"The airlines need 30,000 new pilots by 2032. The question isn't whether your organization will train them — it's who you'll trust to build the syllabus."

Captain Marcus J. Holloway, ATP · Certificate No. 3847291Chief Flight Instructor · Clearance Flight Academy

Dr. Renata Osei-Bonsu

Director of Training · Clearance Flight Academy

ATP · CFI-AI · MEI · FAA DPE Authorized · 12,400 Hours TT

91%·Instrument First-Attempt Pass
68d·Avg. Days PPL to Instrument
94%·Part 141 Completion Rate

We track every checkride from first attempt to certificate issue. Our 91% first-attempt pass rate on the Instrument Rating isn't a marketing figure — it comes from a syllabus that front-loads decision-making under actual IMC before any student touches a simulator. When a regional airline asks me why our graduates transition faster, I tell them: we don't teach procedures, we build judgment. The checkride is just the final confirmation.

Performance Data

Checkride Pass Rates & Completion

Clearance Academy versus national averages across the metrics that determine whether a cadet reaches the flight deck on schedule.

MetricClearance AcademyNational Average
Instrument Rating — 1st Attempt Pass Rate91%69%
Private Pilot — 1st Attempt Pass Rate88%72%
Part 141 Completion Rate (enrolled to certificate)94%61%
Avg. Calendar Days: PPL to Instrument Rating68 days112 days
Commercial Written Test Average Score91.482.1
ATP-CTP Pass Rate (partner graduates)97%84%

Source: FAA CATS Testing Database, AOPA Industry Survey 2023–2024, Internal Cohort Records

Captain Devon Whitfield

Chief Pilot · Clearance Flight Academy

ATP · Type-Rated B737 · CFII · 9,800 Hours TT · FAA Safety Counselor

96.4%·Fleet Dispatch Reliability
22·Aircraft in Service
3.2yr·Avg. Fleet Age

We run 22 aircraft across three ramp locations and our dispatch reliability is 96.4% — meaning when a cadet is scheduled, the airplane flies. Every Cessna 172 in our primary fleet was purchased new within the last four years. Our twin-engine program operates two Piper Seminoles and a Beechcraft Baron, so students building multi-engine time aren't sharing a 1987 airframe with cracked avionics. Fleet quality is a direct input to training quality. We don't compromise on either.

Performance Data

Fleet Capability & Operating Costs

The aircraft your cadets fly, the reliability of the schedule they fly it on, and the per-hour economics that determine whether a pipeline partnership makes financial sense.

MetricClearance AcademyNational Average
Fleet Dispatch Reliability96.4%88.2%
Average Primary Fleet Age3.2 years11.7 years
Dual Instruction Rate ($/hr, all-in)$198$224
Multi-Engine Block Rate (Seminole equivalent)$310$389
Simulator (AATD) Availability — Hrs/Week112 hrs42 hrs
Average Wait Time: Schedule to Block< 4 hrs1.8 days

Source: NATA Operations Survey 2024, FAA Aircraft Registry, AOPA Flight School Directory 2024, Partner Scheduling Logs Q1 2025

A cadet pipeline is only as strong as the school's ability to deliver on a schedule. We have never missed a partner graduation date.

Lindsey Farquhar · VP Partnerships · Clearance Flight Academy

Lindsey Farquhar

Vice President, Partnerships · Clearance Flight Academy

MBA Aviation Management · Former Delta Connection Ops Director · 18 Years Industry

7·Active Airline Partnerships
26mo·Avg. Cadet-to-FO Timeline
100%·Partner Retention Rate

Every partnership agreement we sign starts with the same question: what does your type-rating program need from a cadet the day they walk in the door? We build backwards from there. For our current airline partners, that's meant designing custom Stage Check profiles that mirror their own SOP cadence, so by the time a graduate reaches initial training the CRM vocabulary is already native. Custom curriculum isn't a premium add-on for us — it's the only way we know how to operate.

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Custom curriculum mapping to your type-rating requirements

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