Pan Am International Flight Academy

Pan Am International Flight Academy is a long-established US aviation training provider headquartered in Miami, Florida. Unlike ab-initio cadet schools, it specialises in advanced and professional pilot training for people who are already on, or close to, an airline career path. Operating one of the largest independent fleets of full-flight simulators in the world, it has built its reputation around type-rating, recurrent and crew training for airlines and individual pilots.

Training at Pan Am International Flight Academy

Pan Am is best known for airline-style training: aircraft type ratings on widely flown Boeing and Airbus families, ATP certification preparation, recurrent and proficiency training, and support services that airlines outsource to a specialist provider. Training is delivered to FAA standards using full-flight simulators and structured ground school, so cadets and qualified pilots alike experience the kind of standardised, procedure-driven environment used in airline operations.

Because much of its work serves pilots progressing into or within airline jobs, Pan Am sits naturally alongside the selection and assessment stage of a flying career. Entry to its professional programmes depends on holding the relevant licences and meeting course prerequisites rather than a cadet aptitude battery, but the academy's airline-oriented standards make it a useful reference point for anyone preparing for the technical knowledge, procedures and simulator-based evaluations that airline assessments demand.