Not All Flight Training is Created Equal
When the airlines are hiring this aggressively — and they are — every flight school in the country is going to tell you now is the time to train. They’re right. But what they won’t tell you is that where you train matters just as much as when.
The pilot shortage means more seats available. It doesn’t mean lower standards. Airlines aren’t taking warm bodies with logbooks. They’re hiring pilots who are genuinely prepared — pilots who can walk into a checkride ready, who already know G1000 glass, who trained in a structured program with real accountability built in.
That’s exactly what we built.
The only Factory Approved Diamond Training Center in the US
Take Flight Aviation is the only Factory Approved Diamond Training Center in the United States. That’s not a marketing phrase — it’s a designation earned through meeting Diamond Aircraft’s own standards for training, maintenance, and operational excellence. Our fleet of DA20s, DA40 NGs, and DA42 NGs is maintained to factory spec, equipped with Garmin G1000 glass cockpits, and ready every time you show up.
A program built around your outcome
Our Professional Pilot Program runs 175–200 checkrides a year at a 90%+ first-time pass rate. That number exists because we run a structured, FAA-approved program with stage checks at every milestone — not because we got lucky. The students who graduate from here walk into airline interviews having already been tested, already been held to a standard, already proven they can perform under pressure.
Where our graduates end up
Take Flight graduates are flying for NetJets, Republic, Endeavor, Envoy, PSA, and SkyWest. That’s not coincidence. That’s the result of training somewhere that takes the outcome seriously.
The airlines are hiring. Make sure you’re ready when they call.
At Take Flight Aviation, we publish our numbers because they reflect the quality of our training. We run 175 to 200 checkrides a year at a 90%+ first-time pass rate. That number is the result of flying the right aircraft, in a structured program, with a culture built around training excellent pilots.
The numbers
- 90%+ first-time checkride pass rate
- 175–200 checkrides conducted per year
- The only Factory Approved Diamond Training Center in the United States
These aren’t marketing claims. They’re what happens when the right aircraft, the right structure, and the right culture operate together.
The aircraft make a difference
Every aircraft in our fleet is a Diamond — and that’s a deliberate choice. Diamond aircraft are built with a training philosophy that aligns with how we operate:
- Energy-absorbing airframes & low stall speeds → More confidence from day one
- Austro diesel engines → Reliable, efficient, fewer maintenance disruptions
- Garmin G1000 glass cockpits → Train in the same environment used in professional aviation
As the only Factory Approved Diamond Training Center in the U.S., our aircraft are maintained to factory standards — not approximated, not interpreted.
Structure produces results
Stage checks aren’t optional milestones — they’re required evaluations at every significant transition in your training. By the time you reach your checkride, you’ve already been evaluated multiple times under standardized conditions. That experience is not nothing.
A culture that trains and keeps its own
Our CFIs aren’t hired off a job board. They’re pilots who trained here, met the standard, and chose to come back and teach it. That culture is self-reinforcing — you learn what good looks like, you’re held to it, and then you pass it on. It’s why our graduates fly for NetJets, Republic, Endeavor, Envoy, PSA, and SkyWest.
