We Don’t Just Train Pilots, We Create Aviators
Aviation is not just about flying, it's is about leadership, safety, and embracing a sense of adventure. Aviation is hours of study, maintaining your health at a high level, and joining a community of professionals that author the pages of history. It isn’t easy, and the price can be high, but if you want a rewarding career that you will never regret then it's well worth the journey. Be part of the next generation of aviation professionals and begin your career as a pilot with USATS.
Quality-Based Training
How do you judge aviation training quality? Expensive aircraft and nice training facilities? Or, do you look at success, safety, and experience?
USATS has over 30 years of history in training thousands of pilots (and 2 astronauts, Bolden and Knudsen!) from over 120 different countries. Our graduates fly in every sector of the aviation industry throughout the world, so no matter which of the hundreds of career paths you choose you'll find that at least one of our graduates has blazed a path for you.
World-Class Training Programs
Challenge our training professionals to create a training path that meets your personal career goals!
Our training professionals will evaluate your needs from every possible angle, including considerations like aircraft type, special flight requirements, host country regulatory requirements, instrument training, and certifications all the way to an instructor rating. (We often hire our graduates as instructors to help build quality hours and experience.)
External-Load & Aerial Firefighting Operations (ELT/AFF)
Overview
This course provides the fundamentals for performing external-load operations. It is designed to provide the techniques for hover flight with vertical reference and long line flight. Also, this course is the basis for aerial firefighting operations with a "Bambi Bucket" which is an additional training option.
The course combines techniques for wind and terrain analysis, aircraft power management, hitch and unhitch techniques, and flight techniques for vertical climb and descent, take-off, controlled flight, and landing, with different types of load.
The course emphasizes pre-mission planning, inspection of the operating area, communication with the ground crew, operation and inspection of cargo cables and hooks, slings, and cargo nets, as well as procedures with a Bambi Bucket when performing firefighting operations.
Finally, the course pays special attention to risk management and threat and error management, which includes the technique of recovery from load oscillations and release when necessary, as fundamental elements to guarantee safety in this type of operations.
*Standardized Courses tailorable to fit specific training requirements.
Course Features
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Conducted in Titusville, FL, USA
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Special Focus: Aeronautical Decision Making, Risk Management, Threat and Error Management, Cockpit and Crew Resource Management
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Conducted by experienced former military instructors with FAA CFI/CFII certifications
