Moyer Aviation is proud to announce a new partnership with Community College of Beaver County’s (CCBC) nationally recognized James M. Johnson School of Aviation Sciences . This exciting intiatiative will allow students in the Poconos region to fly with us while earning a two-year associate degrees in Professional Pilot or Advanced Piloting online at CCBC.

“The United States continues to experience a vast piloting shortage, with Boeing alone predicting a need for 600,00 pilots over the next two decades,” explained Dr. John Higgs, Senior Dean at CCBC. “With high-quality flight providers like Moyer Aviation on board, we can offer lucrative career opportunities to more students and meet industry demands broadly and quickly.”

Often called the “Harvard of Aviation,” the college launched its Aviation programs in 1969. More than 50 years later, CCBC has placed an air-traffic controller in every tower in the country and a professional pilot in the cockpit with every major U.S. airline.

Named consecutively by American Airlines as a top innovative aviation organization, CCBC also offers an Aviation High School Academy for juniors and seniors who want to jump start careers in piloting and air traffic control.

Watch careers take-off

Future pilots who enroll at CCBC will complete all program academic courses virtually, and complete their flight training close to home with Moyer Aviation. Graduates will earn their Private license, Instrument rating, Commercial certificate, and Multi-Engine and/or Certified Flight Instructor ratings, and benefit from earning a Restricted Airline Transport Pilot (R-ATP) Certificate.

Saving students time and money

Upon meeting the FAA part-141 criteria and graduating from the Professional Pilot or Advanced Piloting programs, students will qualify for the R-ATP program, which allows new pilots to join airlines at 21 years of age and 1,250 flight hours versus the standard 23 years of age and 1,500 hours. And with a unique partnership with Southern Illinois University, graduates may join the airlines with 1,000 flight hours.

CCBC students at Moyer Aviation also have access to financial aid incentives. All Pennsylvania residents in this joint program will receive partial reimbursement for flight costs from CCBC’s PA Flight Discount Fund. On a per flight hour basis, pilots-in-training will receive reimbursement toward flight costs (currently $50 an hour). The reimbursement rate is based on enrollment, so funding amounts may change, but on average, students can expect to put approximately 20% of flight costs back in their pockets. Students will be getting paid to fly.

For more information on what CCBC and Moyer Aviation have to offer, contact Dean Higgs for more information or to learn how to enroll.