Aviation Careers

Learning to fly is a physical activity and some flight academies have a dress code for both their CFIs and learners.

From Our Partners at Skyborne Airline Academy We have opened up applications for up to five full-time ground school instructors at our Vero Beach, Florida academy to support our continued growth in delivering high-quality ground school instruction to U.S. national and international students. Are you looking for your next move? As a thriving airline academy […]

What’s it like to go from the operating theater to the flight deck? We share the rest of the story, which we started last week in “V1 Rotate: Making the Switch,” as we join FLYING columnist Dick Karl as he explains to Sam Weigel how he made the transition from success as a cancer surgeon […]

Supported by the FAA and the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals, these intense one-week summer camps for children plant seeds for successful futures.

Put your private pilot certificate to work.

Flight training scholarships, women in aviation scholarships, emergency maneuver training, you name it and there’s likely an aviation scholarship available. Many different aviation organizations aim to assist students and pilots of all experience levels in completing their education and career goals in both aviation and aerospace.  Lack of funding continues to be a main reason […]

Underrepresented minorities make up only about 16 percent of employees in all STEM fields— science, technology, engineering, and math. In an effort to improve those stats, NASA recently asked universities across America to provide proposals for projects that could challenge the barriers to entry for students from diverse backgrounds in engineering. For six universities, it […]

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has kicked off its 2022 Aviation Design Challenge. It’s part of the association’s effort to promote careers in aviation, as well as science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in U.S. high schools. The challenge, in its 10th year, is open to the first 150 schools that register. Schools […]

“When should I begin training to become a professional pilot?” That’s a question that regularly pops up from people new to the aviation industry. The best answer is, “Now is a pretty good time.” That rather-blatant nudge to get moving is meant to highlight the lag time between a person’s ­commitment to the profession and […]

While this article comes from our Learn To Fly issue published in late 2019, and pilot hiring is on hold for the foreseeable future, it’s a great time to plan for and work towards an aviation career so that you’re poised to act when the current situation changes. By now, you have probably heard the […]