Florida Aviation Academy is a FAA Part 141 School.

Part-141 Schools are FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) approved. They follow a specific syllabus for each flight training program and their operations are monitored by the agency.

What does Part 141 mean to you? It means that you receive a tried and true training program that not only saves time but saves money that is easily lost in an unapproved, unorganized program. For example, due to the effectiveness in assuring well trained and safe pilots under 141, the FAA allows the Private pilot check ride at 35 hours (versus 40 under under Part 61), Instrument training at 35 hours (versus 40 hours under part 61), and ultimately Commercial check-ride at 190 hours Versus 250 hours under Part 61. In addition, Private Pilot graduates can immediately start their instrument rating without having to amass the required 50 hours of cross-country time under Part 61.

Students transferring from Part 61 schools or arriving with Private Licenses from outside the US will be evaluated by the chief flight instructor and given credit for their previous flight training as per applicable Federal Aviation regulations.


Florida Aviation Academy's Accelerated Approach

Florida Aviation Academy has taken a unique approach to flight training. As a philosophy we like to have low student/instructor/aircraft ratio (maximum of 2 students per aircraft and per flight instructor) at the school at any given time so that we can immerse the students in their studies with special emphasis on their flying.

Florida Aviation Academy's 0 hours to Commercial License takes 12 weeks in comparison to 6-8 months offered by most other flight schools and colleges for the same program. During this time the students will earn their Private License, Instrument Rating, fly approximately 70 Hours of Solo Cross Country for time building and ultimately earn their Single or Multi Commercial Licenses at 190 hours under FAA Part 141 regulations. This program is designed for individuals who want to become professional pilots. It prepares them for the fast paced and multi-tasked environment that is common to all air carriers.

Each instructor has only one or two full time students and all instruction is one on one, in contrast to the traditional classroom approach. This method allows individualized attention and is custom tailored to maximize efficiency of each students program. Every student is scheduled for two, two-hour lessons with their instructor. The time in between is used for studying on computer stations or watching the audio-visual tapes that compliment each day's lesson. Students typically spend 6-8 hours a day at the school, 6 days a week under this program.

This offers many benefits for the student. Immersion in both theory and flight leads to steeper learning curve over time with better retention rates. This translates into cost savings for the student in many fronts. Our students are also more proficient and safer in their flying. This is simply due to the fact that flight lessons take place twice a day 6 days a week rather than 3-4 times per week at most other schools. Practice makes perfect. Practice often and ... It allows the students to be away from their homes or jobs for a shorter period of time reducing day to day living expenses at least by half.

Florida Aviation Academy limits the student count so that there are no scheduling problems with either the instructors or the aircraft and we can deliver what we promise. We have over 95% success rate for being on time and within budget.

This approach which we hope you will like, has one additional benefit. Having low student/instructor ratio allows us to follow each student's progress on a daily basis so that they are kept on track with their scheduled programs. The daily briefings that the chief instructor has with each instructor allow Florida Aviation Academy to address any learning challenges immediately.

Our accelerated programs, one on one attention, and continuous quality control is what separates Florida Aviation Academy from every other flight training institution.

Everything we do is a function of this mission.