Aviation Management

You will need to follow the general enrollment process for GTCC.  During the advising process you will have the opportunity to indicate your desire to study within this curriculum. Your advisor will help you sign up for the specific courses you need.

Yes, Financial aid is available if you qualify. Please visit the Financial Aid web page or contact the Financial Aid office at 336-334-4822 Option 3.

Financial Aid, including Pell Grants, student loans, and scholarships can be used to help offset the costs of flight training. 

If you are at least a high school graduate or are enrolled in the Career and College Promise program, you can qualify for the Aviation Management or Career Pilot programs.

Current high school students interested in the Career and College Promise program will need to satisfy placement requirements in reading and math to register for courses in the program. You will need to test out of DRE 098 in reading and at least DMA 050 in math to start courses in the AER programs. To meet math requirements for the Career Pilot and Aviation Management degrees, you will need to test out of DMA 080. Previous flight training is not required to start the degree or certificate programs.

If you look at the catalog descriptions for the two programs, you will see that there are many classes that are common to both degrees.  If you want to fly and have the financing available to complete the flight training in 2-3 years, then the Career Pilot degree awards you the most credit for your flight training and would be the most efficient way to the associate degree. If you are unsure about getting the financing for flight training or how quickly you can progress toward your commercial license, then we recommend enrolling in the Aviation Management degree.  You can still do your flight training on the side, but it would allow you a way to attain a degree even if you don’t complete your commercial certificate in two years.

Flight training is required for the Career Pilot degree but not the Aviation Management degree.  In order to graduate with the Career Pilot degree, you must obtain your FAA Commercial Pilot certificate.  Depending on how and where you do your flight training, it requires 190-250 flight hours. Flight training is conducted with a third-party flight training provider.  This could be an independent flight instructor or a flight school.

GI Bill^® benefits can be used for flight training but cannot be used toward a Private Pilot certificate.  These flight training benefits are paid directly to the flight school where you choose to do your training.  The flight school must be Part 141 certificated and must be approved by the VA in order to use your GI Bill^® benefits there.  GI Bill^® benefits can be used for classes in the Aviation Management program.

We have three: Redbird, FMX full-motion, and AATDs.  These can be scheduled with a GTCC flight instructor.  These are scheduled through continuing education and are available to curriculum students and individuals outside of GTCC who want to purchase simulator time to train for a new certificate, improve proficiency, or meet currency requirements.

GTCC does have a comprehensive articulation agreement with North Carolina public universities, but the aviation programs also have specific articulation agreements with Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (Greensboro Campus) and Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina.

The outlook is great.  The aviation industry is growing to satisfy demand generated by global economic expansion. 

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