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PROFESSIONAL PILOT

CAREER POTENTIALS

K-State Salina students have been very successful in obtaining careers in aviation. Most students begin their aviation career following graduation, with employment as flight instructors. Students have been able to obtain positions after graduation with airlines such as, American, American Eagle, America West, Continental Express, Southwest, United, and Vanguard.

However, due to the 300-500 hour flight experience requirement for most airlines, most students will need 2-3 years to accumulate the required flight time to fly for major US airlines. An active flight instructor can acquire approximately 1000 flight hours per year. Along with flight instructing, K-State Salina offers a jet prop transition course that will provide a valuable experience by flying University personnel in our King Air and CitationJet.