Embark: Private Pilot Certificate

Earn your Private Pilot License (PPL) while in high school, as a working professional, or go all-in and finish as quickly as you can on your own timeline:

• Fly first with your Instructor and begin earning flight hours while completing your Ground School training
• Ground School program is completed as a hybrid of in-person and online learning
• Your Pilot Performance Pack, with all the tools needed to be pilot-ready and take to the skies is included
• 50 hours of single-engine aircraft use with an Instructor assigned to you
• 20 hours of Instructor-led briefs
• Train at your own pace in 5-hour blocks
• Access to free tutoring and all the resources available to you in our Learning Resource Center
• Free back seating of flight lessons anytime

Our Sanford, Florida Academy provides you with abundant opportunities to take to the skies and fly! Our cadets benefit from the following advantages:

• Our location in the Sunshine State offers great weather to fly year-round, plus it is just 30 minutes to downtown Orlando, beautiful Florida beaches and popular theme parks!
• We offer one of the largest fleet of over 100 aircraft for our cadet pilots and instructors
• State-of-the-art flight training facilities and flight simulators
• The largest footprint for take-off and landing available
• Located at the Sanford International Airport, which also has a tower and commercial jet traffic, providing our cadets with additional training
• As a global leader in pilot training, our graduates fly for some of the leading airlines in the world, including American Airlines, Delta, United, Envoy, SkyWest and many more
• Our Student Experience team is here to support you through every phase of your training with financial aid support, academic advising, housing and transportation, and career services departments
• Join our Cadet Steering Committee, where you can have a voice in the Academy operations

$28,350

Breakdown:

• $573 per hour inclusive of all flight hours and performance pack (versus $636 per hour at competitor flight schools)
• Performance Pack (worth $5,000) - Provision for additional training hours should you require it, includes Ground School hours and flight hours in single-engine aircraft

*Package includes the hours required to complete the minimum hours for each rating. Extra hours are built in to assist with gaining proficiency; however, flight training is a skill, and additional hours beyond those included based on individual progress.

To enroll in the Embark program you must meet the following requirements:

• At least 16 years old in order to enroll on to Private Pilot Certificate course
• Proficient in reading, writing, speaking, and understanding English
• Able to obtain an FAA medical certificate

On successful completion of the Embark program you will receive your Private Pilot Certificate. From here you can make flying your hobby and impress friends and family with your flying skills.

Or you might decide it’s just the first step of your pilot career and you want to turn your passion into your job. The Edge: Commercial Pilot Certificate program is a key follow-on course that can help you achieve your ambition of becoming an airline pilot. Should you complete the Embark program, the cost of your Edge program will reduce by the value of the Embark program. Your flight hours will also transfer.

Becoming a First Officer for a commercial airline in the US comes with an attractive pilot salary.