$10/hr off instruction
Applies to flight and ground instruction while enrolled.
Accelerated Flight Training in Dallas and Fort Worth
Focused training. Active support. Progress you can see.
Discounted instruction, scheduling support, and checkride priority for committed students.
Beyond FAA MinimumsPersonalized Training
Progress TrackingFinancing Available
More momentum.
Same standards.
You can train at your own pace without joining the Accelerated Program. This program requires a separate sign-up and approval. Compare all three training paths.
Dallas Executive Airport & Hicks Airfield, Fort Worth.
Active scheduling support
Staff match your availability with openings and cancellations.
Checkride priority
70% of school-coordinated appointments each month are offered to eligible accelerated students first.
Closer progress tracking
Milestones and extra check-ins help catch delays early.
Instruction discounts follow the current Pricing Sheet. Checkride priority depends on readiness and examiner availability; it does not guarantee an appointment.
Minimum commitments for enrollment
To join and remain in the Accelerated Program, dedicate at least 20 hours of availability and five hours of on-campus learning each week. These are minimums; you can commit more.
- 20hours / weekMinimum training availability
- Dedicate these windows to training, including five early-morning or evening hours.
- 3hours’ noticeReady for an opening
- Be able to report during your submitted availability.
- 5hours / weekMinimum on-campus learning
- Dedicate this time to observation, simulator practice, and study outside scheduled flight training.
Availability is scheduling room; actual flight hours vary. You can also book your own lessons, including outside those windows.
Availability, short-notice lessons, and attendance
Maintain at least 20 hours of weekly availability, including five during early-morning or evening periods. Be able to report within three hours of notice during those windows. Pilot Rise may schedule lessons within submitted availability without additional confirmation.
Your availability gives us room to schedule; actual flight hours vary. You can also book your own lessons, including outside your submitted availability. Keep your availability current with your instructor or student services.
Maintain at least 90% attendance, excluding approved absences and weather, maintenance, or school-initiated cancellations.
On-campus learning, preparation, and milestones
Spend at least five hours each week at Pilot Rise outside regularly scheduled flight training. Use that time for observation flights, simulator practice, individual or group study, and other approved learning activities.
Prepare independently for lessons, maintain satisfactory course progress, and complete required milestones and course observation flights.
A plan that moves with you.
Your progress, schedule, and goals stay connected, reducing the coordination work instructors and student services would otherwise manage manually.
Share your availability
Your training windows and aircraft preferences connect directly to the schedule.
Make openings count
Matching openings and cancellations draw staff attention so they can help get you scheduled.
Keep progress visible
Skill grades, course milestones, and budget alerts help instructors see what needs attention.
Prepare for the checkride
Course-specific checklists and the checkride queue help staff coordinate your next step.
Lessons Follow Your Progress
Instructors grade individual skills and knowledge areas from one to five. You can see your progress, and instructors can quickly identify what needs attention.
Lessons can adapt to your preparation, the weather, and available aircraft while keeping required standards and milestones in place.
Openings Get Attention
Your availability and aircraft preferences appear directly on the schedule for staff. The system flags matching openings and cancellations so your instructor and student services can help you get scheduled.
Milestones and Spending Stay Visible
Milestones use your training record and calendar to track your pace. Falling behind creates follow-up tasks for your instructor and chief instructor.
You can also compare course completion with the percentage of your budget used. Alerts help you and staff notice when spending gets ahead of progress.
Arrive Prepared for Your Checkride
Our course-specific checkride checklists were developed with input from designated pilot examiners.
Your instructor records the dates of qualifying logbook entries alongside the requirements. You can print the completed checklist for your examiner, making supporting records easier to find and helping catch paperwork issues before checkride day.
Our checkride queue helps staff coordinate examiner availability as you approach readiness. Priority does not guarantee an appointment and remains subject to your qualifications and examiner availability.
Keep learning between flights.
Watch. Rehearse. Connect. Recall. Put your on-campus time to work.
Free observation flights
Watch a real lesson
Join an available observer position to watch a real lesson, hear the instruction, and learn from another student’s experience.
Free simulator access
Rehearse before you fly
Practice procedures in our Basic Aviation Training Device for free as an active student. Instructor time is billed when instruction is provided.
Time-building connections
Find a flying partner
Find pilots and reservations looking for time-building partners and coordinate your next flight.
Focused flashcards
Study what needs work
Official study decks use ten-card sessions and your one-to-five self-ratings. Optional score decay brings older material back into review based on time and study history.
Know the plan.
Choose your pace.
Your location’s chief instructor reviews eligibility. Enrollment requires approval and completion of the Pilot Rise Standardization Course.
View the current Pricing SheetEligibility and approval
Your location’s chief instructor reviews your eligibility using a course-specific checklist. Enrollment requires approval and completion of the Pilot Rise Standardization Course.
You can train frequently without accelerated enrollment. Program discounts and checkride priority require approved enrollment.
Instruction discounts and checkride priority
Save $10/hr on flight and ground instruction while enrolled. See the current Pricing Sheet. The discount does not apply to aircraft rental or other fees. Other discounts, including early-morning, late-evening, and last-minute booking discounts, cannot be combined unless specifically authorized.
Each month, 70% of Pilot Rise-coordinated checkride appointments are offered to eligible accelerated students first. Remaining and unused appointments are available to other students. Priority does not guarantee an appointment and remains subject to examiner availability and checkride readiness.
Prepaid training balance
Maintain a minimum prepaid training balance of $1,500. This money pays toward your training. Failure to maintain this balance may result in suspension of program benefits.
Early withdrawal, exceptions, and financed students
Voluntary withdrawal before completing your enrolled course checkride carries the early-termination fee listed on the current Pricing Sheet.
Exceptions include medical ineligibility, military deployment, significant family emergencies, necessary relocation, Pilot Rise’s inability to provide reasonable training opportunities, or management approval.
For financed students, the applicable financed-student termination fee replaces the accelerated fee. Both fees will not apply to the same withdrawal. No accelerated termination fee applies after completing the course checkride.
Material increases to an existing student’s accepted termination obligation require separate agreement.
Maintaining benefits and returning to standard training
Benefits may be suspended or ended if program requirements are not maintained. Upon withdrawal or removal, program benefits and discounts end. Students leaving the program may continue under standard training terms.
Ready to give training your focus?
Talk with us about your schedule, your current course, and whether the Accelerated Program fits your life.
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