Paragon Flight Training said student enrollment is at an all-time high in 2024. [Courtesy: Paragon Flight Training]
Key Takeaways:
Paragon Flight Training is experiencing significant growth, projecting a 60% increase in training hours flown and record student enrollment in 2024, reflecting strong demand for commercial pilot careers.
To accommodate the high demand and current student backlog, the school is expanding its capacity by hiring more flight instructors and maintenance staff, adding 50 new Piper aircraft to its fleet by 2027, and investing in advanced flight simulators.
Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.
