Business ProfileforThe Airline Academy

It was an awful experience all throughout, unprofessional, unreliable, and a scam. I was under the impression that this was reputable company. I applied by email and shortly after got a call from a rep. They spoke to me about the program, and said that after I compete the course there's be an opportunity to interview with multiple airlines and that I'd be able to work with any airline in the country. But, I couldn't even apply for a class without paying a 550+ deposit , or taking out a loan with Sallie Mae. I did Sallie Mae because I'm newly graduated from Highschool and couldn't afford a monthly payment of that degree. I did the loan, signed up and studied the material endlessly. They stated that if we didn't pass the test, we wouldn't receive our wings or deploma and would get sent home. That was a lie, even if you failed you got a deploma and wings which lead me to believe what I received was a Deploma mill, and all my hard work was in vain. They also promised interviews with airlines. That was a lie as well, no interviews were held. Only one airline came and they just did a group presentation. Getting ahold of staff was and is very difficult after they get your money. There was so much promised and planned that fell through. And the day before our supposed interview day, they stated that we can't even list The Airline Academy as proper airline training. I can't even put them on my resume. The whole thing was awful, and definitely a scam.

The Airline Academy has been in business for the past 27 years and is located in the main terminal of the Daytona Beach International Airport. We have established an excellent reputation with the airline industry and have had one or more airline recruiters attend every class.

Approximately 50% to 65% of each class are normally offered jobs before departing MCO, with approximately 25% hired subsequently by numerous airlines through our placement assistance.

We did in fact have the scheduled airline recruiter attend this class. Unfortunately, as a result of Hurricane Nicole causing the closure of the MCO airport at 7pm that evening, she had to depart abruptly after presenting her group presentation. My understanding is she will be extending job offers in January to the majority who were in attendance.

The Airline Academy has two programs. Our Customer Service course consists of two weeks at the Daytona Beach airport with hands on training with SABRE equipment contracted through American Airlines. The second course is an accelerated one week Flight Attendant program contracted through Jet Blue University in Orlando. Flight attendants must typically be 19, 20 or 21 years of age while all airlines hire for customer service at 18. This student was only 18 and not eligible for the flight attendant interview and thus chose to also attend both courses.

Tuition for each course is $3995.00 and as with any school, must be paid prior to attendance.
Your allegations of a diploma mill are unfounded, as each of your customer service classmates did in fact pass as required. The test you are referring to in the MCO portion was not a requirement to pass or be sent home, but to get everyone's attention and be prepared to be able to pass the actual airline in-house requirements, for those that are hired. As to not putting The Airline Academy on your resume, that did not come from us, and again is also unfounded. I have a feeling you became a victim of one of your classmates who was and is continuing to spread misinformation to all that will listen.

The purpose of any school is to provide the student with an education. None can provide a job guarantee. The fact that our placement rate is extremely high leads some to expect immediate gratification. We have had over 5,000 graduates, with over 4,000 receiving job offers from over 60 airlines. We feel that our placement record compares favorably to any college, university, or trade school in the country.