Accelerated academy · Mesa, AZ
What CAE (American Airlines Cadet Academy)'s program costs
A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is CAE (American Airlines Cadet Academy)'s own published price, with the source and the date we read it. This is the published sticker, not a personalized quote.
Published program price
$97.5K
American Airlines Cadet Academy (Commercial Pilot License)
The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling.
CAE publishes the CPL program price without stating how hours beyond it are billed. Its funding page says the cost of training "varies by program type and in some instances by geographic location." Confirm the overage policy before enrolling.
The academy's own published price. It does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum (only a qualifying degree does). Prices change. Confirm current figures with CAE (American Airlines Cadet Academy).
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The programs, with sources
USD price published on CAE's American Airlines Cadet Academy page. Quoted as 148 single-engine + 32 multi-engine flight hours plus 33.2 hours in a flight training device, up to 56 weeks. Financing available; contact the academy.
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CAE's US ab-initio cadet campus is at Falcon Field (FFZ), Mesa, AZ. Part 141, zero to CFI/CFII. Does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum.
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Compare the pathsFigures are CAE (American Airlines Cadet Academy)'s own published program prices, shown with the date we read them. They are not a personalized quote, and a student's actual cost will differ with location premiums, the fees the sticker excludes, and pace. Published prices generally assume the program's planned hours; flight training often runs over the FAA minimums, and how extra hours are billed varies by academy (some hold a truly fixed cost, others charge an hourly rate for additional time). Confirm the overage policy with the academy. An accelerated academy does not lower the 1,500-hour airline minimum; only a qualifying degree does, under 14 CFR 61.160. PilotBound is not affiliated with CAE (American Airlines Cadet Academy). Disclaimer & removal policy.
Primary sources: cae.com