Student outcomes
At Alpine, we have a 100% success rate.
Every student has excelled and is currently working in the commercial field. Here's what a few of them have to say.
Student outcomes
Every student has excelled and is currently working in the commercial field. Here's what a few of them have to say.
I started my flight training shortly after graduating high school at another flight school, but I didn't get the results I was looking for. I did not like the lies I was getting from most of the helicopter schools promising jobs after completion of training. There's no way a flight school can push 100 students through a program and offer all of them jobs when there's only a small handful of positions. I also like that Alpine does not charge students high prices to pad the pocket of the 141 VA program! The training I received was very practical and geared for real-life applications.
I moved from south Texas to Idaho to start training in March of 2017. After searching for flight schools I decided to go with Alpine Aviation. The Mountain Home airport offers an amazing training environment where you can stay focused and train in peace without multiple aircraft tying up the radio and interfering with training. I would recommend Alpine Aviation for anyone who is serious about being a career helicopter pilot. I am now flying a Sikorsky Skycrane heli tanker on fires in California with just over 1000 hrs. On my day off I still go work with Kevin and he still is teaching me new things. If you are serious about becoming a helicopter pilot, this is the way to get there.
I'm a commercially certified ATP fixed wing pilot and was working on my Commercial Rotor wing add-on.
And flying helicopters is just a huge amount of fun too.
A huge thank you to Alpine Aviation — especially Kevin and Ashley — for everything they did to help me earn my helicopter license.
James Pafford of Alpine Aviation was my instructor and I sincerely can't say enough awesome things about him. He is extremely knowledgeable, yet has a way of teaching that allowed me to be at ease and looking forward to our next training session. I was struggling at first with aerodynamics and James quickly noticed that I learn better with the help of visual aids. He has a training manual that is second to none that takes all of the guesswork out of learning. This was huge for me! Our flights were always centered around safety but he regularly reminded me that we were there to have fun.