college tuition fees. Students are allowed to pay the tuition fees from their airline salaries, which are expected to be approximately $65,000 USD over the duration of 18-month OPT employment period.

We are confident, that in view of growing pilot deficit in the World, and a unique and robust nature of our ATPL program, Students will be able to obtain airline employment within 2-4 months after completion of their internships.

Students will receive the following amount of flight training hours during the licensing phases of the program:

Students will receive the following flight crew licenses during this program:

The Academic segment of the theoretical training is an important factor for those students who are planning on advancing their education to an Associate or a Bachelor's level. Although most airlines in the Middle East and Asia do not require a full college degree for pilot employment, having such a degree certainly gives a big advantage in a competitive airline pilot employment market and allows to significantly expand the job market spectrum. More and over, if a program graduate is able to stay in the United States as a permanent resident and seek employment in the major domestic airlines such as Air Canada, Rouge, Transat, West Jet, and so on, having at least a Bachelor's degree from any accredited North American university may become a mandatory requirement.

This is why we have partnered with a fully-accredited university in the United States, Thomas Edison State University (New Jersey) to provide 100% on-line admission and educational programs to our students. The university issues fully-accredited Associate, Bachelor and Master level degrees via Online-only academic programs, while giving maximum amount (of all US and Canadian Universities) academic credits for previously obtained pilot licenses such as CPL, CFI and ATPL, and certain aviation practicum, such as turbine type-ratings or airline experience as FO or CA. No student visa is required to continue studying for the Bachelor's degree with TESU. Studies can be conducted from any country in the world.

Each pilot license and rating earned by our students carries the following academic course equivalent:

More information about pilot licenses/ratings conversion into academic credits may be found on TESU website here >>>

The listed above academic courses and their respective credit hour ratings may be converted into any college or university accreditation scale using the standard European Academic Credit Transfer System.

Please note: all academic credits are approximate and subject to admissions board review and evaluation by the target college or university. Normally, the level of education and practicum upon completion of the training and internship phases equals to Associate Degree in Aeronautical science. Hence, most pilots are able to obtain a full Bachelor's Degree in just 2 years after transferring the academic credits.

During the primary stage of training, flight students are required to stay at the FTP campus (12 months) located in Fort Pierce, Florida, and are allowed to move to personal accommodation once they start their paid internship as a flight instructor. The quality of campus accommodation is comparable to any public American college or university campuses, and includes such amenities as swimming pool, dining hall, air conditioning, cable TV, high speed Internet, pilot shop and access to other student services. Students are offered standard shared room accommodation (two people in one room) and have an upgrade option to a non-shared accommodation. 

Campus is located only a few minutes walk from the airport and approximately 10-15 minutes from the beach. Please review the campus details here >>>

12 months of standard shared accommodation is included in our ATPL program. After the 6 months lapse, the students are normally allowed to leave the campus accommodation and rent a private apartment with the classmates. Normally, 3 or 4 pilots elect to rent a 3-4 bedroom apartment where each student has a private room

The Base Program Cost Estimate

The base cost is a "bare-bone" price estimate based on the minimum required flight and ground hours, minimum accommodation term (6 months) and basic flight equipment. It does not include government fees, living expenses, additional training hours (if required) and internship fees (if applicable).

Additional Fees

Discounts

Also, some students will be eligible to discounts. The discounts include the following items:

So, What is Included in the Base Cost?

Our academy does not require students to pay for the entire flight training program in advance. We have a payment structure that needs to be followed by all students, with some exception. Students must submit the following payments:

Please note: conditions of deposit refund are outlined in the flight training agreement, which students are required to sign upon enrollment and before any payments are due.

Our company can provide administrative support for students to obtain Financial Aid from their respective banks and financial institutions. Such support is offered by providing conditional employment offer letters and training bond contracts. Read the details here >>>

Please note: Brocade does not provide flight training sponsorships. Please read the student loan information located via the above link thoroughly before applying for enrollment. 

To enroll into this program, an applicant must have the following documents:

If you need a personal consultation regarding the flight training program, please email one of our highly qualified consultants with a full list of your questions, and receive a structured response within 24 hours.

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