Averett University will start an aviation program partnership with Piedmont Airlines beginning in the fall semester, the school announced Thursday.
“This is such an exciting opportunity for our aviation students,” Travis Williams, chief flight instructor, said in a news release. “To start at Averett as freshmen, and flow all the way through to eventually becoming American Airlines pilots, is a unique opportunity for our qualifying students, and one that provides stability and job security.”
The cadet program partnership will allow future pilots a guaranteed career pathway to Piedmont and its owner American Airlines. The program will allow cadets to become a cadet instructor, then eventually a Piedmont pilot, and finally a pilot with American Airlines.
