Windchill
Well-Known Member
AOPA\'s Flight Training
I've been away for a month and couldn't wait to get back home and back into my own world of aviation.
I had my "Flying" and "AOPA Flight Training" mags to go through, and was amazed when I read the June 2004 "Flight Training."
It was about training to fly at academies which many on here seek, as did I in between being told I couldn't fly for the military due to a lazy eye and being told I could.
. . . anyhow I digress, the article mentioned DCA, FSA, Pan Am, Sierra, Westwind, and GULFSTREAM.
I was amazed to see the write up on Gulfstream since it's looked down upon in the industry, and the article actually talked it up as an intriguing program.
"Perhaps the most unique pilot training program in the industry belongs to Fort Lauderdale's Gulfstream Academy. **website**
As unconventional as it may sound, every student enrolled in the Gulfstream program will fly as a uniformed first officer on Gulfstream International Airlines' Beech 1900Ds for a minimum of 250 hours.
The First Officer program is designed for certificated commercial multiengine pilots with any amount of flight time. Gulfstream's curriculum includes three months of actual airline training pursuant to six months of genuine line experience as a first officer on passenger-carrying revenue flights to ports of call throughout Florida and the Bahamas, all while flying turboprop equipment sporting the Continental Connection colors at a pay of $8 per hour.
For those who perform well during the 250 hours of on-line experience . . . an invitation for fulltime employment . . . can be the ultimate prize.
A number of regional airlines place a high premium on Gulfstream's graduates."
I've been away for a month and couldn't wait to get back home and back into my own world of aviation.
I had my "Flying" and "AOPA Flight Training" mags to go through, and was amazed when I read the June 2004 "Flight Training."
It was about training to fly at academies which many on here seek, as did I in between being told I couldn't fly for the military due to a lazy eye and being told I could.
. . . anyhow I digress, the article mentioned DCA, FSA, Pan Am, Sierra, Westwind, and GULFSTREAM.
I was amazed to see the write up on Gulfstream since it's looked down upon in the industry, and the article actually talked it up as an intriguing program.
"Perhaps the most unique pilot training program in the industry belongs to Fort Lauderdale's Gulfstream Academy. **website**
As unconventional as it may sound, every student enrolled in the Gulfstream program will fly as a uniformed first officer on Gulfstream International Airlines' Beech 1900Ds for a minimum of 250 hours.
The First Officer program is designed for certificated commercial multiengine pilots with any amount of flight time. Gulfstream's curriculum includes three months of actual airline training pursuant to six months of genuine line experience as a first officer on passenger-carrying revenue flights to ports of call throughout Florida and the Bahamas, all while flying turboprop equipment sporting the Continental Connection colors at a pay of $8 per hour.
For those who perform well during the 250 hours of on-line experience . . . an invitation for fulltime employment . . . can be the ultimate prize.
A number of regional airlines place a high premium on Gulfstream's graduates."
