Whiskerworks
Commercial Airline Pilot

Industrial Division

Commercial Airline Pilot

Flight 402 to Phoenix. Cleared for takeoff.

Tuition: $8,400 or 24 easy payments of $389.

A comprehensive commercial pilot program. By graduation, your cat will be qualified to captain a narrow-body aircraft on regional routes. Whiskerworks maintains no partnership with any FAA office, and vice versa.

Instruction is performed in our full-motion simulator, which is a director's chair on a spring. It is closer than you'd think.

What You'll Learn

  • Perform a full pre-flight checklist using only the manual, which is also in the pilot's paws
  • Taxi, take off, cruise, and land without alarming passengers more than is normal
  • Communicate with ATC using a microphone proportioned for humans
  • Respond to in-flight emergencies with the calm of a creature that has never once considered its own mortality
  • Perform a missed approach and go-around (optional for this airline)
  • Operate the autopilot, which does most of it anyway

Program Syllabus

Week 1
Aircraft Systems

Turbofans, flight controls, and the lever you are not supposed to touch.

Week 2
Navigation

VOR, RNAV, GPS, and 'follow the interstate until it ends.'

Week 3
Weather

Turbulence, icing, and the cloud that looks like a fish.

Week 4
ATC Communications

'Whiskerworks 402, cleared for takeoff' — practice saying this 100 times.

Week 5
Emergency Procedures

Engine failure, decompression, and the unruly passenger in 14C.

Week 6
Landing Patterns

Flaps, gear, glide slope, and the look you give the copilot.

Week 7
Simulator Hours

In the chair. On the spring. You will not fall.

Week 8
Check Ride

One takeoff. One landing. One minimum-standard passenger experience.

Your Instructor

Captain Milo
Captain Milo
Lead Flight Instructor

Captain Milo has logged over 4,000 hours in the director's chair. He has never flown an actual commercial aircraft. He maintains that neither have most pilots, really, if you think about it.

Research Interests: Cumulus, ATC, the seatbelt sign.

Tuition: $8,400 or 24 easy payments of $389.

Financing through Regional Guaranteed Capital Solutions LLC. APR 9.99%-39.99%. Terms apply.