Professional Pilot

Where did your dreams start? And where will they take you?

Earning your Commercial Pilot License is the beginning of a rewarding journey as a professional pilot in today's exciting aviation industry. Never before has technology changed so rapidly in the industry; Never before have the world's borders shrunk so dramatically, fueling an ever increasing demand for aviators in today's cutting edge aircraft and the avionics employed by the present day commercial fleet.

Today is the time for you to take the step to realize your vision... and begin a new career path that will take you to greater heights.

Breaking the Mold

Flight training, for the past 40 years or more, has been dominated by aircraft technology and methodology. The higher volume flight schools are more concerned with churning out pilots to meet the minimum standards set by the FAA, rather then training skilled and fully competent pilots.

A New approach: Ignore the industry's status quo and build a premier flight academy; A flight training school without equal!

Without Equal

In the world of flight training, Coast Flight Academy stands without equal. At Coast, we fly the best aircraft, utilize the latest technology and instruct using the innovative scenario-based training curriculum. As a result, our students are recognized for being premier aviators.

Not All Hours are Created Equal

Scenario-based training: It's how we train our pilots. This means, from the first time you step foot into one of our aircraft, we’re guiding you through real world scenarios and situations you will most likely encounter as a commercial pilot. The military and airlines have been training their pilots, for over 20 years, using these scenario-based methods, and it hasn't been available to civilians... until now. Our Chief Pilot has over 20,000 hours, flying for both the US Air Force and Continental Airlines which are recognized leaders in scenario-based training.

At Coast Flight Academy, we train you to fly, not fly you to train. Because our methodology is based on real world experience, students fly to over 50 different airports in places like California, Nevda and Arizona, including an exercise clearing US Customs into Mexico. Students will learn to navigate in some of the busiest and most complex airspaces in the world, such as Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). They will be trained in over 25 real world scenarios; everything from theoretically delivering cargo to Las Vegas, to taking real estate photos for a project.

“The Scenario-based students out-performed the maneuver-based students in six of seven research measures.”
– FAA Evaluation of Scenario-Based Training February 15, 2007

Without a scenario there is no basis for good decision making

Plan Real Word Mission Train for scenarios that represent actual commercial pilot roles. Learn decision making skills based on factual limitations of weather, mission, crew, etc.   Train In Actual Crew Environment Practice Crew Resource Management within live scenarios. From mission execution to emergency procedures, students train with a designated crew to help prepare them for the commercial airline world.   Actually Execute the Scenario Students will learn maneuvers through the real world execution of "missions". Actually flying the mission means students are using all skills for each flight, and not only focusing on certain maneuvers.

CIRRUS SR22 G3 TURBO

At Coast Flight Academy, you'll train in the most advanced private aircraft flying today... the CIRRUS. Widely recognized as an innovator in general aviation aircraft, the CIRRUS brings together high performance, cutting edge technology and unparalleled safety with the CIRRUS Aircraft Parachute System (CAPS). Experience a new altitude. Training with Coast Flight Academy means students will fly in the state-of-the-art, all glass cockpit which is wrapped in a slick all-composite frame. Fly above the clouds and turbulance at 25,000 ft and cruise at over 200kts...to destinations you never thought you could! To learn more, visit www.cirrusaircraft.com

Not All Ground Training is Created Equal

Books, Books, Books. A fact of life in flight training. Ground school has often been a necessary, but grueling task to both student and flight instructor. But, when Coast Flight Academy set out to revolutionize flight training, we took on ground school as well. We have set out to build the most effective and technical ground school on the market today. Coast Flight Academy prepares you for international flying, by teaching many of the ICAO standards used around the world. While we still use a number of books, we've set out to create a ground school built around a deeper, more realistic understanding of the principals involved with being a pilot. We've transformed ground school into a hands-on learning experience, with practical experiments, round trips, amazing video demonstrations and frequent trips to the mechanic's bay. You could call it a scenario-based ground school, but we call it Ground Lab.

San Diego, California
A City Without Equal

Training in San Diego is, arguably, the best environment to learn to fly in. Southern California contains some of the busiest and most challenging airspaces in the world. Throughout training, students will become increasingly more comfortable in this diverse and challenging airspace environment. Within an hour flight radius of Coast Flight Academy, there are 2 Class B, 5 Class C, 21 Class D airspaces, 3 restricted military zones and over 70 uncontrolled airports. Within the same distance, you will overfly endless miles of coastline to the west and have the opportunity to land at airfields as high as 8,000 ft MSL.

In San Diego, we are blessed with beautiful weather the majority of the year. However, the morning coastal fog layer and the diverse weather of California and the surrounding states, gives us ample oppurtunity to train IFR in real Intrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC). Furthermore, training will take students to places such as Las Vegas, The Grand Canyon, Phoenix, Lake Tahoe and even Mexico.

San Diego, California... It's not just the city where Coast Flight Academy is based.. It is also the city in which you will live, train and play.

Living in San Diego, is to enjoy the best California has to offer. San Diego is widely recognized as one of the best places, in the world, to live. The active lifestyle of San Diego covers a wide range of activities; everything from sailing and surfing, to jogging and playing golf. Whether you are riding your bike or going for an evening stroll, the natural beauty of San Diego area surrounds you wherever you go. San Diego's coastline is dominated by beautiful sandy beaches, palm tress and miles of boardwalks. Having some of the best restaurants in California, San Diego offers a very diverse and wide range of dining options. Furthermore, San Diego is home to the MLB team, the San Diego Padres, and the NFL San Diego Chargers. In San Diego, the weather averages 70 degrees (F) and has over 267 sunny days per year.

"Furthermore, San Diego is home to both the MLB team, the San Diego Padres, and the NFL team, the San Diego Chargers."

At Coast Flight Academy, we set out to create one of the world's leading commercial pilot programs. We dreamt of employing the best aircraft, using only scenario-based training methods and utilizing innovative technology and world class instructors. We wanted to train aviators to fly globally, according to the ICAO standards, and to learn the technical details that the leading airlines will come to expect.

We are making dreams come true... Are you?

Join an elite group of aviation students from around the world. Now interviewing candidates for 2010
www.coastflightacademy.com

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