Why Choose SDFTI

SDFTI OFFERS WORLD CLASS TRAINING & PROVEN SUCCESSFUL!

STUCTURE

We give you the type of structured training that every airline desires when picking the best people for the most coveted positions on an aircraft flightdeck.  We offer training under both Part 61 and Part 141 with examination authority as prescribed by the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR).

INTERVIEWS PREPARATION

Each student is given the job interview and preparation skills to land a job with the widest number of airlines available in the industry.   It is more than JUST an interview; it is a career you want … we get you there quickly, effectively, and safely.

TRAINING ENVIRONMENT

It is more than days a year you can fly, it is the total number of hours and the comfort in which you can safely experience them.  AT SDFTI you benefit from the Southern California Flying Experience which gives you the greatest opportunity to log hours day after day.

DIVERSITY OF TERRAIN

In a single flight you can easily go from 70 miles of ocean-front beaches to inland valleys to mile-high mountain peaks to the desert parks of the Anza Borrego to and agriculturally rich imperial valley and Salton Sea.  You have the opportunity to experience more here than anywhere else.

VARIETY OF AIRSPACE AND AIRPORTS

There is more variety within 20 miles of SDFTI than any other school on the planet.  From multiple Class Bravo commercial and military operations to class 8 controlled civil aviation runways to small uncontrolled strips.  Here you have the opportunity to be exposed virtually anything you will find in your career.  We also have one of two “tower enroute” corridors available in the United States.

NEWEST AIRCRAFT

SDFTI owns, operates, and maintains a 17 plane fleet.  This is made of  twin and single engine complex craft, and the newest collection of Cessna 172s in the region including four with the Garmin® G1000® equipped glass flightdeck.