Get the 7 Licenses & Ratings you need to become an Employable Professional Pilot

One Price. Fly Now, Pay Later with Meritize Financing for those who qualify.

Have you been considering flight training at one of the pilot mills that brag about how they can fast track you to being a pilot in as little as 9 months for 80K?

Let’s clear something up – It doesn’t work like that. Most “fast track” flight academy programs offer you only your Private, Instrument and Commercial…and maybe your initial CFI. Take Flight Aviation offers you all 7 Licenses and Ratings you need to get your career on track.

We have heard the horror stories of what happens at the pilot mill schools from many clients transferring into our programs from those places. From broken promises that require additional loans for program completion, to having to teach yourself everything while dealing with chronically broken airplanes or outrageous high hourly fees when you go beyond the bare minimums their cost estimates represent – it all happens at the pilot mills daily. That’s probably why the largest of them currently is sporting an F rating by the Better Business Bureau.

Take Flight Aviation offers a very transparent approach to flight training – we call it our Flat Rate Professional Pilot Program.

Here’s the deal; you earn the following 7 licenses and ratings at one of the top rated flight schools in the country:

1. Private Pilot
2. Instrument
3. Commercial Single Engine
4. Commercial Multi Engine
5. Certified Flight Instructor
6. Certified Flight Instructor Instrument
7. Multi Engine Flight Instructor

You’re not getting all of those ratings at the pilot mills for 80K – in fact, we don’t know of any reputable program that offers you more for less (try to find the real numbers elsewhere…it’s almost impossible until you’ve spent it). Take Flight Aviation offers you these ratings in modern Diamond Aircraft, with modern avionics that are maintained in house at our Factory Authorized Service Center. We utilize proprietary training programs and highly regarded Jeppesen Texts that you can access anytime to study.

Our instructional staff represents some of the best teachers of aviation subject matter anywhere…not just time builders like you often find at the pilot mills. Think you can’t afford it? Think again. Those who wish to become a professional pilot and want to train intensively may qualify for the Meritize Finance program. This program allows you to pay nothing until you start working, and even then payments are linked to whether you are working as a flight instructor as an airline pilot. Click here to check out how the Meritize program works: https://www.takeflightoc.com/professional-pilot-financing/

Take Flight Aviation is ready to get your career off the ground. 7 licenses and ratings..inside of a year for one flat rate. We tend to hire those that we train in our programs to work as Instructors with us…not answer phones or wash airplanes. We build and employ professionals.

We’re ready when you are. Give us a call to get started. 845-457-4188

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If there’s one question we get all the time, it is this:

What makes Take Flight Aviation so different from the rest of the flight schools in the country?

The answer is more than new planes and a nice lobby (but they don’t hurt).

Several years ago Take Flight’s leadership set some forth some very basic rules for operation that we operate from.

They are:

1) All phone calls and emails get returned within 24 hours if at all possible.

2) We will only employ CFI’s who are competent teachers who consistently display a love for what they do…and do it well.

3) We advertise real pricing in our estimates – not bare minimums. Our prices will always represent a great value.

4) We would not assign one instructor to a client, leaving that client dependent on one instructor and feeling lost if that instructor should move on; when a team teaching method leads to a more well -rounded pilot who completes the training faster.

5) We are in it to build the next generation of qualified pilot – not make the quick buck.

6) Our communication both internally and externally is very open, and requires client interaction (much like learning to fly does).

7) We operate at an airport with nearly zero wait times for takeoff.

8) We have one on one ground training as well as home study assignments – ensuing that our clients knowledge base is as expansive and refined as their flight skills – leading to above average pass rates and safe pilots.

9) Our aircraft maintenance is held to the highest standards.

10) Our Management, Support, Maintenance and Instructional staff treats every client with the dignity and respect that they, as a client, deserve.

All of these basic rules of operation represent the various facets of proper customer service – the hallmark of Take Flight Aviation. This is what makes Take Flight Aviation different from the rest – it’s also what allows us to be one of 5 aviation businesses ever to receive the AOPA President’s Choice Award for significant contribution to the flight training industry and a slew of other awards over the years.

Take Flight Aviation is your flight school – the organization that stands ready and able to make your dreams of flight a reality.

Give us a call and let us help you reach your goal in the sky.

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Simple answer: There are more jobs available now than there are pilots to fill them, and that shortage of pilots is predicted to intensify over the next decade. The law of supply and demand works to offer pilots greater pay, work stability and quality of life. You don’t have to take our word for it – read Boeing’s Pilot & Technician Outlook 2019-2038: https://www.boeing.com/commercial/market/pilot-technician-outlook/

The field is so hot right now that many people are making career changes to become professional pilots. While learning to fly at 19 is nice, learning to fly for a living at 45 or 50 is just as rewarding and can lead to the same great career opportunities.

Is learning to fly in small aircraft safe?

Simple Answer: Yes!

The 2019 Joseph T. Nall Report indicates a large reduction in accidents and simultaneously an increase in the total number of hours flown in light general aviation aircraft. Training in particular, as a Commercial Operation, is among the safest in the General Aviation sphere of operation. As usual, statistically, the most dangerous part of learning to fly is the car ride to the airport.

Take Flight Aviation utilizes Diamond Aircraft – the safest light aircraft in the world (statistically proven) https://www.diamondaircraft.com/en/private-pilots/safety/. Combined with our Diamond Factory Authorized Service Center, advanced training programs and hand-picked team of Professional Certified Flight Instructors, Take Flight Aviation is ready to launch your career…safely and efficient.

It all starts with an Introductory Flight Lesson.

There’s no reason to wait…..your timing is perfect!

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We know that there are a number of flight schools that you might be considering to train from zero time to Commercial Pilot. In fact, we probably know who they are…and what they offer. It’s for that reason we can say with confidence…and our staff will attest to this (just ask anyone on the team), that Take Flight offers the best, most well rounded, real world based and rewarding flight training and employment in the flight training business. Here’s why:

It starts with our programs. All professionally oriented pilots starting with zero time enter our accelerated Part 141 Programs. We built these programs in house over the course of years to not only meet FAA requirements, but to exceed them. Our goal from the start was to build pilots capable of becoming the type of Flight Instructors that we would hire. The type of pilot that we knew full well would be very successful in their career, particularly while going through airline or corporate flight training.

The way we did this was to assemble a staff that could bring the backgrounds necessary to create and deploy our programs. Our management team consists of a former commercial airline pilot with years of experience in the flight school business, as well as the cooperate charter market, an ex-military-cooperate executive and a former FAA inspector. Collectively we felt that offering the same one size fits all training that everyone else offered wasn’t going to be good enough.

Imagine earning all of your licenses and ratings over the course of about a year…training full time at Take Flight. You finish up on a Tuesday and the following Wednesday you return for your first day of company paid training. Inside of a week you are flying with your first students, well prepared and training in the exact same aircraft, over the same airspace that you learned to fly in. The same people who taught you to fly are now supporting your professional growth – there to answer any questions you might have.

Professionally we wanted to build a positive learning environment from day one as a student right through an instructor’s course of employment as a Flight Instructor.  At Take Flight Aviation, you are a Professional Pilot – you don’t wash planes, answer phones or book lessons. Your task is to provide the absolute best flight training experience available anywhere – period. You make training fun, rewarding, real world oriented and most of all, safe. You’ll be among the best paid Instructor pilots in the region. You can enjoy the benefits of Take Flight’s career progression program, helping you earn your CFII (Instrument Instructor) and MEI (Multi Engine Instructor) ratings along the way. Need to meet ATP requirements for the airlines? No worries – our Instructors can easily fly 750 hours + per year. As a Take Flight Instructor, you’ll refine your Instrument Skills flying IFR in real instrument meteorological conditions in aircraft that are capable of such operations. Need multi engine time – no worries, you’ll be earning that as well. You will use training material that emulates the material you’ll find later in airline and corporate training programs. You’ll build your professional network by meeting with airline and corporate pilots who will help prepare you for the career road ahead. Take Flight ensures that you will be ready for the rest of your career….just as we have for the many pilots who have come before you.

Shop it around and you’ll find that these offerings are far from the norm at other flight schools. We know because we’ve done it ourselves. In fact, we get calls and emails from Flight Instructors all the time who want to work with us. They don’t like the hours, being on call constantly, the low pay, or having to work as receptionists or aircraft washer when they aren’t flying – and we don’t blame them! In fact, that’s why we never ask those things of the pilots on our team.

Whether it’s earning a CFI, going from zero time to CFI or anything in between, Take Flight Aviation focuses on our customers as we seek to provide them the best flight training in the business. There’s no better way to hire the best than to hire the professionals that you train yourself. If you’re interested in making the rest of your career fun, rewarding and much smoother then it can be any other way – give Take Flight Aviation a call. We’re ready when you are.

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There are a lot of Flight Training Operations in the New York Metropolitan Area – Here’s why you should come to us:

• Location, Location, Location – Orange County Airport has little traffic and offers our clients the opportunity to save up to 1/3 over training at the airport just outside of NYC.  We know – we see aircraft from other NY area flight schools in our pattern daily.  They come to us because it’s a perfect training environment.  Driving here is a LOT more cost effective than flying here in a competitor’s aircraft.  Why not fly with the school that knows the area the best?
• Every Aircraft in our fleet is magnificently maintained and Garmin GPS equipped – From our modern G1000 Diamond DA40 to our DA20’ and Piper’s, every aircraft has modern navigation avionics.
• The Training Program – We have one of the best developed training programs in the country.  No questioning what comes next, no questioning where in your training you are or how much is left.  You can track your progress every step of the way.
• Culture – You’re not “just a student” you’re part of our aviation family.  Take Flight Aviation strives to be your aviation home.  Someplace you feel comfortable and are encouraged to learn!
• Instructors – we go to great lengths to find the finest instructors possible and create an environment they can thrive in.  Happy Instructors build happy clients!
• All this equals the ability to build great pilots at ultra competitive rates.  Contact us today for more information.

Is flying something you always dreamed of doing but never thought possible?

The opportunity to learn how to fly is accessible to everyone. Every day, people from all educational and professional backgrounds are discovering the enjoyment of flying. Our Staff of mature, experienced instructors are dedicated to providing a thorough aviation education to their students and have tens of thousands of hours of instruction time in various aircraft. If you’re reading this, you’re thinking about flying. Take the next step and give us a call. You won’t be disappointed.

Take Flight Aviation, LLC Provides Custom Flight Training Solutions

• Train to fly efficiently at Orange County airport OR contact us about us coming to your local airport
• Flexible scheduling to accommodate your busy lifestyle
• We offer a variety of aircraft to suite your needs and budget
• Thorough and structured training program in a friendly and flexible Part 61 Environment
• Training for Light Sport & Private through Airline Transport Licenses
• State of the Art Full Motion RedBird FMX Flight Simulator on site
• Our Multi Engine Program is designed to develop your multi engine proficiency quickly
• Dedicated, Supportive &  Professional Flight Instructors

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