A Classroom With a View
The Career Pilot Program at TransPac Aviation Academy is a full-time path to your pilot career employment. Once enrolled, you will experience an intense pilot academy training curriculum that requires daily attendance. A typical day consists of up to three training events that include flight lessons, ground pilot school and simulator training sessions. Ground school classes are normally held five days per week and pilot training flights are scheduled four times per week.
The program is geared to those seeking a pilot career and can be entered as a student with zero time, as a private pilot or as a student obtaining his instructor ratings. Our program is VA approved and meets the criteria outlined by both the VA and FAA.
Once enrolled in the program, TransPac Aviation Academy’s staff is committed to your pilot career training and will support you throughout your pilot school experience. The academy will provide materials, classroom time and individual instruction for each student enrolled in its pilot training. In the classroom, TransPac Aviation Academy keeps its student to instructor ratio low, while striving to hire the best in pilot training.
Career Pilot Courses - Put your best wing forward
No Experience, No Problem! If you are starting with little or no flight time and hold no FAA pilot certificates you will begin the Career Pilot Program with Core Module A, which qualifies you for three ratings, including Private Single Engine, Instrument Rating and Commercial Multi Engine Rating.
- Private Pilot (12 weeks)
- 55.0 Dual Hours Piper Archer
- 10.0 Solo Hours Piper Archer
- 5.0 Dual Hours Frasca TruFlight Simulator
- 60.0 Private Ground School
- 26.0 Preflight/Postflight/stagechecks Hours
- 2.0 Flight Test Piper Archer Hours
- 1.0 Private Written Exam
- 1.0 FAA Examiner
- Instrument Rating (15 weeks)
- 75.0 Dual Hours Piper Archer
- 20.0 Dual Hours TruFlite Simulator
- 36.0 Instrument Ground School
- 39.0 Meteorology & Advanced Navigation Ground School
- 21.0 Preflight/Postflight/Stagechecks Hours
- 2.0 Flight Test Piper Archer Hours
- 1.0 Instrument Written Exam
- 1.0 FAA Examiner
- Commercial Multi Engine Rating (10 weeks)
- 38.0 Dual Hours Piper Seminole/Supervised Solo Piper Seminole
- 10.0 Dual Hours TruFlight Simulator
- 60.0 Multi Engine Ground School
- 20.0 Preflight/Postflight/Stagechecks Hours
- 2.0 Flight Test Piper Seminole Hours
- 1.0 Written Exam
- 1.0 FAA Examiner
- Certified Flight Instructor Initial Multi Engine
- 14.0 Dual Hours Seminole
- 8.0 Dual Hours Piper Archer
- 2.0 Dual Hours C-152
- 50.0 Hours Preflight/Postflight
- 75.0 Hours Ground school
- 2.0 Solo Hours Flight Test Piper Seminole
- 2.0 FAA Written Exam
- 1.0 FAA Examiner
- Commercial and CFI Single Engine Add-On
- 14.0 Dual Hours Piper Archer
- 10.0 Preflight/Postflight/Stagecheck Hours
- 4.0 Flight Test Piper Archer Hours
- 2.0 FAA Examiner
- Certified Flight Instructor Instrument Add-On
- 5.5 Dual Hours Piper Archer
- 5.0 Dual Hours Single-Seat FTD
- 7.0 Hours Preflight/Postflight
- 15.0 Hours Ground school
- 1.5 Solo Hours Flight Test Archer
- 1.0 FAA Written Exam
- 1.0 FAA Examiner


