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Do you offer flight training?

No. We are a dispatcher school.

Do you offer tours of flight simulators?

No. We are a dispatcher school. We’ve seen this offered in the past with all sorts of criteria and training restrictions. Aside from misrepresenting the functions of a dispatcher, it is, admittedly, a nice marketing tool…but has little to do with planning a flight in conjunction with a pilot-in-command.

If I wanted to take the AIFP, EWINS and ETOPS classes after the certification class, is that possible?

Yes. You can enroll at anytime.

Do you offer a full-time distance learning course?

No. We offer more of a “blended-learning” course – details. There are other blended-learning options found on the courses page. It is not legal to operate a FULLY online-based course due to lack of FAA oversight and the logistics of the required FAA practical exam, which must be face-to-face.

Do students get to visit an airline dispatch office and ATC center?

Visits are possible. Spirit Airlines has one local dispatch office and we have toured Miami center in the past. The Dispatch tour would be on a weekend most likely to avoid losing course instruction hours. For the time we spent on one earlier visit, we didn’t feel the Center visit provided any additional information than […]

Why don’t other schools offer CFP?

Most cannot afford the computers and the upkeep. Many do not have the classroom space because they don’t use an actual classroom – they rent conference rooms and crowd everyone around a single table. A few may have the space, but no computers or instructors knowledgeble enough to instruct the computer’s use. One school whose […]

But isn’t computer flight planning a part of the job!?

Yes. We believe that the students should at least have some exposure to how the systems generally operate, with more attention paid to interpreting the flight planning results. In other words, we’re not producing button-pushers, but well-rounded graduates who have learned the inner workings of manual flight planning and were given an opportunity to supplement […]

Do all schools offer computer flight planning?

No. It appears that Sheffield school is the only school which not only offers our students exposure to computer flight planning, but can show 3 different systems as well as Aircraft situation display.

How many seats are in your classroom?

Approximately 25. Call anytime to check for the updated number of seats remaining.

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