Frequent Questions

FPAP-1 (Full Professional Airline Pilot Program)and FPAP-C/IND are our most popular programs, as they provides the most efficient and economical pathway from Zero or some flight experience to an airline cockpit. It offers up to 2500+ hours of flight time, a full unrestricted ATPL and up to three different levels of pilot internships in the United States or Canada on the F-1 visa or Student Permit.

FPAP-1 (Full Professional Airline Pilot Program) is the most recommended program for most international students who want to study in the United States, while FPAP-C is the most recommended program for most international students who want to study in Canada. For students from India, we recommend FPAP-IND program, as it is optimized for Indian students and guarantees airline employment placement in India after completion. Please note: all programs guarantee employment airline placement either in the Middle East or Asia (by Aerocadet and its partners) or India (by Hercules Aviation) upon completion of training and internship phases of FPAP-1, FPAP-C and FPAP-IND programs. Please review information on each program individually using our website's "Full Programs" section.

Our FPAP-C and FPAP-IND (Please note that FPAP-IND is a type of FPAP-C program, but designed specifically for Indian students) programs in Canada closely replicate the FPAP-1 program in the United States and was designed for the purpose of mitigating the US visa issuance problems that were encountered by a high percentage of students from India, Pakistan, Thailand, and some other developing countries in the South-East Asia. This program will be a very good option for students who reside in those countries, since the student visa application process for Canada does not require interview appointment at the Canadian consulate: the entire process is done via courrier mail. The process takes, on average, 3 weeks.

FPAP-1 is conducted in the United States, in Florida. Due to exceptionally good weather in this region of the US, the flight training can be conducted 365 days per year, which allows students to achieve all flight licensing in under 12 months. During this time, students are allowed to work on campus only, and the vacancies are very limited. This means that their income may not be supplemented at all during the first 12 months of living in the US. FPAP-1 program also offers an opportunity to continue building flight time in the regional airlines in the US, but it is limited to 18 months. After that, the students must take advantage of our employment placement program in the Middle East and Asia, as they will not be able to stay in the US permanently. 

FPAP-C and IND is conducted in Toronto, Canada. Due to cold weather in this region of North America, flight training is normally limited to 250-280 days per year. Due to that reason, the flight training phase may take up to 18 months to complete. However, due to Canadian immigration laws, students are allowed to work off-campus (not more than 20 hours per week), so they can supplement their living expenses with fairly substantial (for a student) income from various off-campus employment sources. Also, just like in the FPAP-1 program, students will be able to undergo pilot internship flying jets with the regional airlines in Canada (subject to application and approval under the Canadian CPC program), and will have an opportunity to apply for a permanent Canadian residency after working for 18 months as flight instructors. 

So, to sum up:

FPAP-1: fast flight training (12 months), good weather, hard to get a visa, can not work for the first 12 months, airline internship is limited to 18 months, can not stay permanently.

FPAP-C and IND: slow flight training (18 months), cold weather, easier to get a visa, can work up to 20 hours per week from day one, airline internship is unlimited, can stay permanently.

FPAP-1 (Full Professional Airline Pilot Program) is has the ability to offer you commercial pilot, flight instructor and airline pilot licenses (2.5 years), associate college degree through the AAS extension (another 2 years) and even bachelor’s college degree through an additional 2 year extension. The advantage of completing the college degree program through this structure of extensions are: initially lower cost, ability to build 1500 hours of flight time during the initial 2.5 year phase of training and flight instructor internship, then build 1000-1200 hours on a jet during the second 2 year phase of studying for AAS and simultaneously working as an airline pilot intern in the regional US airlines, as well as have the ability to extend your employment for additional 2 years in pursue of a full Bachelor’s degree in Aviation. The tuition fees may be offset from the airline pilot salary, making the tuition a lot more affordable.

If you have a PPL from any ICAO country, and it is valid and current, you can enroll into our FPAP-1 program and start flight training from the Instrument Student level. In this case we will do your PPL to PPL conversion for you and give you a discount of $10200 from the overall program cost.

If you have a CPL from any ICAO country, and it is valid and current, you cannot enroll into FPAP-1. But you can enroll into our Pathway to Degree program.  Pathway to Degree program allows you to build significant flight time as flight instructor intern for 18 months, and simultaneously earn an Associate degree in Aviation. This program also has an option of extending by two more years in order to pursue a full Bachelor’s degree in Aviation and have the ability to simultaneously undergo airline pilot internship for 18 months, building over 1200 hours on a jet.

You can obtain just a basic CPL with Instrument and multi-engine ratings by enrolling into our Commercial Pilot program. Please note that this program does not offer internship options, so you will complete the training with just the minimal flight time (200 hours). Such qualification, although theoretically legal for operation of a commercial aircraft, is simply not competitive enough when it comes to obtaining a well-paid airline pilot employment. Most airlines require pilots to hold a full Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) and over 1500 hours of flight time. More and over, most airlines prefer pilots who have at least 500-1000 hours turbine experience, previously having flown a passenger jet with MTOW (maximum takeoff weight) of 20+ tons. If you do just a basic CPL, we will not be able to provide you a pilot internship placement in the US and we will not be able to assist you with the permanent airline employment placement around the World. Therefore, we recommend that you enroll into FPAP-1 program.

Many enrolling students do not fully understand what an ICAO pilot license is, and how FAA license is related to ICAO license. Here is some background information: ICAO stands for International Civil Aviation Organization. It is an international organization, sort of like the United Nations, but only for the international agreements related to the questions of aviation regulations. ICAO does not issue pilot licenses. Again: ICAO does not issue pilot licenses of any kind: not PPL, not CPL, not ATPL. What ICAO does, is it accredits pilot licenses that are issued by the ICAO member-states as “ICAO license”. Since ICAO has over 180 member-states, all licenses that are issued by these states are considered to be ICAO licenses. This, of course, includes all of the FAA licenses, since the United States is the largest ICAO member state. So, all licenses issues by the FAA are ICAO licenses and may be converted to any other ICAO member-state license. If you are not sure, whether or not you live in an ICAO member-state), please consult ICAO’s official website for information.

We offer employment placement assistance for those students who completed in full either the FPAP-1 program, the College Degree program of the Pathway Program. At the moment, we are proud to offer such assistance for placement with the leading airline in the Middle East, Asia and South America, specifically: Fly-Dubai, Emirates, Qatar, Etihad, Cathay Pacific, Air Hong Kong, Dragon Air, Eva Air, Lion Air, Singapore Airlines,. Copa Airlines, and some other carriers that are rotated on seasonal basis. 

Please note that we require students to complete both flight instructor and airline pilot internships in order to qualify for a guaranteed permanent airline employment placement.

Besides the F-1 visa internship programs, we do not officially offer permanent employment placement in any airline in the US. However, pilots are normally able to petition the airline of their F-1 visa internship for sponsorship for the H1B visa, which allows a 5-year semi-permanent employment and the ability to apply for the permanent resident status in the US. Such visa is issued normally to the holders of the BSc in Aviation (students can pursue this degree while working as airline pilot interns on the F-1 visa) and for professions that are in high demand in the US. Since the pilot deficit is extremely acute in the regional airlines in the US, such H1B visa sponsorship opportunities are completely legal.

Yes, you can apply for the FPAP-1 program or for the FPAP-C program instead of FPAP-IND. However, you must bear in mind that your chances of being approved for a U.S. or Canadian visa may be significantly lower, than if you go through the FPAP-IND pathway. The FPAP-IND program uses special visa consulting agency in India that ensures optimal visa approval conditions for all candidates. Also, FPAP-IND visa candidates have DGCA ground school certificates when applying for Canadian visa, which shows that they are planing to return to India at some point to pursue their DGCA license and, ultimately, targeting Indian airline pilot employment market. Finally, our FPAP-IND flight base is located in Nova Scotia. Visas for this training base are more readily approved than applications for flight training in Ontario or Quebec states of Canada. Please also bear in mind that if you get rejected by the U.S. consulate when applying for the F1 or F1 visa, then the Canadian consulate might reject you automatically, due to the previous U.S. visa rejection. So, there is a certain jeopardy involved in applying for an incorrectly suited to you program.

Aerocadet has a very different program from Aviator College. Although we do use Aviator College for the first two initial phases of training (10 months - Flight training, and 6 months - CPT flight instructor internship), we offer advanced internship (at the OPT stage, 12 months), as a commercial pilot flying turboprop aircraft. At Aviator College you can work as flight instructor only, and exclusively on light training piston airplanes during both CPT and OPT internships (18 months total). Another difference is that we offer advanced internship as an international ferry pilot in Hong Kong (our partner Global Air) after completion of your training in the United States. In additional, we also offer an airline employment assistance program to all our graduates. Please understand, that we prepare our graduates to become airline employment ready for Asian and Middle Eastern regions: you will need a full ATPL, turbine time (you will get this flying turboprops) and international flying experience in order to become a competitive applicant be accepted for employment by big carriers, such as Cathay, Fly Dubai, Emirates, AHK and so on. In contracts, Aviator College has a similar program in place, but it is optimized for the U.S. students and does not afford the opportunity for competitive airline employment options outside of the United States. 

It is, of course, up to you to decide how you wish to proceed. The pricing is the same.

Yes, you can. We do not require you to high grades, just a full certificate of secondary education.

Yes, you do.

If you studied in English from grade 1 to grade 10, and this is the official language in the education system of your country, and your country is majority English-speaking (such as Australia, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, UK, and so on), you do not need to take an additional English test. All other applicants must take an English test, even if they spent all their lives speaking English and studying in the English medium.

Yes, you do. You are enrolling into an ACADEMIC program, so you need to get an academic English test. Just an ICAO certification is not sufficient for this enrollment.

Very simple. Just go to this link: http://aerocadet.com/enrollment_requirements.html#a3
Print out the requirements and take them to your medical doctor. He will screen you in accordance with all the specified on this page criteria and, if everything is okay, you are going to pass the FAA medical test.

Just like ALL THE ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS in the United States (flight schools, colleges, universities) we take our students’ and graduates’ privacy very seriously. We are not allowed to divulge their private contact information to strangers. How would you like if you enroll into our intensive flight training program, where you are required to attend theoretical classes several hours per day, then fly two hours per day, then prepare for the next day’s classes by doing several hours of homework and studies, and you are constantly bombarded by aspiring students with the questions about the school? Same goes to our graduates who have to fly passenger jets on daily basis, and do not have time for constant conversations about their jobs with the strangers.  
If you do want to ask specific questions, you can visit our Facebook page, where we have over 43,000 subscribers. Many of them are current students and graduates. You can ask questions on the main page in the group and, if someone has time to answer, you can start a conversation. 
Also, our website, aerocadet.com, has many videos with the testimonies of students in their native languages. Please take time to listen to them.

Is it up to you. The college program affords you the opportunity to earn an Associate Degree in Aeronautics (it’s a two-year degree). The FPAP-1 program does not get you a degree, but you still earn around 45 academic credits for your theoretical studies. 
Most airlines in Asia, Middle East and Europe DO NOT require their pilots to have college degree. However, having a degree is an advantage. So, the final decision is yours. Remember, that you can always enroll into an FPAP-1 program and, if you decide at a later stage, switch to the degree program.

If your purpose is a full Bachelor’s degree in aviation science, the best way to achieve it is by fast-tracking your flight training through our FPAP-1 program, then completing your internship, and then transferring to an Online college or university to continue your theoretical studies. Because you will already have Commercial Pilot License and Flight Instructor License, you will not need to start your degree program from Zero. You will get around 45 academic credits for your licenses by the college. So, all you will need to accomplish is around 75 more academic credits to earn a total of 120 academic credits. Since a full-time student normally earns 32 academic credits per year, you can start your college degree program from the middle of year 2. Therefore, you will only need to spend two and a half years in a college, instead of four years, like everyone else who does not have the aforementioned advanced pilot certifications.

Well, if you already have an ICAO CPL, you do not qualify for the FPAP-1 program. But you do qualify for our special “Pathway to Degree” program. This program is designed to help pilots who have recently earned their commercial pilot licenses and still have low flight time, to advance their aeronautical experience and certifications and academics. All the details regarding this program's benefits, structure, duration, enrollment requirements, cost and internship options are discussed our web site. Please visit this link for information: http://www.aerocadet.com/pathway_to_degree.html

Very easily. Especially for this purpose, we have designed an interactive online calculator, which is located here: www.aerocadet.com/calculator 
Just answer a few basic questions (Y/N) and the program will give you an estimate of total program costs, including accommodation, food, government fees and so on.

The U.S. Department of State, which is responsible for issuing student visas of type F-1 variety, demands to see that you, or your sponsor has at least $67,000 USD on the account. The sum must show on the recent bank statement or an official letter from your or your sponsor’s financial institution. Without it, your F-1 student visa application will be rejected.

Yes, you can! If you have a current and valid ICAO PPL, you can get a discount of $10,200 USD from either the FPAP-1 program or a full AAS degree program.

Well, if you already have an ICAO CPL, you do not qualify for the FPAP-1 program. But you do qualify for our special “Pathway to Degree” program. This program is designed to help pilots who have recently earned their commercial pilot licenses and still have low flight time, to advance their aeronautical experience and certifications and academics. All the details regarding this program's benefits, structure, duration, enrollment requirements, cost and internship options are discussed our web site. Please visit this link for information: http://www.aerocadet.com/pathway_to_degree.html

Unfortunately, no. Only ICAO license holders can count their qualifications towards achievement of a license certification or a rating.

Unfortunately, no. Only ICAO license holders can count their qualifications towards achievement of a license certification or a rating.

Yes, there is. You pay in parts. The first part if the enrollment deposit, which equals to 5% of the program cost, plus $550 USD administrative fees, plus internship reservation fee. Normally the initial deposit is just over $5,000. It is refundable upon completion of the program (5% of the base program cost) and if your visa is rejected by United States and Canadian consulate. You only pay this enrollment deposit after you submit the enrollment application fee, get the official acceptance letter and get a signed flight training and internship contract by our company’s CEO. Once you get your visa, and after arrival in the United States, you will need to pay $15,000 to commence your training. After that, you can negotiate flexible payment options with our billing department. The only hard rule is, you need to ensure that your student balance does not drop below $5,000 USD on your account with the billing department.

You do not need to buy an iPad, but we do recommend you to have one for navigation and study purposes.

You do not need to buy a pilot headset, as we provide a college issued one for each flight session. However, we do recommend that you buy your own headset for the comfort reasons.  

No. All the required textbooks and study materials are included in the program cost estimate.

You will need to buy a pilot shirt only. Any black trousers and black shoes can be used to supplement the uniform. Epaulettes and wings are issued by the school

Like any other college in the US, we do not provide food, and we do not include its cost in the basic program cost ($56,883). However, the approximate cost of living expenses, including food, is included in the total program cost estimate ($67,000). Students normally use the café at the flight center for lunch. Breakfast and dinner is normally cooked by the students using the campus kitchenettes which are shared between 4-6 students. Flight training center has shuttles that takes students to popular grocery shopping places, such as Walmart or Public supermarkets in order to stock up on the provisions.

You will need an F-1 visa for all the programs that offer internship options. All other programs, such as modular training or basic CPL qualify only for the M-1 visa.

Most student do not encounter any issues obtaining an F-1 visa, as soon as they are able to demonstrate to the US consulate representative that they have the funds necessary to pay for the tuition ($67,000 USD) and have sufficient family or business ties in their home country.

You need to be an enrolled student, signed the flight training and internship contract, paid the initial enrollment deposit (5% of training cost plus $550 administrative fees, plus (optional) $1750 internship placement fee), had your academic credentials evaluated and verified by our admissions office, and provided the proof of funds ($67,000) as a bank statement of you or your parents, or a student loan approval letter from your bank. Once all those documents are received we will send you a special visa application permission, called I-20 Form. This form has a unique to your candidature serial number what the US consulate will request when setting up your visa interview appointment. Once you receive it, please contact your local US consulate and make an appointment. Your local US consulate will provide you with all the important information about what forms you need to bring to the interview, what documents the officer will need to review in support of your application and what fees you will need to pay. Since these requirements vary from country to country, you need to speak to your local US consulate in order to obtain exact and up-to-date information about the current requirements in your region.

Normally, an F-1 visa is valid for 5 years. But you must not confuse the validity of the visa with the duration of I-20 form. Your visa valid only for the entry into the US. After you entered, your I-20 form replaces the visa validity and it becomes the only controlling factor on whether you are legal or not to stay in the US. The I-20 form may be validated, extended or canceled by the school registrar. If it is canceled to any reason, a student has 30 days to leave the US.

Students who have a valid F-1 visa and a current I-20 form can arrive in the US up to 30 days prior to the scheduled program start date in order to settle into accommodation.

Yes, shortly after arriving in the U.S, students can apply for work on-campus only. Students are not allowed to work off-campus for the first 12 months from the date of their arrival in the United States. Please note: due to limited availability of non-pilot vacancies on campus, we can not guarantee that students will have an opportunity to work on-campus before achieving their flight instructor licenses.

Yes, in accordance with the CPT program rules, students are allowed to work on-campus as flight instructors. The work hours are limited to 20 hours per week. The pay is limited to $20 USD per flight hour.

Yes, in accordance with the OPT program rules, students are allowed to work for external employers, such as airlines and charter companies. The work hours are limited to 20 hours per week. The pay varies in accordance with specific airline's work rules and pay-scale.

After completing internship for one of the U.S. airlines, pilots have an ability to solicit for sponsorship by the airline under the H1B program rules. This may or may not lead to the permanent residence permit. We recommend that pilots consult with a qualified and experienced immigration attorney before ensuring that they are eligible to take this step. More information about this process is available here >>>

You will need a Student Permit and an Entry Visa (Canadian visas are classified by their main type, such as "student", "visitor", "skilled worker", etc. )

Most student encounter less issues obtaining the Canadian visa vs the U.S. F-1 visa. This is due to softer qualification requirements for the Canadian student visa, as well as more streamlined application process, which does not require an applicant to appear in-person at the consulate. However, an applicant must be aware that, if refused a U.S. F-1 visa, he/she will most likely be automatically refused a Canadian visa as well. Therefore, we urge students from the developing countries in S.E. Asia to consider the Canadian FPAP-C program as the primary option.

The application process is similar to the US visa application. You must have a special invitation letter from the flight training provider (you will get this after your enrollment is approved). However, you do not need to visit the consulate. The application can be submitted Online and mailed-in via courrier services. Details are outlined here >>>

Normally, the study permit is issued for 5 years.

Students who have a valid Canadian entry visa and a Study permit can arrive in Canada up to 30 days prior to the scheduled program start date in order to settle into accommodation.

Yes, shortly after arriving in Canada, students can undertake off-campus employment (not exceeding 20 hours per week, not exceeding $10.85 USD per hour) to supplement their income while studying in Canada.

Yes, after completing the flight instructor license, students can undertake on-campus employment (not exceeding 20 hours per week, not exceeding $20 USD per hour) to build valuable flight time and supplement their income while living in Canada.

Yes, after completing the flight instructor internship, pilots will be allowed to take advantage of the Canadian Experience Class program and apply to stay and work in Canada permenently. More details are published here >>>

Well, we are not going to lie: this does happen sometimes. However, we have a special arrangement with our partner flight training school in Barcelona, Spain, that will help you to achive your program objectives. After applying and getting a Spenish student visa (99% of students get approval for this via) the flight school in Barcelona will help you to achive your EASA PPL license and, simultaneously, apply for the temporary residence card in Spain (EU). This card will allow you to re-apply for the U.S. or Canadian visa from Spain. Normally, your chances of obtaining U.S. or Canadian student visas are much higher when applying within the EU. You will then be able to start the FPAP-1 or FPAP-C programs from the PPL, rather than Zero level. We will also give you a discount of $10,000 USD from the total cost of integrated program for having a current ICAO PPL license.

We include 6 months of campus accommodation in the FPAP-1 program and 12 months of campus accommodation in the College Degree and Pathway programs. We also include 6 months of accommodation in the FPAP-C program. FPAP-IND program does not have accommodation included in the base cost.

Once your accommodation runs out, you have a choice of either extending it or moving out of the college provided accommodation and rent an apartment with some of your classmates. This option is normally less expensive, as a 3-bedroom apartment near the flight center cost $900-$1000 per month. When shared between 3 students, where each gets his/her own bedroom, accommodation cost normally comes to $300-$400 per month. In such case, you will need to purchase means of personal transportation, such as a car, motorbike or a scooter, in order to commute from your apartment to flight center and back.

If you do elect to stay in the college – provided accommodation, you will have an option of living in a shared accommodation on campus ($575 per month) or private accommodation on campus ($875 per month) or a private accommodation off-campus ($650 per month). College provides shuttle buses several times per day for students who need to commute from off-campus accommodation to flight center and back.

We include 6 months of campus accommodation in FPAP-C program and FPAP-IND program. Accommodation is readily accessible at our Oshawa Location. To access an on-line housing list, please follow the instructions listed below. Housing is very easy to obtain at our Oshawa location. There is a variety of housing options for students looking to move closer to the flight school. If you need help starting your search for off-campus housing review the resources below for tips and assistance as you search for your new home. Places4students.com offers a wide range of housing options, from single rooms to apartments, townhouses and more. Most of our students live on or near the Durham College campus. This campus is located approximately 5 minutes drive (or 15 minutes walk or 7 minutes by bike) from the flight training center. The average cost to rent a private room in most on-campus properties is $500 USD per month, but can vary between $350 and $650 USD per month, depending on the property size and type. Please review more information about Canada campus here >>>

At Aerocadet we do our best to cut the intial, upfront program costs for our Students and their parents. Based on the experience of our graduates we are confident that the arriving Student will be able to take advantage of Canada's student visa work permit and supplement their living expenses by taking on part-time jobs available to Canada student visa holders.

While studying full-time, the international students are allowed to work up to 20 hours per week at any off-campus employment. Most take entry-level unskilled minimum-pay jobs at local restaurants or supermarkets. The pay is normally enough to provide students with the basic living expenses. Once the training period is complete, students will be allowed to apply for a higher-paid flight instructor positions with the flight academy. The minimum salary for international students working part-time jobs in Canada is $11.06 CAN ($8.40 USD) per hour. Providing that a student works 80 hours per month, he/she can expect to earn approximately $884.80 CAN ($672.00 USD). There is no income tax on earnings below $8500 CAN per year. Earnings above $8500 CAN are taxed at 15%.

The cost of accommodation varies between $400 USD per month for a shared room on-camopus, to $750 USD per month for a single bedroom apartment off campus. It is up to Student to decide on their personal accommodation budgets during the period of their flight training and internship (these two phases will take 18 months each).

We use a new fleet of Cherokee III PA-28 Glass cockpit airplanes for the single-engine training. Our fleet is brand new, most aircraft were manufactured in 2014-2016. For the multi-engine training we use Beech Duchess BE76 and Cessna Seneca II/III CE-44.

Each instructor is assigned 3-5 students, depending on his or her request and scheduling preferences.

FAA check-ride is a practical test that student has to take in order to qualify for each pilot license and rating. We have our in-house FAA-designated examiner who conducts the tests. As of 2017, we succeeded in passing 96% of first-time license/rating applicants. Please bear in mind, that if a student fails an FAA check-ride, he/she can always re-take it after some 3-5 additional hours of training.

Students can take up to 2 weeks of leave for family visitation purposes, and up to 2 months for family emergency purposes. Naturally, such breaks will extend the duration of training and, possibly, increase total estimated training expenses.

No, the program must be done according to a fully integrated, FAA approved "Part 141" curriculum. Only short vacations or family emergency leaves are authorized.

The United States has a variety of different employment program for the international students who come to study in the US. Such programs allow students to undergo internships for the purpose of gaining valuable experience in the professional field of their study immediately after or during the study terms. F-1 visa allows student pilots who have completed specially academically accredited flight training programs to undergo up to 12 months on CPT and 12 additional months on OPT internship programs. At our college, we allow our students to undergo a total of 18 months as flight instructor in order to build 1500 hours of total flight time on a piston airplane. This flight time is the minimal required aeronautical experience for obtainment of a full unrestricted FAA (ICAO) Airline Transport Pilot License.

Immediately after you complete your flight training phase, which takes 8-12 months. So, this means that 8-12 months after you arrive at our academy you will start making money and building your valuable flight time.

More more details on the phases, please visit this link: http://aerocadet.com/atpl.html#a2

Just like any high responsibility or safety sensitive job, where your performance may DIRECTLY affect people’s lives (doctor, lawyer, etc), you must show that you perform to a specific standard before being entrusted with multi-million dollar aircraft and precious lives of students and passengers. So, every internship has specific terms and conditions. You can review them here: http://aerocadet.com/atpl.html#a2 (scroll to the bottom of the section for "Terms and Conditions")

Regional airlines do not officially accept foreign pilots for employment, unless it is an internship authorized by the US Department of State. You, as a valid F-1 visa holder, will have a special authorization to work under the OPT (Optional Practical Training) program for 18 months. Some of the regional airlines, which we closely work with, allow such internships as first officer to build valuable jet time.

We understand that not everyone is a born aviator. But that’s okay: we believe that any person, with enough diligence, patience and hard work can become an excellent pilot. So, we have special student mentor ship and support programs that will allocate additional time to the students who have problems with the initial training. At the moment, our fist pass rate is 96%, which is one of the highest in the US. But, just in case you are one of the 4 unlucky percent, we have “Plan B” internship programs that can be just as useful as the “Plan A” ones. Please review them here: http://aerocadet.com/atpl.html#a2

Canada, just like the US, has a variety of different employment program for the international students who come to study. Such programs allow students to undergo internships for the purpose of gaining valuable experience in the professional field of their study immediately after or during the study terms. Canadian Study Permit visa allows student pilots who have completed specially academically accredited flight training programs to undergo up to 18 months internship programs. At our Canadian FTP, we allow our students to undergo a total of 18 months as flight instructor in order to build 1500 hours of total flight time on a piston airplane. This flight time is the minimal required aeronautical experience for obtainment of a full unrestricted Transport Canada (ICAO) Airline Transport Pilot License.

Beside being able to work any part-time job as a student during the training phase, you will start earning as CFI immediately after you complete your flight training phase, which takes 12-18 months.

Just like any high responsibility or safety sensitive job, where your performance may DIRECTLY affect people’s lives (doctor, lawyer, etc), you must show that you perform to a specific standard before being entrusted with multi-million dollar aircraft and precious lives of students and passengers. So, every internship has specific terms and conditions. You can review them here: http://aerocadet.com/atpl.html#a2 (scroll to the bottom of the section for "Terms and Conditions")

Canadian Experience Class program allows applicants to receive permanent residence status if successful. Therefore, you will be eligible for employment with Canadian airlines for an unlimited period of time.

We understand that not everyone is a born aviator. But that’s okay: we believe that any person, with enough diligence, patience and hard work can become an excellent pilot. So, we have special student mentor-ship and support programs that will allocate additional time to the students who have problems with the initial training. At the moment, our fist pass rate is 96%, which is one of the highest in the US. But, just in case you are one of the 4 unlucky percent, we have “Plan B” internship programs that can be just as useful as the “Plan A” ones. Please review them here: http://aerocadet.com/atpl.html#a2

If you complete the flight training, flight instructor internship and commercial pilot/airline pilot internship in the US, we absolutely guarantee permanent employment placement with the leading airlines in the Middle East, Asia or South America.

Many. Among the most popular ones, with the highest initial pilot salaries are:
Middle East: Fly Dubai, Emirates, Qatar, Etihad, etc
Asia: Cathay Pacific, Air Hong Kong, Hong Kong Airlines, Dragon Air, Lion Air, Singapore Airlines, etc
South America: Copa Airlines, Azul.

The United States has a special program for permanent employment opportunities in the professions that have deficit of qualified employees. Such program is called H1B visa program. To qualify, you need to have a Bachelors degree, and have an employer sponsor. To meet those requirements, you can extend your airline internship for 2 more years by enrolling into a Bachelor’s Degree program with our college. This costs $18,000 and can be paid from your pilot salary. In addition, you may have an opportunity to upgrade to a captain in your internship airline and petition for H1B visa sponsorship by this airline. It will be up to them to either accept your petition or reject it. For more details, please review the H1B visa program details here >>>

Unfortunately, we do not. However, we can provide comprehensive administrative support to you to solicit a student loan from your local government, a bank or a financial organization. Please read about it here: http://aerocadet.com/financial_aid.html

If you are looking to solicit for student loan or scholarship from the local financial or government institution in your country, we can send you a letter confirming the suitability of your candidacy for flight training at our Full Professional Airline Pilot Program, validate your enrollment status, provide an offer of paid internship and guarantee of subsequent employment placement with the airlines. However, first we need to evaluate and validate your documents, and convert them to an equivalent US format. 

You can find more information about the financing options Aerocadet's website. Direct link: http://aerocadet.com/financial_aid.html

The qualification process for this option is following:

• Step 1. You will need to pay the enrollment deposit of $550 to cover administrative expenses for translation (if required), evaluation and validation of your academic documents, plus FedEx mail delivery service to your country. The deposit can be paid directly via our website by credit or debit card (direct link: http://www.raichaerospace.com/payments.html  select "Conditional Enrollment & Bank Support Letter” and click “Buy Now”)
• Step 2. We will email you your flight training and internship contract. This contract will be conditional on documents evaluation and verification. The contract will stipulate payment schedule and amount of the initial enrollment deposit. 
• Step 3. It will take us 1-2 weeks to process the paperwork with the external agency (we use J.Silny & Co, located in Florida). Once the paperwork in processed and confirmed, we will send you an unconditional contract, offer of paid internship and a letter of recommendation for flight training loan/sponsorship. 
• Step 4. Once you secure required funds, you can send us the confirmation letter from your sponsor or financial institution and we will continue with the visa support paperwork, so you can obtain F-1 academic visa to the United States. We will then place you in the net available class for our FPAP-1 program and reserve flight instructor and charter/airline pilot internship slots.

Very easy. Just follow the normal enrollment process on our website. Together with the rest of the required documents, please attach a letter from your US-based co-signer with the following information:

• 1. Co-signer’s full name
• 2. Co-signer’s full address in the United States
• 3. Co-signer’s telephone number in the United States
• 4. Co-signer’s place of employment
• 5. Your name and your relationship to the co-signer (if applicable) 
• 6. The amount of loan the co-signer is willing to guarantee
• 7. Co-signer’s signature and date.

We will contact your cosigner to verify and confirm the information, as well as send him/her application form to start the loan process.

Some students have shown to be extremely successful in securing student loans in the amount of $30,000-50,000 USD from their local banks. Especially in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, UAE, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.