Whether it’s for business or pleasure, air travel is here to stay. You can be part of the FlyCochise team and help people reach their destination safely. Cochise College’s aviation program provides the training to prepare you for the solid, well-paying career of your dreams. Pilots are needed in aviation organizations across the U.S. and around the world.
Our aviation program is well-respected and widely recognized throughout the industry. In more than 50 years of aviation training, we have placed FlyCochise alumni with all the major commercial airlines, the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S. Border Patrol and U.S. Customs, air freight services and corporate aviation companies.
Reasons to choose FlyCochise:
- Experience and Reputation: With over 50 year of aviation training experience, our reputation is known worldwide. Where do our graduates refer their friends and family to…. Fly Cochise, training multi generation aviators.
- Quality: 14 CFR Part 141 approved programs; that qualify graduates for eligibility for the Restricted Airline Transport Pilot Certification.
- Aircraft: New 2021 Piper Archer fleet with Garmin 1000Nxi Avionics Suite; Complex/high performance CR182’s; and Beechcraft Baron 55. Flight simulators (AATD) Redbird FMX’s and CRJ 700 FTD.
- Facilities and location: On campus airport is within walking distance from student housing. Save time commuting and spend more time in the air…. Our practice area is within 1-2 minutes from departure airport which maximizes flight training hours and minimizes costs. Cochise College offers an active student life, organizations and athletics.
- Affordability: Cochise College tuition and fees are 15-20% less than other flight schools; PLUS housing is FREE with a paid meal plan (Cochise Combo).
- Weather: Southern AZ is home to abundant sunshine; our climate is milder than our counterparts in (Tucson and Phoenix) with average summer temperature 15-20 degrees cooler. Our milder climate maximizes your flying to more than 320 days per year.
- Earn your Associates degree with Cochise College PLUS your Bachelor degree through our academic partners.
- Make money sooner!!! Once you complete your training and earn your flight instructor certificate, transition to become a flight instructor with Cochise College, as an intern or cadet instructor. Both positions provide a pathway to building flight time required for advancement In your aviation careers. Learn more on the Pilot Pathways page.
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Tuition & Fees
Belinda Burnett | burnettb@cochise.edu
(520) 417 – 4028
Douglas Campus | (800) 966-7943
“I’m occasionally needed in the AmericaWest/USAirways systems as well, to fly the 900,” Cash says. “It’s pretty similar to the 700, but has a ramp weight of about 10,000 pounds more and holds 20 more people. They’re all a blast to fly!”
Flying regularly as a child inspired Cash to become a pilot. With a lot of hard work and a little luck, he’s regularly in the air and recently earned 1,000 hours as a jet captain. He also credits his experience at Cochise College for helping him pursue his lifelong dream.
“None of it would be possible without the Cochise College flight instructors,” Cash says. “Their patience, knowledge, and dedication has helped me and many others get where we are today.”
After completing his Cochise College training, Powers became a flight instructor for both Cochise College and Mesa Air Pilot Development (Farmington, N.M.) before working as a first officer for American Eagle Airlines in New York and joining SkyWest.
Starting with zero flight time and no experience, Powers occasionally turns to his Cochise College mentors – Belinda Burnett and Charles Perry – to ask questions relating to the field of aviation.
“I feel like I am family when I return to visit Cochise College, and I have no regrets about choosing aviation as a career.”
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