The Course
Skymates Inc. is offering this program in partnership with CATS and PFT. The course is divided into six different phases, each phase will allow you to obtain a different certificate or rating, phase one through four will be held at Skymates Inc. in Arlington Texas, USA, in cooperation with CATS, Cranfield,UK, while phase five and six will be held at PFT in Bournemouth, UK. The course will allow you to obtain both FAA and JAA certification.
Our JAA Pro Pilot Course is designed to allow the ab-initio student to progress from a level of no flying experience to the issuance of a FAA Single and Multi Engine Commercial Certificate with Instrument Rating, CAA Commercial and JAA/FAA CPL/IR.
Our classes begin on the first Monday of each month with the ground school for the FAA PPL.
The FAA Private Pilots Certificate (PPL) is the first step of the training course. An ICAO PPL is the requirement to commence training for the JAA ATPL. This training is conducted under FAA Part 61 or 141, it is conducted at Skymates inc. In Texas and it can be done in Cessna 152, Cessna 172 and Cessna 172 SP. Obtaining an unrestricted FAA PPL includes the ability of flying VFR at night (night rating), which is one the requirements for the JAA Commercial License.
The FAA Instrument Rating is the next step of your training, it will be conducted at Skymates Inc. in Texas under the FAA approved Part 141 program. You will spend about 40 hours of instrument training time on Cessna 172's equipped with Garmin 430's, Cessna 172SP's, Cessna 172SP G1000's and Flight Simulator.
About 140 hours of time Building are required in order to build up enough hours to commence a JAA/FAA commercial pilot course. Time building is achieved at the same time with the Distance Learning course. The amount of time flown is paced with the progress of the ATPL studies.
There are 14 subjects to pass at JAA level. The course is split into three stages. Each stage is comprised of approximately 3 months of Distance Learning (average study time 15 hours per week), accompanied with web based training.
A one week Ground School is at the end of each Stage (which comprises subject overviews and exam preparation) at our Cranfield Training Centre in the UK, or at Skymates Inc. in Texas just prior to sitting each stage of JAA exams at a CAA examination center.
There are 14 subjects covered, grouped as follows:
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
The FAA Commercial is the last phase conducted in the United States, at the completion of this stage, you will have about 250 hours total time, and an FAA Commercial Single, Multi Engine and Instrument Rating.
This is the first of the two phases conducted at PFT in the UK. You will spend about eight weeks here, you will convert your FAA Instrument Rating into a JAA IR and then you will do a CPL conversion from FAA Commercial to JAA Commercial.
Multi Crew Coordination is conducted at PFT in the UK, the duration is about 8 days and will be conducted in the Boeing 737 Simulator.
Pre-entry requirements:
Skymates Inc. is offering this course in conjuction with CATS and PFT.
The course duration is estimated to be completed in 12 months.
| PHASE | COURSE | TIME | HOURS FLOWN |
| Phase 1 | FAA Private Pilots License | 6 weeks | 60 |
| Phase 2 | FAA Instrument Rating | 6 weeks | 40 |
| Phase 3 | JAA ATPL Distance Learning | 24 weeks | |
| Phase 3 | Time Hour Building | 7 weeks | 140 |
| Phase 4 | FAA Commercial | 2 weeks | 15 |
| Phase 5 | JAA Instrument Rating | 4 weeks | 15 |
| Phase 5 | JAA Commercial | 2 weeks | 5 |
| Phase 6 | MCC Course on Boeing 737 Simulator | 1week | 20 |
| TOTAL | 52 WEEKS | 295 |
Price = $45,000.00 (€34,000)
Contact us for more information about pricing and scheduling.
* Prices are not guaranteed and are subject to change without prior notice, aircraft rates are subject to fuel surcharges, refer to the Federal Aviation Regulations to see if you meet all requirements before enrolling in a course.