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Founded in 1972, Phoenix East Aviation has gained recognition as one of the finest educational training facilities throughout the world. Our founder was a retired Airline Captain and a former Chairman of the U.S. Presidential Aviation Advisory Board. He was also past Vice President of the Airline Pilots Association (ALPA). His aviation background and leadership skills contributed to the continual success of our school. We also have the distinction of training a NASA astronaut who walked on the Moon. The astronaut received his Airline Transport Pilot License at Phoenix East Aviation.

Certified under the Federal Aviation Administration as an approved pilot school, Phoenix East Aviation can train you for any position from the ground to the flight deck. We also offer training to meet I.C.A.O.'s international flight training requirements.

The instructors at Phoenix East Aviation are carefully screened to ensure a staff of fully licensed, experienced professionals. They are continually evaluated to maintain high levels of teaching effectiveness, with closer attention to the students' individual learning and motivational needs. A large percentage hold Bachelors Degrees in Education and Aeronautical Studies. All are qualified to give both flight and ground instruction.

Graduating students of Phoenix East Aviation have one of the highest employment rates in the industry. Our students are employed by major airlines and corporations throughout the world.

Phoenix East Aviation is one of the few schools that is nationally accredited and offers basic and advanced courses, internship courses and professional programs, as well as assistance for employment after graduation.

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“"My name is Jason Prestigiacomo and I’m a First Officer for United Express Airlines, operated by Air Wisconsin Airlines. I’m currently based in Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport flying the CRJ. This assignment was made easier because of the flight training I received at Phoenix East Aviation, Daytona Beach, Florida. Career instructors like other flight schools do not run the flight department at PEA. Former airline pilots run it. These pilots have built up thousands of hours in some of the world’s largest and most advanced airliners and know first hand how to make the transition into the airline industry. All of the training is based upon airline standards, which makes things much easier when you step into your first airline or corporate job.

I looked into other flight schools and selected PEA because of their laid-back operation and job placement statistics. I attained all of my certificates and ratings at PEA, and then took a job with them as a Flight Instructor in 2001. If your goal is to become a Boeing 747 Captain or just a weekend pilot, Phoenix East Aviation is the school for you."



Jason Prestigiacomo, First Officer CRJ, United Express

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