Choosing The Best Flight School For You

Whether your career goals are corporate, cargo, charter, or something else, you deserve a flight school that understands and supports your unique career path. At Leading Edge Flight Academy, we are our students’ advocates and strive to provide service that meets their individual needs and goals. 

The cost of flight school can be a significant obstacle for many aspiring pilots. At Leading Edge Flight Academy, we’re proud to offer multiple financing options. Through the degree program at Central Oregon Community College, students have access to additional financing options and scholarships, which can include Federal student loans and Pell Grants. 

Accelerated professional pilot training programs claim you can complete the program in less than a year. But they don’t mention that these programs often don’t bridge the gap between flight school and minimum flight hour requirements for second tier employment. At Leading Edge Flight Academy, we create a clear path for our students to accrue their required flight hours to embark on pilot careers faster and cost-efficiently.

At Leading Edge Flight Academy, safety is the heart of everything we do. Our Safety Management System (SMS), dedicated Director of Safety, and Safety Committee all work to identify hazards and mitigate risks daily. Employees, customers, and students are all encouraged to submit hazard reports. These are processed digitally to look at trends and proactively increase the overall level of safety in everything we do. Every flight starts with a Flight Risk Assessment Tool that flight crews use to understand the level of risk for that specific operation.

Commercial Aviation businesses have SMS programs, regulations even mandate some. Students who are developed in this safety culture structure will not only be safer but also have an advantage over those without this experience.