Aerosim offers new incentive for student pilots
Aerosim Flight Academy, an accredited global flight school, is recruiting highly motivated Certificated Flight Instructors (CFI) for its Sanford campus location and is now offering a new hire sign-on bonus of $10,000, as well as, training credit is offered for additional ratings based on contract commitment.
“Earning the CFI designation is the first step toward becoming a commercial airline pilot. With an anticipated global shortfall of 1 million new commercial airline pilots and aviation professionals in the next 20 years, flight instructors are in high demand,” said President and General Manager, Aerosim Flight Academy Hank Coates.
Aerosim Flight Academy addresses this exponential demand by offering advanced digital technology to match the learning requirements of a new generation of professional pilots. Aerosim continues to challenge the status quo of aviation training to make flight training more effective and cost-efficient through the design of innovative mobile solutions that provide greater knowledge retention and performance during on-site training.
Recently, Cody Helton, of Oviedo, was awarded one of two National High School Senior Merit Scholarships. The final selection of scholarship recipients was based on essay content, scholastic achievement and extracurricular and community activities.
Cody has been preparing for this moment for most of his life. Since the young age of 3, Cody Helton knew he was going to become an airline pilot. Late one summer day when he was only 7 years old, Cody's parents took him to a local airport to watch students practice touch-n-go's, and a flight instructor by the name of Rusty Bogue noticed Cody's excitement. After clearing it with Cody's parents, Rusty sat young Cody atop a stack of phone books and took him up for his first flight in a Cessna 172. He was hooked.
He’s known for some time that the next step in his flight training journey would need to be professional pilot training at an accredited flight school. Having grown up in the Central Florida area, Cody learned about Aerosim Flight Academy through a colleague who is a flight instructor there, and he decided to stop by for a discovery flight to learn whether the school would be a good fit for him. It didn’t take long for him to realize he’d found the right place.
Like many graduating high school seniors, Cody started to feel the pressure of looming student loan debt. He decided to apply for Aerosim Flight Academy's High School Senior Merit Scholarship – the first of its kind for Aerosim Flight Academy and in the professional pilot training industry. Upon learning he was one of only two students selected for the scholarship, Cody was overjoyed.
With bases at the Orlando Sanford International Airport and in Jacksonville, Florida, the academy provides Part 141 and 61 training from Private through ATP in C-172, SR-20, PA-44, and PA-28R aircraft. “Our instructors have many opportunities for advancement, as well as, an attractive pay structure and bonus program,” Coates adds. “Additionally, we provide a fast-track to the airlines and lifetime pilot placement assistance. Due to our airline-focused training, Jet Transition program and relationships with regional airlines, Aerosim flight instructors are highly employable and well-positioned for success.” Aerosim Certificated Flight Instructor benefits include (based on contract commitment and experience): • competitive pay • 12 and 18 month contract options • signing and completion bonuses • training credits toward CFII, MEI and ATP-CTP course • 300+ students allow instructors to average 80 billable hours per month • access to airline partnerships with Compass, GoJet, American Eagle, TransStates, ExpressJet, Air Wisconsin, Piedmont, PSA, SkyWest and Silver Airways • lifetime pilot placement assistance • live and work in Central Florida; close to beaches and world-famous attractions
To learn more about a career as an Aerosim Certificated Flight Instructor, call 1 800 U CAN FLY or apply online.
- Special to the Herald
