How to Become a Pilot – and How That’s Changing

While many aspiring major airline pilots still take the traditional route, including getting a four-year undergraduate degree ...
Wall Street Journal

Flight School Loans: How They Work and Who Offers Them in 2024

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Aviation Week

New Approaches To Pilot Training Are Taking Off

The global commercial airline pilot training business continues to evolve as new entrants establish niches and long-time players change ownership. All are keen to help airlines address pilot shortages ...
Defense One

Three firms move ahead in Army’s future-of-flight-training helicopter training takeover

The Army has cleared three companies to bid on the service’s plan to outsource initial helicopter pilot training, despite some lawmakers’ reservations about the idea. Bell, Lockheed Martin, and M1 ...
Defense One

As drones proliferate, Army pilots worry about their future. Will a new approach to flight school help?

“We’re cooked,” one Army aviator said recently, describing the reactions of fellow students at the service’s helicopter flight school to Sikorsky’s new uncrewed Black Hawk. “Why are we even doing this ...
The Aviationist

Training of U.S. Air Force’s Student Pilots Progresses in Italy

Ten U.S. students are now enrolled at the International Flight Training School to complete a 133-day Basic Jet Training course in the T-346A Master. Following an agreement with the Italian Air Force ...