Get paid to fly while you build your 1,500.

Nearly every airline pilot flying today built their hours in the right seat, teaching. The CFI certificate turns your commercial license into a paying flying job — and at AlphaFlight, you learn instruction from people who treat teaching as the profession it is, not a waiting room.

CFI and CFII (instrument instructor) pathways
Teaching fundamentals from instructors with airline and military backgrounds
Right-seat proficiency, lesson planning, and the FAA practical — prepared thoroughly
Build paid flight hours toward airline minimums
Prerequisite: commercial certificate with instrument rating

Who This Path Serves

For commercial pilots who want to fly for a living, sooner.

Our CFI candidates come from across northern Indiana — South Bend, Mishawaka, Warsaw, Rochester, Valparaiso — because how you learn to teach determines what kind of aviator you become. At Plymouth Municipal (C65), you train in the same modern fleet and the same quiet airspace your future students will.

Not there yet? Start with the instrument rating or the commercial license — the same instructor can walk you through all three.

See the Full Curriculum

Instructor teaching engine and systems knowledge at AlphaFlight

C65 Plymouth Municipal Airport

New certificated pilot congratulated at AlphaFlight Academy

The best way to master the craft is to teach it — every lesson you give makes you twice the aviator.

AlphaFlight · Pedagogy

Your students are waiting. So is the left seat.

Visit us at Plymouth Municipal (C65) — meet the instructors you'll be joining, and map your CFI over coffee. No cost, no pressure.

Start Your Journey Call (574) 914-2008

Teach the craft. Earn the hours.

Get paid to fly while you build your 1,500.

For commercial pilots who want to fly for a living, sooner.

Your students are waiting. So is the left seat.