VA Approved Flight Training School
Phoenix East Aviation, Inc. (PEA) announces a new institutional grant available for U.S. military veterans for professional flight training.
Career flight training is a covered benefit under the Montgomery GI Bill; the new Phoenix East Aviation grant, called the Patriot Institutional Grant, is designed to express appreciation to veterans who wish a career as a professional pilot. This grant will further reduce the veteran’s pilot training costs. The Phoenix East Aviation Patriot Grant will contribute 5% toward the training tuition. It is available to U.S. veterans who qualify for education benefits under the Montgomery GI Bill.
Phoenix East Aviation’s professional flight training programs are approved for reimbursement under Department of Veteran Affairs for veterans eligible for GI Bill educational benefits. To qualify for such benefits, the veteran must have a private pilot’s license and valid medical certification before beginning a reimbursable pilot training program. The Dept. of Veteran Affairs will reimburse the veteran up to 60% of the approved training charges up to the maximum allowable. The PEA Patriot Grant will further reduce training costs by over $1,500 for a Multi-Engine Commercial/Instrument Course.
Phoenix East Aviation Chief Executive Officer, Ghassan Reslan, said “We are proud to help veterans with career training in aviation with the Patriot Grant. We hope that it will allow more veterans to become professional pilots. It’s just our way of saying ‘thank you’ for the service and sacrifices of these superb young men and women. It has been our experience that military veterans demonstrate focus, discipline and responsibility – great attributes for the professional pilot.”
Phoenix East Aviation, Inc. provides comprehensive pilot training, specializing in professional flight instruction. FAR Part 141, private, commercial and multi-engine professional programs and FAR Part 61 courses are offered. The school is nationally accredited and is approved to offer Veteran Benefits under the G.I. Bill. Headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida, where the climate permits flight operations 350+ days a year, the school has been in continuous operation since 1972.
