Professional helicopter pilot training flight school

Helicopter Academy is one of the leading helicopter pilot training flight schools in the nation. We provide top quality pilot training for everyone ranging from private to commercial pilots. Helicopter Academy is the only flight school in the world that can guarantee graduates a job.

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Helicopter flight training school

For about $75,000 train you from zero to 300 hours and your commercial helicopter license as you pay for the first hours at $300/hour until you pass your private license and the remaining hours at $225/hr. You can complete your private pilot rating training in as little as 35 hours. After the private helicopter license you'll do almost exclusively photo and will learn this skill that is valuable to our photo contract and making you a valuable pilot to us. You'll need to opt for the instructors rating (CFI) for $5000 and we'll give you a job like we have to every graduating pilot since our founding in January 1986. We have been in seamless operation with the same owner/manager and now have a large fleet of properly maintained rotocraft. This school is authorized under Federal laws to enroll nonimmigrant students at our FAR Part 141 school. See details. We offer cheap housing in South Florida where you can fly every day of the year!

Guaranteed jobs

HA is the only school in the world that can guarantee you a helicopter pilot job. This is very important if you are looking at training elsewhere because we are the only flight school that offers students a job after training. We operate a fleet of helicopters and like other schools our insurance requires 300 hours helicopter time and an instructor's rating to fly for us. We train you to 300 hours and an instructors rating and offer you a job as long as after your first training hour with us all your subsequent hours and ratings are with us. We offer a first job to all graduates as an instructor pilot on a photo contract and showers hours and opportunities on our pilots that is unique in the helicopter world.

Student testimonial

"Having joined BOATPIX/HA was the best career decision I have ever made. It gave me the opportunity to learn the basics of a commercial operation, hands-on. I am grateful for this experience, which proves to be the basis for my success - to this day. Years later I still remember the good times at BOATPIX."

Capt. Schmied Adolf
Chief Pilot Dhillon Aviation

Financial aid

You can pay by cash, loan or credit card. Note that financial aid is very hard to get and you will only likely be approved if you have equity in your home and it's thriftier to get a home equity loan than a flight training loan. If you have $75,000 available in your checking account call us to enroll at 561-346-2816 and prepare to make payments in four phased monthly payments. We'll also recommend that you should get your Instrument Rating which is another $10,000. You'll need some additional money to pay for books, a simple medical exam and some examinations with the FAA, too. Figure about another $3000 for these "other" items such as $100 to pay a medical doctor for a physical exam, several payments of about $500 each to an examiner from the FAA that certifies you to fly when obtaining each license and about $300 for books and computer programs to help you take grounds school at home.

Pilot salaries

Helicopter Academy is one of the leading schools for helicopter training in the nation. FAA approved - Part 141.

Our recent graduates that have accumulated about 1200 hours "pilot in command" time have been receiving offers at $52,000 a year to fly to oil rigs. They build about 600 hours a year in this "offshore" work and at about 3,000 hours they're reporting salaries of $85,000 a year. A pilot that flew for us ten years ago reported he's currently making $120,000 a year but has to travel and live out of a suitcase. We have placed graduates throughout the industry and the world. The highest paying jobs are outside of the United States, in remote areas or both.

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