The Airline Course
An Airline Flying Framework
Smooth your transition into the airlines with a roadmap that covers all the basics of U.S. airline flying.
Preparing for Airline Training
Training for a new type-rating is often likened to “drinking from a fire hose”. Your first airline experience can be particularly intense because everything is new: the regulatory structure, terminology, aircraft systems, operational philosophies, and more.
Airline training programs are fast-paced, rely heavily on students’ home study, and often lack the program time to detail fundamentals sufficiently in-depth to maximize student success on the line. That’s where we come in. Carefully crafted by a team of U.S. Part 121 airline instructors and check airmen, this course covers the fundamentals of airline flying so that you can show up to your first day confident and ready to learn.
Learning Objectives
- Understanding the complexity of the airline regulatory environment and being able to navigate it to answer your own questions
- Knowing how to prioritize your studying once you’re in class so that you can thrive, not just “hang on to the tail”
- Familiarization with common transport category and jet systems, operations, and abnormal situations
- Understanding the basic “flow” of an airline flight including typical airline energy management profiles
- Appreciating the importance of CRM skills in safe air carrier operations
- Understanding the performance expected of you while in training and while out flying the line
Course Topics
Course Content
Regulatory
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We focus on practical learning, clarity, and developing broad understanding of the airline operating environment. Your employer will handle the details.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Who is best served by this course?
This course is designed for any pilot preparing for employment at their first U.S. regional airline. 1500-hour CFIs, corporate pilots, single-seat fighter pilots, and military multi-crew pilots will all take something away from the course.
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Is this interview preparation?
Some pilots may use the course to prepare for an interview, but it’s not explicitly intended for that purpose. This course covers technical, operational, and human factors areas, while comprehensive interview preparation services focus on personalized soft-skills improvement.
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Will this course interfere with learning fleet-specific information at my airline?
No. We’ve been very conscious to stick to general, common knowledge and operating principles that are not specific to any one operator or type. The course provides the context and foundation which operator- and type-specific programs will then build from.
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Why should I take this course? Won’t my training department teach me everything?
Many concepts are universal (or mostly universal) throughout the airline world. A large part of training at an airline is reviewing these universal concepts and determining how they apply to your operator. Major/Legacy/LCC training departments expect your familiarization with these concepts. Regional training departments do not, but they often provide insufficient time or instruction to thoroughly educate new hire pilots beyond the core course requirements. This course provides a famework that you can take to your new job, in training and beyond.
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Is this course jet-specific?
We emphasize jet flying, but plenty of the content in this course applies to flying large transport-category turboprops too.
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I hear that I should “trust the program” when it comes to airline training. Is that true?
Generally yes. This course is designed to supplement, but not interfere with, your airline’s training program. Think of it as “pre-study” that helps you make the most of your airline training program experience.
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Do you offer a free trial?
We instead offer a 7-day money back guarantee on all of our courses.