THE CAREER PATHWAY
AIRLINE PILOT
CAREER PROGRAM
Becoming an airline pilot is not a single course or a single certificate. It's a sequence — and the schools that get their graduates into airline cockpits the fastest are the ones that treat the entire career as a single, coherent program instead of a stack of disconnected modules.
Alba's Airline Pilot Career Program is built around that idea. From your first discovery flight to the day you walk into a regional airline interview, every checkride, every flight hour, and every milestone is designed to put you on a 121 flight deck as quickly and as well-prepared as the FAA and the airlines will allow.
The pathway is three phases: Student Pilot, Paid Flight Instructor, and Airline Pilot. Each phase has a clear purpose, a clear timeline, and a clear hand-off into the next.
A quality, comprehensive program should:
Place safety above all else
Follow a refined, career-oriented syllabus engineered around airline standards from day one
Operate in a highly professional environment
Maintain airline-quality scheduling and dispatch
Keep you on an expeditious, predictable timeline
Be fully transparent about pricing and payment
Guarantee an interview upon graduation
Maintain a near-100% graduate employment rate
Actively assist with regional cadet program enrollment
WHAT SETS US APART
THE ALBA ADVANTAGE
INDUSTRY-LEADING SAFETY RECORD
PART 141 CERTIFIED FLIGHT SCHOOL
40+ YEARS LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
1-0N-1 INSTRUCTION
HIGH-TIME DIRECTORS ON SITE
CAREER-ORIENTED SYLLABUS
STATE-OF-THE-ART AIRCRAFT
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING FACILITIES
OPTIMIZED CURRICULUM
ON-SITE FAA DPEs
ONE TO TWO DAILY FLIGHTS
EXPEDITIOUS TIMELINE
AIRLINE-GRADE SCHEDULING & DISPATCH
REGIONAL & MAJOR AIRLINE PARTNERSHIPS
GUARANTEED INTERVIEW POST-GRADUATION
REGIONAL CADET PROGRAM ASSISTANCE
JOB PLACEMENT ASSISTANCE
AIRLINE-ALIGNED TRAINING STANDARDS
TRANSPARENT PRICING
FINANCING AVAILABLE OAC
PART 61 TRAINING AVAILABLE
VISA & IMMIGRATION ASSISTANCE
PART 145 REPAIR STATION
ON-SITE MAINTENANCE
THREE PHASES
YOUR CAREER, IN THREE MOVES
PHASE 1
STUDENT PILOT
8-10 MONTHS
Inside Alba's Part 141 syllabus, you'll earn your Private, Instrument, Commercial, CFI, and CFII certificates and ratings — built around the same standards you'll be held to in an airline cockpit.
The time you spend acquiring the skills and knowledge to become a safe, competent airline pilot will set the tone — and the pace — for the rest of your career. That's why choosing the right flight school matters more than almost any other decision you'll make.
PHASE 2
PAID INSTRUCTOR
12-24 MONTHS
As a graduate of Alba's Airline Pilot Career Program, you'll have earned five certificates and ratings with approximately 250 hours of total flight time. Before transitioning to a regional airline, however, you'll need to reach the FAA's minimum requirements for an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) Certificate: 23 years of age and 1,500 hours of total flight time.
Working as a paid flight instructor is the ideal way to bridge that gap. You'll get hired on as a CFI at Alba Aviation and build the hours required for your ATP while reinforcing the fundamentals that make you airline-ready. Teaching is one of the most effective ways to deepen your own knowledge — every lesson you deliver sharpens your understanding of the systems, procedures, and decision-making that will define your career. And while you're building hours and refining your craft, you're getting paid to do it.
PHASE 3
AIRLINE PILOT
AT 1500 HRS
Once you reach the 1500 hours total flight time required to earn your ATP Certificate you can move on to a regional airline of your choosing!
With close contacts and graduates at many of the top regional airlines in the U.S., we can help you enroll in a cadet program early in your training, opening you up to tuition reimbursement, signing bonuses, internship programs, and direct-flow to many of the top airlines in the world!
