FlightSafety/CAE SIC Professional Pilot Training Award
Scholarship Description
CABAA together with independent vendors FlightSafety and CAE, will award two applicants with advanced training to enhance each individual’s progress toward a career in Business Aviation. The awards will only be available for students who will have graduated with a pilot degree in the spring/summer of this year or within the last five years. This year, the awards will be a Citation series SIC course at FlightSafety and a Citation series SIC course at CAE. With completion of this course the pilot will obtain skills to operate a Citation aircraft as an SIC. CABAA will also provide a travel reimbursement to assist in the cost of travel.
Eligibility Requirements
1. Must be a college student who will have graduated in spring/summer of this year or within the last five years (determined case by case) with a degree in Aviation and holds or will hold a current Commercial Multi-Engine Pilot Certificate with Instrument Rating (not limited to VFR only and/or Centerline Thrust) with minimum 250 hours total time.
2. Applicants can not upgrade this award to a PIC type rating and shall not have had any aircraft accidents.
3. Must have at least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
NOTE: Candidates may be required to participate in a face-to-face interview with the selection committee. Preference is given to Chicagoland/Illinois area residents and students, followed by residents and students of surrounding states.
Application End Date
May 20, 2026
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GPA Requirement
3
Female Applicant Preference
No
Year of Need / Desired Program
- College Senior
- Doctoral Degree Program
- Master's Degree Program
- Part 141 School
- Part 147 School
- Trade
- Technical
- or Vocational School
College Enrollment Status
- Full-time Student
- Not Enrolled
- Part-time Student
FAA Pilot Airman Certificate
- Airline Transport Pilot
- Commercial Pilot
- Flight Instructor
- Ground Instructor
Scholarship Recurrence
- Annual