The Airline Direct® Academy will provide you with all the tools and experience you need to be properly prepared for your professional pilot interview and career. You will fly factor new "glass" Cessna aircraft and the latest in Advanced Ground Training Devices in the richest airspace and terrain available anywhere.

The Airline Direct Academy center at SDFTI has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct flight training as a Part 141 professional flight school with the additional distinction of having FAA Examination Authority for your commercial pilot certificate, instrument rating, and private pilot certificate.

Examination Authority is only granted to schools that demonstrate, document, and maintain the highest quality of aviation training. The FAA continually inspects and monitors SDFTI to ensure that their high standards are maintained.

The Airline Direct Academy is also affiliated with the Cessna Pilot Center program which only associates with the best schools available.

San Diego is a most outstanding place to complete your aviation training. It is recognized both for its superior living and training environments. Combined, these are known as the "Southern California Flying Experience."

Flying here presents you with among the richest mixes of controlled air traffic space to experience. These provide you the wide range of knowledge to handle whatever you might eventually encounter. The topography is a rich mixture of long white beaches along the Pacific Ocean, colorful deserts and rugged snow-capped area mountains. The clouds that sometimes grace and moderate our temperature provide perfect conditions to experience IFR training. Pilot Journey has proclaimed San Diego the most ideal aviation training location in the United States.

San Diego boasts an ideal year-round climate, beautiful beaches, tourist attractions, award winning restaurants, grand vistas, and a safe casual style of living with an international flavor.

AIRCRAFT:
The training fleet includes 17 school-owned and maintained planes.

• Cessna 172-SP with the Garmin® G1000 digital display flightdeck. (All year 2006 or newer.)


• Cessna 172-R equipped with the latest in avionics and Global Positioning System (GPS) navigation. (All year 2000 or newer.)


• Piper Arrow PA-28R for advanced and single-engine complex training. (Equipped with GPS.)


• Piper Seminole multi-engine complex training. (Equipped with Garmin 430 GPS.)


• Flyit Professional advanced ground training device. (Simulator.)

One-on-One Flight Training Courses

• Private Pilot


• Instrument Pilot


• Commercial Pilot - Single Engine


• Commercial Pilot - Multi-engine


• Flight Instructor - Airplane


• Flight Instructor - Instrument


• Flight Instructor - Multi-engine


• Multi-engine Pilot


• Airline Transport Pilot

Academy Career Training Courses

• Airline Direct Academy - Career Direct Program


• Airline Direct Academy - Airline Direct Program


• Airline Direct Academy - Post Private Program