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Professional Flight, B.S.

LETU grads are known throughout the industry as leaders in aviation. This degree will give you the tools you'll need to work in a corporation, or an airline, as a professional pilot.

On Campus

Degree



This aviation degree will prepare you to work in the multi-crew flight deck of complex transport category aircraft, with specialized courses specifically designed for the aviation professional.

Certifications you will earn:

  • Private Pilot Certificate:
    • Instrument Rating
  • Commercial Pilot Certificate
    • Instrument Ratings
    • Single Engine
    • Multi Engine

Optional certifications:

When you've completed your degree you'll have approximately 180 flight hours in our Cessna C172 Skyhawks, American Champion Citabrias, and Piper PA44 Seminoles.


Concentration Options:

Maintenance Concentration

Military Concentration


Get into the Cockpit Faster

Graduates of this program are eligible to apply for a restricted-privileges Airline Transport Pilot certificate. This credential allows a pilot with fewer than 1,500 hours of flight time to serve as an airline co-pilot while completing the required hours for an unrestricted ATP certificate. Learn more...


Airline Partnership Programs

LeTourneau University has partnerships with many regional airlines, allowing Pro Flight students to begin their careers while still in school. Pay for pilot graduates employed with Envoy and PSA Airlines starts at $58,000, and benefits are excellent.

Qualifying students may be accepted into these programs as early as their freshman year. Professionals from each airline and LeTourneau will monitor the performance of students in partnership programs.


Interesting Classes You'll Take

  • Commercial Flight - Tailwheel Operations
  • Aerodynamics for Pilots
  • Electronic Navigation and Flight Control Systems
  • Crew Resource Management

View the required tool list.

To learn more about specific course requirements, view the course catalog.


What can you do with this degree?

Our airline and corporate pilot training prepares graduates to enter the industry with a strong professional education that includes the commercial multi-engine pilot certificate with instrument rating.

  • Aircraft sales
  • Airline pilot
  • Air taxi (charter) pilot
  • Aviation advertising
  • Aviation business
  • Corporate pilot

Scott Storey '08

First Officer, ExpressJet Airlines

"LeTourneau provided me with top of the line training. I have been told numerous times that I was hired because of LeTourneau's reputation for training good pilots."