Piedmont Airlines Career Track

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ATP graduates achieve their career goals sooner and have more choices of who to fly for. Piedmont Airlines recruits commercial pilots trained by ATP and is one of ATP's 39 Career Tracks.

Fast Track to Piedmont Airlines

Piedmont Cadet Program

American Airlines Flow-Through

$15k in Airline Assistance

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Piedmont Cadet Program Summary of Piedmont Airlines' Benefits

Piedmont Airlines has selected ATP as a preferred training provider to build their pilot pipelines with the best training in the fastest time frame possible, offering Airline Career Pilot Program students the following benefits to help offset the cost of paying for flight school and establish your career as an airline pilot.

Bonuses & Financial Incentives

Receive $15,000 in bonuses and airline financial incentives.

Fast Track to the Majors

An agreement between Piedmont and American Airlines allows you to flow-through to the major airline.

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Piedmont Airlines Career TrackHow to Participate

Accelerated Career Progression to American Airlines.

Step 1

Airline Career Pilot Program

Graduate from the Airline Career Pilot Program with CFIs.
Step 2

Build Experience as a Flight Instructor

Become an instructor with ATP's — certified instructor job for Airline Career Pilot Program graduates, where you can fly one of the newest and most reliable fleets and build flight experience faster. At 500 hours total time, become a Piedmont Cadet and earn a $10,000 signing bonus, plus an additional $500 for every 100 hours of flight time.
Step 3

Airline Pilot Job Placement

Start your training with Piedmont Airlines and Cadets will receive any remaining of the $5,000 once the pilot reaches their ATP flight minimums. Altogether, you will have received $15,000 as a Piedmont Cadet.
Step 4

American Airlines Flow-Through

As a Piedmont pilot, you can take advantage of a flow-through agreement between American Airlines and Piedmont, putting you on a direct route to a career at American.