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FLIGHT TRAINING IN NEW MEXICO – THE MESA WAY!
The Mesa Pilot Development program at San Juan College provides flight training to people who want an airline career. As a flight student in the Mesa Pilot Development program at San Juan College in Farmington, New Mexico, you’re about to embark on an airline career opportunity of a lifetime! Not only will you earn your private, instrument, and commercial single and multi-engine certificates in high performance Bonanzas and Barons, but as a graduate, you are guaranteed an interview for a first officer position with Mesa Air Group!
Imagine the chance to begin your airline career at Mesa – one of the largest regional airlines in the country – fly jets, and have your seniority established sooner without having to go the instructor route to build flight time.
Flight training in New Mexico began with Mesa back in 1989. A Farmington resident, Larry Risley, founder and owner of Mesa Airlines, approached San Juan College about training pilots from the beginning with private flight training, and then on to instrument and commercial multi-engine certificates with approximately 230 to 250 hours total flight time. Larry promised that if students would complete their flight training and meet the college requirements, he would guarantee interviews and hire the pilots if they successfully completed the interview. Fifteen years later, Mesa still honors that promise. More than 1,000 graduates have experienced the Mesa Advantage after completing their flight training with Mesa Pilot Development at San Juan College.
Our sole purpose is train pilots as first officers for Mesa. Complete the program with at least a 3.0 GPA and you are guaranteed the interview for a first-officer position. Placement with the company after completing the flight training has averaged a 90% success rate over the years. Instructor ratings are not a part of the curriculum. Most of our flight instructors come from professional flight schools with an average of 500 dual given and real experience.
We offer two flight training options at San Juan College in a semester format. In the Primary Program, which is a 19-month program, you will complete your private license, instrument and commercial single-engine certificate in the A36 Bonanza for the first three semesters and then move on to your multi-engine rating in the B58 Baron. This program includes general education requirements that can transfer in if you have previous college credit. You will earn an Associate of Applied Science in Aviation Technology.
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In the PACE (Professional Airline Career Enhancement) Program, you will fly the Baron and attend ground schools with fourth-semester primary students in jet systems and advanced instrument training. You won’t build flight time, but rather work with Mesa’s checklists and callouts. This program requires at least an associate degree, commercial/instrument certificate and 200 hours total time.
Both programs include 40 hours in the Jet Flight Training Device (FTD) because after all, Mesa Airlines flies jets – CRJ200s, 700s and 900s as well as ERJ-145s!
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