The AStar Brings The Future to Upper Limit Aviation’s Helicopter Training Program

Upper Limit Aviation's Future Using the AStar Helicopter 

The helicopter industry doesn't move in tectonic shifts. Industry-wide change can seem to move at a glacial pace, and yet, failing to keep up with the times can mark you as a dinosaur in our highly competitive industry. Lately, we have observed the emergence of a change that seems to be gradually sweeping across the helicopter industry. That shift finds many companies switching over from some of the stalwart standby helicopters of eras gone by and moving on to embrace the Eurocopter AStar. The AStar is a very agile helicopter which is now in use by many governments worldwide (including Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ecuador, France, Iceland, Jordan, Paraguay, the UK and more) as well as private companies and by amateur pilots. Upper Limit Aviation has responded to this shift by acquiring an AStar of our own.

The Benefit of Using an Astar in Helicopter Training at Upper Limit Aviation

Upper Limit Aviation has a reputation for producing excellent professional pilots who use their high quality helicopter flight training to go on to become highly skilled pilots with top companies in our industry. Part of our obligation to our students is to make sure that we are continuously engaged with the industry, responding to the changes, big and small, that will affect our students’ ability to access those top positions within the industry. Our consistently high standard of training must be matched by our ongoing effort to provide the tools that our professional pilot students need to be highly-qualified for any career when they leave our training program.

To learn more about how the Eurocopter AStar could benefit your future professional pilot training, call 1-855-HELIEDU.

Training Opportunities for International Students

International Student Flight Training Opportunities

Upper Limit Aviation is an American company, but we recognize that the aviation community is part of an international industry. As we, along with other sources, have observed, the aviation industry is at a critical mass of available jobs right now. The pilot shortage facing our industry is unprecedented. We must take all steps available in order to start filling some of these jobs. Our students are regularly recruited to fill some of the top positions in industry-leading companies. Recruiters from many companies will regularly call Upper Limit Aviation to ask about our recent graduates, and can we possibly send any of our best and brightest their way.

The opportunities that we’re discussing are not limited to one region, and they’re not even limited simply to the United States. There are jobs available all over the world, in both the fixed-wing and helicopter areas of the global aviation industry. Whether you want to work in the Gulf of Mexico or the Persian Gulf, on either side of the Atlantic or the Pacific, there is work available all over the world. Industry insiders are forecasting continued expansion for at least the next five years, which is why Upper Limit Aviation is going to be pursuing an initiative to attract students from all over the world to our three flight training campuses.

Opportunities for International Students to Pursue Flight Training

We believe that our flight training program is the best program that we could put together. We have a reputation for excellence within our industry. Upper Limit Aviation has continued to expand along with the rising demand for fixed-wing and helicopter pilots all over the world. Over the next few months and beyond, we are preparing to launch a program to enlist students from all over the globe to take part in our program. International students will come to one of our three campuses, in West Memphis, AR, Salt Lake City, UT or Cedar City, UT, and receive our high quality flight training.

To learn more about how international students can help us close the gap in the international pilot shortage, call 1-855-HELIEDU.

Deciding to Begin Flight Training

Flight Training: The Most Important Decision You’ll Ever Make

Every pilot has a day when he or she realizes that choosing to pursue flight training would go down as one of the pivotal decisions in his or her lifetime. Life demands that most of us must work for a living. If we are lucky, work will be the thing that we do second or third most, after spending time with our family and sleeping. Some of us may have one or a few jobs for a very long time, while others will have many jobs, bouncing around from place to place. A job is what we spend our days doing. A job is composed of tasks and duties that must be performed. A career, on the other hand, is our life’s work. It is what we spend years and decades doing. It is composed of memories and friendships and challenges and rewards and massive transformations, and it is how many of us define ourselves. Ask a pilot what he does. “I am a pilot,” he or she will reply. Flight training is what gave him or her an answer to that question.

Upper Limit Aviation is in the career business. We help pilots get their start doing what they will do for the rest of their lives. Many of our students feel as if they were born knowing that they were destined to one day fly a fixed-wing aircraft or a helicopter for a living. Others among our ranks were inspired by their own military service, or the example of a mentor or family friend. Whatever brings a student to our school, we make sure that he or she is a pilot, through and through, when he or she leaves flight training.

Upper Limit Aviation Helps Pilots Become Pilots Through Flight Training

There are many articles on this website that will tell you what a terrific time it is to become a pilot. Or how many different sorts of wonderful careers there are for professional pilots who complete flight training. Or explain how the Post 9/11 GI Bill works. All of those articles are full of true and enlightening information, and you should absolutely refer to them in order to learn more detailed information about the flight training program at Upper Limit Aviation.

This article is not full of facts or statistics or prognostications. This article is here to tell you that if you feel like we feel, that if you want to answer the question ‘What do you do?’ by saying, ‘I am a pilot,’ then come and join us. We understand you and can help you do what you love for a living for the rest of your life.

Call 1-855-HELIEDU to learn more.

Ways Pilots Can Earn an Associates Degree

How Professional Pilots Can Earn an Associates Degree

Upper Limit Aviation is committed to the success of our students. One of the best ways that we can extend the benefits of our program to our students is by encouraging them to utilize the added value contributed by the schools we have partnered with by earning an associate degree. A college degree has long been a part of the set of qualifications that many employers use to determine who may be an ideal candidate to work in a given position. Many pilots forgo the opportunity to further their education beyond the minimum requirements for what is expected to obtain an entry-level pilot job. While this strategy will work for many pilots, there is a lot to be said for adding extra education to your skill set and knowledge base.

Upper Limit Aviation has chosen its partners schools wisely. The schools that we have partnered with offer students the chance to participate in a truly beneficial scholastic program that will enhance their experience and knowledge as professional pilots by allowing them to earn an associate of science or an associate of applied science degree.

Students studying to become a helicopter or fixed-wing pilot at our West Memphis, AR campus can simultaneously enroll at Mid-South Community College, allowing them not only to earn a college degree, but also to have access to further funding opportunities that may not be available to students who do not choose the college route.

While military veterans may have the ability to use the Post 9/11 GI Bill’s benefits in order to secure a deeply discounted or free education, private citizens may have an easier time securing funding to attend our program by concurrently enrolling in one of our partner college programs. After all, if the byproduct of securing funding more easily is that you wind up with a college degree on top of your flight training, thus making you a more qualified and more employable pilot, what’s the harm?

To find out how Upper Limit Aviation can help you earn an associate degree while pursuing your flight training, call 1-855-HELIEDU.

The Value of Having a Degree for ULA Students

Bachelor’s Degrees Add Value for Upper Limit Aviation Professional Pilot Students

Upper Limit Aviation is motivated to create opportunities for students that will provide them with the most benefit. We believe that by partnering with the schools with whom we have formed an alliance, we are extending those opportunities and offering an enhanced experience that will help students attain achievement beyond what they would be able to accomplish with flight training alone. We have every confidence in the world that the training we provide is the best training that we could possibly offer our students, but we recognize that students need a competitive edge when it comes time to seek a career in the aviation industry. Upper Limit Aviation is proud to offer students the chance to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in addition to their flight training when they are concurrently enrolled at Southern Utah University in our Cedar City, UT program.

A Bachelor’s Degree is one of the main qualifications that many of today’s top employers look for when evaluating a candidate’s value against another applicant. Many pilots assume they are exempt from these sorts of evaluations due to the fact that they have their professional pilot credentials. But Upper Limit Aviation recognizes what employers are trying to determine when they are choosing between two candidates to fill a position.

How A Bachelor’s Degree Can Distinguish One Professional Pilot From Another

We believe that the best pilots are the product of the best education they can receive. While flight training is unquestionably the main component of what should qualify a pilot to perform his job, a solid educational foundation to support that training can go a long way toward helping a student prove his mettle. A bachelor’s degree is demonstrative of commitment and work ethic in addition to indicating a higher level of education.

Helping students attain success is the mission of Upper Limit Aviation. We feel that the best way we can do that is to offer students the richest educational experience we can secure for them. The training they will receive at ULA combined with the education they will receive at one of our partner schools will help them achieve lifelong success.

To find out more about professional pilot opportunities including how you can earn a bachelor’s degree and complete your flight training at the same time, call 1-855-HELIEDU.

Southern Utah University Becoming Partners with ULA

ULA Partnership With Southern Utah University (SUU)

We are very excited about our newly formed partnership with Southern Utah University. We have been working very hard to bring about this exciting new alliance. As our students know, and as any prospective students will be happy to learn, we do our absolute best to make sure that we can offer the best programs to our professional pilot students. The partnership that we have formed with SUU will allow us to transform many more student lives by helping them achieve success through lifelong careers in aviation.

Southern Utah University is located in Cedar City, UT. There are many reasons why this alliance will provide huge benefits to our students. SUU is an excellent school in terms of academics with a variety of programs that have helped shaped many student lives for the better. Upper Limit Aviation will be able to offer the opportunity for students to concurrently enroll in classes at SUU in order to obtain a Bachelor’s Degree while pursuing their flight training.

How the ULA and SUU Partnership Will Enhance Opportunities for Students

The aviation industry is currently enjoying an all-time high for job growth, but every advantage an applicant has when starting out can greatly enhance his or her prospects for success. Many pilots will leave their training program with a pilot’s license that will enable them to get a good job, but graduates of our aligned program will have a college degree that adds significant benefit to their prospects to achieve high-flying success right out of the gate.

Southern Utah University is working with Upper Limit Aviation to make admissions for veterans (using the benefits of the Post 9/11 GI Bill) and private citizens (utilizing a combination of public and private financing) work as smoothly as possible.

We truly believe that this union will allow us to offer a higher degree of training, and thereby strengthen our ability to offer the best chance of success for our students.

To learn more about the opportunities available to students of our SUU-partnered program, call Upper Limit Aviation today at 1-855-HELIEDU.

Helicopter Industry Needs Professional Pilots

Helicopter Industry Needs Professional Pilots

Over the course of the last few years, the helicopter industry has expanded by an unprecedented magnitude. There are literally more jobs available than there are qualified pilots who can fulfill them. The roles have been reversed for today’s future pilots. It used to be that one completed their training and fought tooth and nail against their peers in order to obtain a good job. Now, many employers are proactively seeking the best graduates in order to fill an increasing number of job vacancies.

Upper Limit Aviation has a reputation for excellence, not only among our alumni, but also in the industry at large. We receive phone calls from many of the helicopter industry’s top recruiters looking for qualified applicants.

Steps Taken By Upper Limit Aviation to Help Train Excellent Professional Pilots

Upper Limit Aviation has taken every step possible to ensure that the professional helicopter pilot training we offer can prepare all of our graduates for a wealth of opportunities. We focus on safety, knowledge and mastery in the cockpit.

The steps that we have taken to make sure that we are offering what we feel is the best training available has directly led to the reputation that we enjoy. Our professional pilot graduates benefit from the steps built into our training that take our students beyond the minimum requirements that graduates of some other schools attain. We believe that only working towards the minimum requirements is part of a race to the bottom that we simply cannot take part in.

Does that mean that our helicopter students (and instructors) have to work a little harder? It does. But the added benefit of experience, preparedness and sheer know-how possessed by our graduates results in more desirable positions starting out, and ultimately more satisfying careers.

To learn how Upper Limit Aviation has established and maintained a 100% employment rate for our professional pilot graduates, call 1-855-HELIEDU.

High Altitude Flight Training at ULA’s Southern Utah University

High Altitude Training Opportunities

Today’s aviation industry is highly competitive. We believe that if a pilot is going to stand out from his peers as the ideal candidate to fill a position, it’s going to be the pilot with superior training. We have based our whole program on training pilots to the level of mastery in all of the basic areas of flight. But we have also gone much further than that in conceiving of how we can offer the best possible flight training experience to our students.

SUU Offers an Advantage to those Seeking High Altitude Flight Training

We have designed our programs to have built-in benefits that may not be found at many other schools. In addition to being an excellent institution of higher learning, Southern Utah University (SUU) is situated, in beautiful Cedar City, UT, at an elevation of 5,622 feet. What that means is that when our students take off, they reach a higher altitude very quickly, and are able to perform training routines that may not be performed as readily at some other schools.

Our partnership with SUU has been in the works for a long time. The elevation, the reputation, and many other factors have combined to create a perfect storm of opportunity for our students. We put a lot of work into making sure that each of our programs offers a consistent educational experience, but have sought out locations and partnerships that may offer particular advantages to student pilots seeking particular experience to benefit their skill set if they have a particular area of interest. High altitude flight training is a tremendous benefit to students seeking a competitive advantage.

Our campus in Salt Lake City, UT (SLCC) offers the best of both worlds for students interested in both mountain flying and urban settings. Similarly, our campus in West Memphis, AR (MSCC) is located near to the Gulf, which is home to a rising number of opportunities for pilots seeking work in the offshore oil industry.

The bottom line is that high altitude flight training at SUU is just another one of the many advantages that students at Upper Limit Aviation can expect when they sign up to earn their professional pilot’s license with us. Call 1-855-HELIEDU to learn more about high altitude training opportunities.

Fixed-Wing Careers in Cargo Delivery

Cargo Delivery Pilot Fixed-Wing Careers

The recent circumstances that have caused growth among all facets of the aviation industry have created a tremendous set of opportunities for pilots seeking fixed-wing careers. Essentially, a combination of influences has led to a perfect storm to benefit new pilots. Many Vietnam era pilots are retiring, while at the same time, companies from a range of industries have found new ways to utilize the services of pilots. Industry insiders suggest that this growth will continue for at least the next five years. Upper LImit Aviation wishes to help our fixed-wing pilot students take full advantage of this historic moment.

While there are a range of jobs that are available now that may not even have existed as recently as a few years ago, there are certain fixed-wing careers that pilots have reliably pursue for years. Cargo delivery pilots can attest to this fact. Fixed-wing pilots working within the field of cargo delivery have benefitted from the increasing role of globalization in international commerce. Goods manufactured in one country are often delivered via fixed-wing aircraft. Specialty shipments require service faster than a ship or other means of transport can deliver. Cargo delivery pilots are the beneficiaries of an increasing reliance on the quickening pace of modern technology and communication.

Cargo Delivery Pilot Careers Start With Excellent Training at Upper Limit Aviation

Upper Limit Aviation believes that we can offer fixed-wing students the opportunity to develop the skills they’ll need in order to fully take off in their chosen field. Many Upper Limit Aviation fixed-wing pilot students may enjoy the varied routes they’ll be able to fly in this career, or the need for constant turnaround, always taking them new places, spending as much time as possible in the air.

To find out how Upper Limit Aviation can help tomorrow’s fixed-wing cargo delivery pilots establish themselves within their career, call 1-855-HELIEDU.

Pipeline Inspection Careers with Fixed-Wing Aircraft

Pipeline Inspection Fixed-Wing Careers

The growth exhibited across all sectors of the aviation field has created a dynamic situation that has enabled professional pilots seeking fixed-wing careers to have access to an impressive range of opportunities. Industry veterans report having never seen such conditions in the job market. Because of the way that various industries have expanded and changed, there have been infrastructural changes that insinuate the need for fixed-wing and other aircraft in an unprecedented way. This has led to a situation where there are currently more jobs available than there are pilots to perform them. Obviously, this has been tremendously beneficial to new pilots.

Pipeline inspection by fixed wing pilots is a career that has emerged as an increasing number of companies utilize piping mechanisms to facilitate their operations. From oil and gas drilling to power companies and telecommunication providers, companies must lay extensive networks of piping across large areas of territory. These pipelines are best inspected from above, thereby creating an opportunity for professional pilots seeking careers as a fixed-wing pipeline inspection pilot. These days, opportunity is everywhere for fixed-wing pilots.

Fixed-Wing Pipeline Inspection Careers Can Start the Day You Start Your Training

Upper Limit Aviation believes that your career starts the day you enroll. This is because you become a pilot on the day you enroll. Jobs are what you do from day to day. Careers are what you spend your life doing. Becoming a fixed-wing pilot is a choice that many pilots look back on as one of the defining decisions of their life. Pipeline inspection gives fixed-wing pilots the opportunity to spend their career, and life, soaring through the air, an opportunity all pilots relish.

To find out how Upper Limit Aviation can help you get started working toward a fixed-wing career in pipeline inspection, call 1-855-HELIEDU.

Careers in Gathering Electronic News

Electronic News Gathering Helicopter Careers

There are a range of helicopter careers that have emerged within the last few years that have led to a huge outgrowth within the helicopter aviation industry. There is opportunity afoot for professional helicopter pilots, and Upper Limit Aviation is happy to be able to help tomorrow’s pilots start their training today. Working in our industry is a covetous position within an uncertain economic climate such as the one faced by many people working within other industries. The burgeoning growth within the helicopter aviation industry has so far proven to demonstrate a sustainable pattern that will enable pilot students to attain success for a number of years to come.

Electronic news gathering is one of those careers that, while not exactly new, has seen some dramatic changes in recent years, leading to demand for new helicopter pilots. The twenty-four hour news cycle demands that every station be able to report on breaking news as it happens, leading many stations to buy their own helicopters (or lease one from a news service), and consequently, hire their own pilots. The days when a news gathering helicopter pilot’s main responsibilities were to take off twice daily to report on traffic, now seem quaint in the rear view mirror. All television stations are now expected to be able to provide news coverage for their viewers, often even in otherwise smaller cities.

Electronic News Gathering Careers are an Exciting Opportunity for Helicopter Pilots

Upper Limit Aviation provides training for helicopter pilots that will serve them well in any scenario or career. We believe that we have designed a flight training program that will enable students to deploy expert level skills across a comprehensive range of situations. Our graduates currently enjoy a 100% employment rate. Numbers like that don’t happen by mistake.

To find out how Upper Limit Aviation can get you involved in exciting helicopter careers such as electronic news gathering, call us at 1-855-HELIEDU.

Helicopter Careers with Law Enforcement

Law Enforcement Helicopter Careers

As many readers will already know, there has seldom been a better time to become a helicopter pilot. With a variety of factors contributing to a robust aviation industry, there are many more jobs than there are pilots who are now qualified to fill all of the positions available. Upper Limit Aviation (1-855-HELIEDU) is proud that it is able to help our student pilots go on to find lifelong careers in an industry that shows so much potential to reward them with continual opportunity and reward.

There are certain careers that spring immediately to mind when we consider helicopter careers. One such career is that of the law enforcement helicopter pilot. Law enforcement helicopters are familiar to most of us even before we know that we want to one day become a professional pilot ourselves. They are the omnipresent, watchful protective eye in the sky.

The Vital Role of Law Enforcement Helicopter Pilots

Law enforcement helicopter pilots contribute to the police force in an absolutely essential fashion, often coordinating operations from high above, able to take in all of the factors that police on the ground may not be able to observe themselves. Traffic management, highway pursuits and other responsibilities fall upon law enforcement helicopter pilots.

If you’ve had a tough time deciding whether you would like to become a helicopter pilot or a law enforcement officer, this is the career for you. Many law enforcement agencies contract their pilots from outside, but most will actually require their pilots to train as a cadet and work a traditional beat first. This is a career for those with a long term interest in law enforcement.

If this describes you, and you’d like to know how to take the next step toward becoming a law enforcement helicopter pilot, call Upper Limit Aviation at 1-855-HELIEDU to find out how to begin your training.

Becoming a Fixed-Wing Pilot

The Decision to Become a Fixed-Wing Pilot

Deciding to become a professional fixed-wing pilot is a big, life-altering choice. For most pilots, they will look back on that choice as one of the key decisions that defined their life, along with decisions such as whom to marry, where to live, when to start a family. A career is not just how you spend your day, it is how you spend your life. Professional pilots are engaged in soulfully fulfilling work, with built-in joy and rewards.

The fact that there has never been a more optimal time to become a professional pilot is a huge bonus for a group of men and women who have some of the best jobs in the world. And those jobs have never been more accessible, thanks to job market conditions created by a shortage of fixed-wing pilots.

How Upper Limit Aviation Works to Produce the Best Professional Fixed-Wing Pilots

Upper Limit Aviation believes that we have designed the best program we possibly can in order to train professional pilots to seize the best jobs available to fixed-wing pilots today. We have done this by building programs that emphasize practical flight experience along with mechanical knowledge and a deep understanding of the theoretical underpinnings of flight. Our reputation is for producing pilots who exceed the minimum requirements in all aspects of flight training. We do this because we do not support the ‘race to the bottom’ culture exemplified by some schools.

There are a variety of considerations involved with the decision to become a professional fixed-wing pilot, such as relocation, the amount of time required for training and the cost of schooling. Our admissions representatives have answers for you regarding all of those points and much more.

To learn how to take the necessary steps to make the best decision of your life by becoming a professional pilot of fixed-wing aircraft today, call Upper Limit Aviation at 1-855-HELIEDU.

Opportunities For Professional Pilots Expand Every Day

Professional Pilot Opportunities

Upper Limit Aviation believes that there has never been a better time for professional pilots to pursue opportunities within the aviation industry. With news coming in from all sectors of the aviation industry indicating that the future growth of our industry is sustainable and robust, we feel secure that our pilot graduates will go on to find success in the aviation career of their dreams. Pursuing a flight school education is a big commitment, both time-wise and monetarily. But we believe that this commitment represents an investment in the future.

Becoming a Professional Pilot is an Investment in the Future

Investing in your career by pursuing a professional pilot’s license at any of our three campuses can be a sage decision for a number of reasons. We emphasize the importance of a pilot’s well-roundedness as a key element to achieving success within our industry. Our training program is thorough in all areas concerned with practical flight training as well as the theoretical underpinnings of flight science. But what sets our program apart from some other schools is that we believe that the best path that our pilots can choose will enable them to simultaneously earn a college degree while earning their flight credentials.

Our Commitment to the Success of Our Professional Pilot Graduates

We have staked our business on our commitment to your education by partnering with Southern Utah University, Salt Lake City Community College and Mid-South Community College. These are educational institutions that we believe can help our students get the best start toward high-flying achievement, every bit as much as the training we provide.

Becoming a professional pilot while earning your college degree will also allow empower you to seek additional funding streams that can help you secure the best possible deal on your education. Veterans of military service may find that their education is deeply discounted, or even free, by utilizing the benefits of the Post 9/11 GI Bill.

To learn more about the opportunities available to tomorrow’s future pilots, call us at 1-855-HELIEDU.