Accelerated academy · Olive Branch, MS
What Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. Flight Academy's program costs
A full-time, integrated career program sold at a fixed price, not an hourly rate. Every figure below is Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. Flight Academy's own published price, with the source and the date we read it. This is the published sticker, not a personalized quote.
Luke Weathers campuses in Mississippi
Olive Branch (Memphis metro) (OLV)
Published program price
Published on request
The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling.
The academy, a nonprofit, says it keeps fixed costs low but publishes no program price; pricing is provided by email. Published items are limited to a $125 discovery flight, a $1,500 flight-training deposit, and a $406 kit deducted from the deposit. Confirm the full quote and 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 Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. Flight Academy.
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No published price. Zero experience to the Commercial certificate and CFI in about 9 months on monthly cohort starts, followed by a guaranteed CFI job with the academy's own instructing pipeline to the 1,500-hour airline minimum.
Run by the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP) at Olive Branch Airport (OLV) in the Memphis metro. Part 141 and 61. Does not reduce the 1,500-hour airline minimum.
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- How much does Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. Flight Academy cost?
- Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. Flight Academy does not publish a single fixed figure for its Professional Pilot Program (from zero time), so we do not list one rather than guess. You will need to request pricing from the academy directly. When you do, ask what the number excludes and how hours beyond the program's plan are billed, which is where academy costs usually move.
- What is included in Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. Flight Academy's program price?
- Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. Flight Academy's published programs cover Private Pilot, Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, Multi-Engine (AMEL), Flight Instructor, Instrument Instructor and Multi-Engine Instructor. The academy states about 9 months to finish. On what it excludes, the academy states: No published price. Zero experience to the Commercial certificate and CFI in about 9 months on monthly cohort starts, followed by a guaranteed CFI job with the academy's own instructing pipeline to the 1,500-hour airline minimum.
- What happens if you need more hours than Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. Flight Academy's program includes?
- The academy does not publish how hours beyond the estimate are billed. Confirm before enrolling. The academy, a nonprofit, says it keeps fixed costs low but publishes no program price; pricing is provided by email. Published items are limited to a $125 discovery flight, a $1,500 flight-training deposit, and a $406 kit deducted from the deposit. Confirm the full quote and the overage policy before enrolling. This is the question worth asking hardest at any accelerated academy, because the published price and the price a student who flies over the plan actually pays are two different numbers.
- Does going to Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. Flight Academy lower the 1,500-hour airline requirement?
- No. An accelerated academy does not reduce the 1,500-hour ATP minimum. Only a qualifying aviation degree does, under 14 CFR 61.160, which lowers it to 1,000 hours for a bachelor's or 1,250 for an associate's. What an academy sells is speed and a fixed price to the commercial certificate and instructor ratings, not a shortcut to the airlines. Most graduates then instruct to build the remaining hours.
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Figures are Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. Flight 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 Lt. Col. Luke Weathers Jr. Flight Academy. Disclaimer & removal policy.
Primary sources: obap.org