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.)
Search and Rescue Operations (SAR)
Overview
This is an introductory course to search and rescue operations that provides the necessary foundations to carry out this type of operation with larger aircraft in different operational environments.
The course combines the en-route flight to the search area, search patterns, reconnaissance and landing techniques in areas limited by obstacles, hover flight with vertical reference, and simulated procedures for lowering and lifting bunks.
The course emphasizes pre-mission planning, the use of radio navigation equipment, visual and radio communication with the search and rescue ground team, aircraft power management, and wind and terrain analysis.
Finally, the course pays special attention to risk management, threat and error management, and cockpit and crew resource management, as fundamental elements to ensure the highest levels of 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
