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Program summary
Program summary
- Cost: $83,995
- Status: Full-time
- Duration: Approximately 12 months, subject to scheduling
- Type: FAA pilot and instructor certificates and ratings
- Required experience: Little or none
- Employment: Flight instructor and pilot career pathways
- Location: Sanford, Florida
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Graduation qualifications
Graduation qualifications
As a graduate of the Accelerated Airline Pilot Track (AAPT) - you will earn your:
- Private Pilot Certificate
- Instrument Rating
- Commercial Pilot Single-Engine Certificate
- Certified Flight Instructor Certificate
- Certified Flight Instructor Instrument Rating
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Supporting downloads
Supporting downloads
- School Catalog
- Commission's contact information
- Facilities and Services Available to Students with Disabilities
- Program disclosures
- Code of Conduct for Education Loans
- Annual Security Report
- CARES Act - 30 day report
- Student Achievement Rates
- Accreditation and Approval
- Transfer of Credit Policies and Articulation Agreements
- Principles of exellence
- Consumer Information on College Navigator Website
- Title IX Policy Statement
- FAA infographic flyer
- High school counsellor flyer
- Smart Option Student Loan for Undergraduate Students
- Source of funding
Pilot training programs and courses
Accelerated Airline Pilot Track (AAPT)
The Accelerated Airline Pilot Track (AAPT) takes students with little or no flying experience and trains them to become qualified pilots in as little as 12 months.
The fastest route to a pilot career
L3Harris Flight Academy has relationships with 10 regional airlines that all offer clearly defined pilot career pathways. Throughout your AAPT training you will have the opportunity to meet airline recruiters from the regional airlines to discuss career and mentoring opportunities. The AAPT is the quickest route to a job as a First Officer with one of the 10 regional airlines we work with.
With a wide range of financial aid options, you could borrow up to 100% of the cost of airline pilot training and benefit from flexible repayment options.
Accelerated Airline Pilot Track (AAPT)
Accelerated Airline Pilot Track course footprint
The program combines commercial pilot and Flight Instructor training - with clearly defined milestones - to equip you with the skills, knowledge, and understanding to advance your pilot career.
Step 1 - Book a Discovery Flight
Want to experience the L3Harris Flight Academy aircraft before you apply? Book a Discovery Flight with one of our experienced Instructors.
Step 2 - Apply and enroll
Complete the online enrollment application form or speak with a member of our Admissions team who will be happy to answer any questions: click here.
Step 3 - Training
We adopt milestone coaching sessions after each course of AAPT training, preparing you for a successful airline pilot career. Each course and its key features are as follows:
1. Private Pilot Certificate – Once you have obtained your Private Pilot Certificate, you are successfully rated to act as pilot-in-command of a single-engine airplane.
- Skills acquired: Basic aircraft control, risk assessment, single-pilot resource management, pilot-in-command responsibility, punctuality, flight planning, study habits, basic aerodynamics
2. Instrument Rating – An Instrument Rating (IR) is designed to train pilots to maneuver aircraft based purely on reference to the instruments, without need to look out of the cockpit, except for take-off and landing.
- Skills acquired: Task management, precision, automation management, critical thinking, confidence
3. Commercial Pilot Certificate – A Commercial Single-Engine Certificate is a qualification that allows someone to be paid to fly as a pilot-in-command of a single-engine aircraft for compensation.
- Skills acquired: Advanced maneuvers, excellence in airmanship, advanced aerodynamics, ownership, crew resource management, assertion and advocacy, career planning
4. CFI and CFII – A Flight Instructor Single-Engine Certificate enables you to teach cadets on a single-engine aircraft. Flight Instructor Certificate with Instrument Rating (CFI-I) allows for instructors to teach cadets to pursue an Instrument Rating. Upon graduation you will have a pathway to become an employed Flight Instructor with L3Harris, enabling you to earn money while building 1,500 flight hours.
- Skills acquired: Career advancement, effective communication, time management, lesson planning, developmental psychology, fundamentals of instructing
5. Interview to proficiency – Cadets will receive coaching and mentoring with the goal of successfully completing the flight instructor interview.
6. Instructor - Start as an L3Harris Flight Instructor and earn money while you build your FAA mandated 1500 flight hours.
7. Add on - At 500 hours, L3Harris Flight Instructors that graduated from AAPT will earn their Multi Add On and MEI ratings.
8. Career! - Upon 1500 hours of flight time students will join a regional airline as First Officer.
Accelerated Airline Pilot Track (AAPT)
What are my career prospects?
The AAPT is the quickest route to becoming a First Officer with a regional airline. The 10 regional airlines we work with have career pathways to the major carriers including United, American, and Delta.
Our dedicated Admissions team, Student Services professionals and Instructors are on campus to help guide you through the AAPT program from start to finish.
96% of L3Harris Flight Academy graduates that stay with us to build flight hours after obtaining their CFII, go on to be placed with airlines.
Accelerated Airline Pilot Track (AAPT)
Cost and funding for Accelerated Airline Pilot Track
Accelerated Airline Pilot Track costs:
- Accelerated Airline Pilot Track tuition fees: $83,995
Financing options:
L3Harris Flight Academy offers a number of options to finance pilot training including Sallie Mae and Meritize: Loans of up to 100% of the cost of training, with flexible repayment options, are available to those that qualify.
Apply for Meritize loan | Apply for Sallie Mae loan
Please note:
Pricing for the Accelerated Airline Pilot Track is current. All prices are estimated and based on the Training Course Outline (TCO) hours it takes a cadet to go through the various Certified Flight Instructor courses. All prices are subject to change.
Each cadet's experience may vary, and hours or Flight Instructor training costs may be different than what is quoted here. Prices include fuel and flight tests (unless a student pilot fails the exam, then additional flight test charges will apply).
The airline pilot program - AAPT - prices do not include fuel surcharge, over-flight charges from TCO, admission fees, books, supplies, TSA processing, visa application fees, and extensions.
Accelerated Airline Pilot Track (AAPT)
Accelerated Airline Pilot Track admission requirements
Minimum admission requirements are as follows, for additional requirements please contact Admissions.
- Age - Applicants must be at least 17 years and 6 months old at the start of the program
- Medical - All applicants must provide a photocopy of an FAA Medical Certificate
- Selection - Cadets must complete a Wonderlic assessment and meet or exceed the minimum score requirement of 17
