Students take flight in new online piloting program

Starting this fall, Community College of Beaver County (CCBC) is offering its nationally renowned James M. Johnson School of Aviation Sciences Professional Pilot associate degree online. Future pilots who enroll at CCBC can complete all the program’s academic courses virtually while participating in flight training at one of nine partnering flight schools across the state.

CCBC’s premier partner flight providers stretch across the state from Beaver County to the Poconos, and include:
Aces Aviation
AirQuest Aviation
Fly Legacy Aviation
High Flight Academy
Laurel Highlands Aeronautical Academy
Moore Aviation
Moyer Aviation, Inc.
Pittsburgh Flight Training Center
Nulton Aviation Flight Academy
Ravotti Air LLC

“The United States continues to experience a vast piloting shortage with Boeing alone predicting a need for 600,000 pilots in the next two decades,” explained Dr. John Higgs, senior dean and dean of the James M. Johnson School of Aviation Sciences at CCBC. “With high quality flight providers across the state on board, we can offer lucrative career opportunities to more students and meet industry demands broadly and quickly.”