Your pilot career.
One clear next step.
Choose your starting point. Explore the certificates, ratings, and experience that connect you to your next flying goal.
Explore my pathEvery pilot starts somewhere.
Tell us where you are. See what could come next.
Fine-tune my ratings
Choose private pilot or above to adjust your ratings.
A path toward the airlines
A suggested sequence. Some training can overlap.
Choose a milestone to explore it.
A planning guide for U.S. airplane careers. Confirm your exact eligibility, training credit, medical requirements, and operator qualifications with your instructor and current FAA rules. A certificate alone does not authorize an air-carrier operation or guarantee a job.
Good information. Better decisions.
Useful resources for the questions that come next.
Make the calculations. Track your progress.
PilotTools brings flight planning calculators, aircraft profiles, and currency dates into one workspace. Add the web app to your phone’s home screen.
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Your route to a regional flight deck.
Compare U.S. regional airline cadet programs, pilot development routes and related pathways, with links to the official program pages.
Explore cadet programs ↗Pilot certificates, ratings & career guides
Read each milestone’s planning checklist and FAA source, then bring it into your personal career path.
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