Career Track

One path.
Zero to career pilot.

For people who are done dreaming about it. A single program that carries you from first flight to paid pilot, with the airlines straight ahead.

Riverside, California

Create your free account in two minutes.

Guaranteed starter job add-on

282hrs

in your logbook in nine months

certificates and ratings

9mo

full time, zero to CFII

$30/hr

paid instructing with the add-on

The program, one price

$89,000

$34,995 cheaper than ATP

Every training hour and all your instruction, one price.

Examiner (DPE), FAA written test and equipment fees are separate.

Financing available for the full amount

Certificates and ratings

Private Pilot License (PPL)
Instrument Rating (IR)
Commercial Pilot License (CPL)
- Single Engine
- Multi Engine
Flight Instructor Certificate (CFI)
Instrument Instructor (CFII)

Flight time

282 hours in your logbook by month nine
- 204 hours single-engine
- 25 hours multi-engine
- 53 hours in the simulator

Optional add-on · Work with us

+ $15,000

A 25-hour instructor bootcamp, then a guaranteed 175 hours of paid instructing at $30 an hour. A minimum of 480 total hours by month 18.

Checkrides and written exams

Checkrides scheduled with FAA examiners, so you test on time
Written test prep for every rating

Study materials

Textbooks, study guides and exam prep for every rating
The training portal: lessons, quizzes, stage checks and your logbook

Student housing

Optional add-on: $1,300 a month, close to the airport
Live together with other pilot students

The same 282 hours,
$34,995 less.

ATP's Airline Career Pilot Program is the benchmark. Same certificates, same flight hours, same simulator time. Less money.

	CFII	ATP
Price	$89,000	$123,995 +
Cost per flight hour	~$316	~$440
Flight hours at graduation	282	282
Hours in a real airplane	229	229
Hours in a simulator	53	53
Multi-engine hours	25	25
Paid instructor phase	$15,000 add-on	After the program
Format	Cohorts	Cohorts
You save	$34,995

These figures are the $89,000 training program alone. ATP figures: published zero-experience Airline Career Pilot Program price and hours, atpflightschool.com, August 2026; select ATP locations add up to $5,000. Cost per flight hour is each program's price divided by its flight hours at graduation, rounded. Both published programs end at certification; the difference afterward is that our $15,000 Work with us add-on guarantees a paid instructor phase, while instructing at ATP is a separate job. Switch the toggle to compare that path.

Ready when you are.

Two minutes of questions, a free account, and a clear path from zero to the cockpit.