“You guys deliver a great product”, Ben Wyndham, CEO & Chief Pilot, Airspeed Aviation (Ben has employed three of our previous students into his multi-engine IFR charter operation).

Train on industry-relevant aircraft (with both glass & analogue cockpits) with current IFR charter pilots.

Need an Instrument Rating but are short of funds – forget VET Student Loans (with their 20% loading, inflation indexing (currently around 7% per annum) and additional out-of-pocket expenses) and the other high-interest student loan schemes offered by some flying schools (with annual interest rates of 20+%!), ask us about our company-funded interest-free payment plans! We set up this initiative back in 2017, and since then over 100 pilots have taken advantage of our plans. These payment plan spots are now limited and are offered on a first in first served basis.

Over the last few years, over 270 pilots have completed their Multi-Engine Class Ratings &/or Instrument Ratings with us. Many of our new enrolments are referrals from previous students or their employers. We maintain a strong connection with our network of ex-students in the industry, and are often asked for recommendations to fill pilot vacancies when they arise.

We take pride in taking CPL holders from diverse backgrounds and turning them into employable GA industry assets. We are proud that many of our graduates have progressed quickly through to senior GA & airline pilot jobs.

Many of our previous students have been recruited by the airlines (e.g. Qantas Mainline, Jetstar, Virgin Australia, Alliance, Qantaslink, REX, Link Airways, Air North, as well as many of the US-based jet operators) and major GA employers (including the RFDS) into multi-engine IFR operations, and we receive great feedback from employers about the product we produce. As a result, we generally book 4-6 months ahead for Instrument Rating courses. We occasionally have short notice training slots available though due to postponements – let us know your requirements and we’ll see what we can do!

Unlike some flight training organisations, we don’t rely on paid advertising and prolific social media posts to maintain interest in our business. We are proud that our reputation keeps us fully booked and busy.

We work as a collegiate group of instructors and examiners, and we consider and treat our students as our industry colleagues. Our students become part of our team while they are training with us. There are no epaulettes, no egos, and none of the other hierarchical distinctions between staff and students (and often between staff and other staff) that you will see at many schools.

All of our instructors have real world commercial experience outside of a flight school environment – many ME-IFR instructors currently in the industry have never flown paying passengers on a commercial IFR flight!

Four of our instructors hold Grade 1 instructor ratings with over 5,000 hours of instructional experience each.

All of our instructors have been trained within our own training system. As we are very focused in the scope of training we offer, we are able to provide very standardised and consistent training while at the same time allowing our students to benefit from exposure to a breadth of industry experience.

We are not a VET Student Loans provider and we have no intentions of becoming one – we have investigated this process and on discovering how inefficient and costly the system is (for both the training provider and the student), we decided to focus on the segment of the training market that is looking for more personalised, flexible, cost-efficient and time-efficient training. Most of the VET Student Loan Instrument Rating courses take months to complete as they need large numbers in the courses to cover the Diploma administrative costs (that the student ultimately pays for) in comparison to our 3-4 weeks, and can cost up to 50% more than our course (on inferior aircraft). There is no industry demand or requirement for Diploma qualifications to gain employment, and as such these Diplomas constitute wasted time and money for the student, and ultimately exist so that students can have access to VET loans. We can offer a more cost and time effective alternative!

Please note the prices noted below may change from time to time in response to changes in costs (especially fuel, maintenance and insurance costs, which have risen markedly over the last year or so). Prices are correct as of 8/9/23.