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Shopping for the best flight school is daunting! It’s important to make the best decision, but you may not know what questions to ask! To help students evaluate their options carefully, we’ve created this checklist and provided our information.
We suggest you research the equivalent information from at least two other sources before making your decision. And give us a call if you have any questions!
| Item | Aerostar Training Services | Option Two | Option Three |
| Courses/Ratings Available | |||
| Orientation Flights | Yes | ||
| Private Pilot | Yes | ||
| Instrument | Yes | ||
| MultiEngine | Yes | ||
| Commercial | Yes | ||
| CFI | Yes | ||
| CFII | Yes | ||
| Type Rating – A320 | Yes | ||
| Type Rating – B737 | Yes | ||
| ATP CTP | Yes | ||
| Professional Courses | |||
| Interview Prep | Yes | ||
| MCC/Jet Transition | Yes | ||
| Professional Pilot Instrument Refresher | Yes | ||
| Simulator Observation | Yes | ||
| Cockpit Resource Management | Yes | ||
| Written Test Prep | Yes | ||
| Certificate Conversions – ICAO/FAA | Yes | ||
| Facilities & Resources | |||
| Location | Kissimmee, FL | ||
| Instructors | Airline/Regional/Corporate Career Pilots, not fresh inexperienced CFIs | ||
| Sims | Redbird
Level D (Full Motion) A320 Level D (Full Motion) B737 |
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| Online Instruction | iPad Required, courseware provided. |
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| FAA Certifications | Part 141
Part 142 |
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| Financing | |||
| USA Veterans Education Benefits | 100% Approved | ||
| GI Bill | See Details here. | ||
| Work Opportunities while in training | See Details here | ||
You may be a high school student looking at possible careers as an airline pilot, or you may already be a professional pilot looking for your latest type rating or updated training.
Whether you’re an international student looking for the best flight school on Earth, or just looking for the best flight school in Florida, this checklist should help!
Instructor Babbitt interviews Airline Captain David Santo:
1) What happens when there’s an emergency on the airplane?
2) What is it like to be an Airline Captain?
3) How do flight crews work together?
4) How is flying an airliner different from flying a general aviation aircraft?
5) Why is everything scripted below 10,000 feet?
6) How do you prepare for a type rating program?
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Never flown before? Explore our Pilot Academy for options for your first demo flight and your first lessons.
Looking to advance your career to the next step? Earn your ATP-CTP Certification.
Need a Type Rating for an airline job? Check out or Airbus 320 or Boeing 737 options.
In this short video, Captain David Santo answers questions about AeroStar Training Services, including
Hello, my name is David Santo, and I’m the Chief Training Officer at AeroStar Training Services. I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know a little bit about AeroStar, and what we have to offer you. AeroStar was formed by a group of airline professionals with one goal in mind. We wanted to help aviation career dreams take flight. What that meant to us is we had enjoyed successful careers as airline pilots, and we wanted to be able to provide a pathway to help others to obtain the career goals, and success that we had.
AeroStar is an FAR 142 type rate training organization. What that means is, we operate under the FAR that allows a pilot to obtain a aircraft type rating, or add an airline transport pilot certificate by using advanced flight simulation technology.
When we started we dry leased airline simulators, and aircraft manufacturer simulators all over the country. Today we now have in our own facilities two Level D A320, and Boeing 737 full flight simulators. These simulators are state of the art technology. They sit on six axis hydraulic motion basis. We had 220 degree wrap around collimated visual systems that represent exactly the aircraft, and airport environment that you would be able to operate in. A Level D simulator is the highest level of simulator certification. With this simulator, and they’re called full flight sim’s, you can actually complete 100% of a type rating, or an ATP check ride without ever having to go out and fly the aircraft itself.
Our staff is comprised of some really fantastic people who have years of airline, and training experience that we bring together for you. This includes CFIs, CFIIs, MEI, It includes airline transport pilots, current active and retired airline captains, and first officers.
Today AeroStar offers a number of different programs. We offer type ratings under two different formats, initial, and what we call the fast track program. We offer an upgrade transition type rating course for those who already have experience time and type. We offer recurrent training for those who are actively flying the aircraft, and need to accomplish a PC check, and we are one of a few schools in the United States that offers the airline transport pilot certification training program, or atp ctp.
Under our 141 part 61 certificate we’re able to provide the private instrument commercial multi-engine flight training, so together we can take an applicant from zero flight experience all the way through type rating, airline placement ready all on one location here in Kissimmee, Florida
We have a wonderful staff who are manning our phones, and are able to answer emails. I’m very proud to say that our admissions specialists are all pilots themselves. They’re all eager to help you.
If we can do anything to give you guidance, answer questions, help you realize your dream of becoming an airline pilot, or a commercial pilot, then please I encourage you to call us at (407) 888-9011. That’s here in the U.S.
You can also reach us at [email protected]. We’d be very pleased to work with you, and help you in any way we can. On behalf of myself, David Santo, and the entire team here at AeroStar, thank you for watching. We look forward to working with you, and seeing you out on the flight line.
We have provided the best pilot training for 10 years! Time isn’t the only thing that’s flying by!
Our students are flying A320s and B737s for airlines around the world as first officers and captains, and many have “graduated” to other planes and positions as well.
We’re very proud of their success, so to celebrate, we’re doing what we do best – making the very best training in the most popular aircraft affordable so more students can enjoy great careers!
We’re offering our A320 PIC Standard course for just $11,800, for the February 4th and February 19th courses only.
Did you know – the A320 is so popular that Airbus is adding a second assembly line in the Mobile, Alabama facility?
“Airbus has confirmed that it will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for its new A220 assembly line in Mobile on Wednesday, Jan. 16. . . .
Airbus already has an extensive campus at the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley, where it assembles the A320 family of jets. The new project will add a second final assembly line (FAL) for the smaller A220 family of jets. That aircraft was developed as the C Series by Canada-based Bombardier, but has been renamed since Airbus took the lead role in a partnership to produce and market it.”
Airbus confirms Jan. 16 groundbreaking for new Mobile assembly line
Someone is going to have to fly all those planes, why not you?
Prepare for a career that’s hugely in demand with the best pilot training in the world. Many, many airlines around the world operate A320 aircraft. Our graduates have lots of opportunities to choose from!
Get started with our Enrollment Form. here.
Call Garfield Greene at 404- 888-9011 or write [email protected] with any questions!
See you in the sky!
Last week AeroStar invited members of the media and local officials to visit our newly expanded facility, which holds our A320 simulator and will soon also include a B737 simulator as well. Attendees were given a tour of the building along with the opportunity to take a demo flight in the sim. Remarks were made by Airport Director, Terry Lloyd, Kissimmee Mayor, Jose Alvarez, Orlando Economic Partnership’s Vice President of Business Development, Casey Barnes, and AeroStar’s CEO, Deidra Toye.
Kissimmee Mayor, Jose Alvarez said the training center will help the city soar as a leader in aviation. “There’s so much future here. The potential jobs for pilots is so much in demand right now and this is really going to help us with it,” Alvarez said. The event concluded with a ribbon cutting to mark the official launch of the training campus opening.
KISSIMMEE, July 1, 2018 — AeroStar Training Services announces the official launch of an on-location A320 simulator, recently installed in their new 18,000, soon-to-be 30,000 square foot hangar facility at the Kissimmee Gateway Airport. This simulator is being used by the school’s pilot trainees working on an A320 type rating or ATP certificate, as well as by airlines and organizations who wish to dry lease simulator hours.
This grand opening is phase one of a major expansion effort for the company, which includes a $1.5 million dollar building addition, featuring a new state-of-the-art aircraft maintenance facility, Spectrum Aero. It also introduces the first of several new simulators that have been acquired by AeroStar. These simulators provide student trainees with the opportunity to complete all necessary pilot training in-house and not require them to travel to other locations for the simulator portion of their training. Phases two and three will roll out later this year and cost approximately $2-3 million dollars to complete.
“We look forward to making our sim training more convenient for our students and having state-of-the-art equipment on-site that we will also be able to lease out to airlines and other training organizations and use for many years to come,” said Deidra Toye, AeroStar’s president & CEO. By the time the expansion project is complete, the company will have secured over $20 million dollars in simulator assets and AeroStar will be the only school in the Americas that will be able to train pilots from obtaining a Private Pilot License to a complete Airline Transport Pilot License and type ratings on A320 or B737 under the same roof.
With our new Airbus A320 Level D flight simulator now fully operational, we have the opportunity to lease hours to airlines and training organizations. A Level D simulator can simulate all aircraft systems that are accessible from the flight deck and are critical to pilot training. Our simulator is located at the Kissimmee Gateway Airport, with easy access just 30 minutes from the Orlando International Airport.
Lease Benefits with AeroStar Include:
• Use of modern FAA certified Level D Device
• Premium hours available and tiered dry lease rates based on hours booked
• Sims can run 20 hours a day, 7 days a week
• Wet and dry lease on A320 & b737 available
• Classrooms and meeting rooms available for rent
• Assistance with hotel accommodation and travel arrangements
A Boeing b737 simulator has also been acquired by AeroStar and will begin operating in early 2019. Companies may inquire about sim hour availability, or to learn more about our newest service by calling (407) 888-9011 or emailing [email protected]
I started my flight training at Lilydale Flight School approx. 40km out of Melbourne city in the state of Victoria, Australia back in 2007. I gained my student pilot license and was able to fly solo one week prior to my 17th birthday. After working as an avionics technician on helicopters for the army for 6 years, I continued with my pilot training in Darwin in the Northern Territory. I completed my commercial pilots license over 2015-2017 and gained a lot of exposure to outback charter flying during my time there. The aircraft I predominantly flew were the Cessna models 172, 182 and 210. I completed a multi engine endorsement and instrument rating back down in Melbourne as necessary to advance my career towards the end of 2017, flying a Beechcraft Travel Air. Soon after completing this training I also finished all Airline Transport Pilot License exams and I was looking at completing a type rating course on a heavy jet aircraft soon after to gain a further advancement of being hired by an airline in a first officer position. Join our mailing list to receive the Course Catalog from AeroStar Training Services.
