Fill out the application form. Your application will be reviewed, and if successful, you will be invited for interview and assessment at your training location.

For our Diamond Cadet ATPL Course program, you will need secondary school level skills in mathematics and physics and a good handling of written and spoken English.

Upper intermediate or better English skills are required and all candidates are tested. You should be able to use English effectively, but need not be perfect. You are almost fluent and your English is very accurate. You can deal with everyday situations in English. You can have long conversations and discussions. You have an extensive vocabulary and if you do not know a word you can find a way of describing it. CEFR level B2; IELTS score 5.5; TOEFL iBT score 80; TOEIC score 650; Cambridge FCE or better is required for international students.

We will test all of the above for successful candidates who are invited to our assessment. To apply, fill out the application form.

We test all of our clients applying for professional training. Private pilots are exempt of testing. We test all of our cadet prospects before admission to the course and select only the best candidates. Our promise to the aviation industry is the same as our promise to you – we deliver only the highest quality. Testing is credited if you are admitted on the course, in all other cases the testing process costs 550 EUR (price in 2024, subject to change).

Aeropole does not provide financing. However, our courses are paid in installments on a monthly as-you-go basis, so you do not need to prepare the full course price upfront. Our clients typically arrange course financing through their own bank or via a sponsor. It is quite usual that parents act as guarantors for the bank loan of a young student.

Working while studying at Aeropole is possible thanks to our distance-learning theories and our tailored-to-fit training schedule. This is especially suitable for private pilot training and clients enrolling on one or two individual course modules. However, please note that we need you to be rested and available on your training days to effectively advance your learning. A heavy or mentally demanding work routine while studying may slow down your studies. In professional pilot training, such as our full Diamond Cadet programme, you need to be able to manage your own other workload so as to graduate within given time limits–even then we do not forbid working while studying, but we do not recommend taking on a full-time job in parallel.

Not really, even if there always is a limit somewhere, of course. Tall and short, you are welcome. A generally good fitness is recommended. Typically pilots up to 190 cm tall comfortably fit in our training aircraft, even if ultimately it’s a question of proportions (length of legs and/or back). We can arrange a test sitting if you like.

Many pilots wear glasses. Modern airline cockpits are air conditioned and vision corrected with lenses is totally acceptable. Even limited colour-blindness may not be limiting. For a conclusive answer, you will need to consult a licensed Aeromedical Examiner (AME, a doctor that is) or an Aeromedical Center (AMC). We are glad to provide you with contact details to AMC/AMEs, if you don’t find them on the CAA’s web site.

Absolutely. All our training is available in English. We have many international students and have experience in working with many licensing authorities. You will need to arrange accommodation, transport and Schengen visa yourself (for non-EU passport holders). You do not need to hold a Finnish or Danish passport to hold a European EASA pilot license granted by the Finnish or Danish Civil Aviation Authority.

All students who are not EU citizens (or comparable) will need to apply for a residence permit for the whole duration of their training. We can issue an acceptance-for-training letter for this purpose for our elected students. EU citizens and comparable do not usually need a permit, but must still usually register their right of residence, if staying for longer than three months. For more visa and immigration services, please consult the Finnish Immigration Service or the Danish Immigration Service and your own Embassy.

We will do our best to assist with housing arrangements, although ultimately they are the responsibility of the client. Housing costs at our training centres are in the range of 350–700 euros per month.

Absolutely. All of our learning material is in the English language. Flying instruction can be in English, and our instructors also speak Swedish, French and other languages. Please note that English language proficiency is a requirement for all courses.

Yes. Our Diamond Cadet professional pilot students in Finland are eligible for Kela study grants and meal discounts, even if you are not a Finnish citizen, with certain conditions. You may then also be eligible for student priced public transport in Finland. Those studying in Denmark may similarly get SU benefits, but they tend to remain small. All in all, you need to be able to finance your school fees and living costs through other means for the biggest part.

Typically you should be ready within 21-27 months from signing the training agreement. The duration of your training will depend on your own motivation and progress, and whether you are a full-time or part-time student. It’s all up to yourself in the end! It is possible to graduate even in 18 months if only you are up to it–most importantly if you can pass the theoretical ATPL studies in the optimum timeframe, which again is a question of your own learning abilities as well as desire and motivation to focus on your studies.

We do recognise that financing of the school fees is often an undertaking and many consider working alongside with studies just to finance them. However if you only can get a loan (or another means of financing) to fully focus on your pilot studies, you will be quicker out from the school and earning progressively higher salaries working as a pilot, so taking and paying back the loan in later years may well be the better option than dragging on with your studies.

No. In any case, why would you unnecessarily limit your employment options by having to pay, as part of your school fees, for a type rating to a specific airliner type, before you know which airline you’d be hired by? You will typically be provided type rating training by the airline employing you after your graduation. (Depending on your employer you may need to finance the type rating training either by yourself or by engaging to work a certain period for the airline (a “bond”). Type rating training costs roughly about 20-35.000 euros.) After graduating from our Diamond Cadet programme you will hold a CPL with multi-engine class rating for piston-engined aircraft and a multi-crew cockpit training certificate along with Advanced UPRT training certificate. These are prerequisites for a type rating course on a multi-crew jet or turbo-propeller aircraft, such as Airbus, Boeing, ATR, Bombardier etc.

Yes we can. We provide tailored license conversion training from all ICAO licenses to EASA and regularly do such “ICAO conversions”. Contact us to arrange a case-by-case personal paper evaluation and thus to get a detailed estimate of the costs. In general it could be said that what you’d first save by first training in the United States or elsewhere, where it’s cheaper than in EASA, just to get a licence, you will then need to pay for the conversion when back in Europe. European airlines will only hire pilots with an EASA licence. And once you have your EASA licence, it is hard currency also elsewhere in the world as it is probably the most potent of licences in the world: converting an EASA licence to that of any country in the world is usually very easy in comparison.

Conversion training from an ICAO license (PPL, CPL or ATPL) requires both theory and practical flight training. In addition to learning more about EASA regulations and operations, we will familiarise you with the aircraft type, local procedures and flying in EASA-regulated airspace. Depending on your license and experience, you may require bridge training for instrument, commercial and multi-engine flying. We prepare an individual syllabus for all license conversion clients, based on your documentation and, if needed, an evaluation session in our simulator.

We have ample experience in license conversions from USA (FAA), Canada, Australia, South Africa, Brazil, Iraq, Turkey, Iran, India, Pakistan, etc. etc. — so far not a single country of origin has proven out impossible, apart from Russia in the recent years.  Check out our conversion course page.for more details.

No, with the exception of certain kind of instruction, that would be illegal. To fly for work you will need to hold a professional pilot licence. You can enrol on our modular Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL) course if you already hold a private pilot licence (PPL) or start from the beginning on our all-inclusive Diamond Cadet professional pilot course.

Although the golden rule nowadays is not to let any rating or certificate expire, don’t panic! Renewal and revalidation of IR, MEP and various other ratings is our specialty. You will need some refresher training flights and simulator sessions followed by a Proficiency Check (PC) in flight. The amount of training depends on your experience, level and the length of time your ratings have been expired. We will prepare an individual training programme tailored for you and lead you back to the skies. We will provide you with an offer once we have received scanned copies of your  licence and last pages of your logbook.

When you first contact us, it helps if you can follow the standard terminology: if your rating has expired, you will need to renew it; if it is still valid (and will remain valid till the day of your PC) you’ll only need to revalidate it, which is less costly. Don’t forget to mention which ratings you’d like to renew and/or revalidate when contacting us!

We can take care of it. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) requirements are stringent but we will help you on your way to the coveted EASA pilot licence. Depending on your current licensing country and flying experience, you will need theoretical training, conversion flight training and a skill test in an aircraft or simulator. We can provide an offer for you once we receive scanned copies of your licence and last pages of your logbook. Typically you will need to undergo a full ATPL theory course. Our distance-learning ATPL is perfectly suited for that. We have experience in converting FAA/United States, Russian, Australian, South African and Brazilian licences.

The aviation sector took a slump with the Covid-19 pandemic and while this may look extraordinary to the young aspiring professional, aviation has also always been quick to react to general economic changes, in good and bad — but the growth in good times has overweighed the slumps in downturns.  According to Boeing’s Market Outlook made in 2020, passenger traffic growth is projected to increase by an average of 4% per year over the next 20 years (Flight Training News, Issue 379, Oct 2020). Our next big problem in the industry will probably be a huge lack of pilots, when travelling resumes again. Additionally there is also a tendency towards smaller planes meaning more pilots will be needed.

Starting professional pilot training now and graduating in 2 years is likely to place you very strong in the job market, as many senior pilots take early retirement now and never return to the industry when times get better. Also as a young graduate you will be more competitive, both in terms of salary requirements and recency (valid licence and ratings) compared to the more senior ones who have been stranded without flying for a couple of years.

That means that for motivated and determined pilots with good language and flying skills who are prepared to relocate globally there will always be a plane to fly somewhere. At Aeropole we train our pilots to the highest standards, and before the pandemic most of our graduates were employed by an airline or operator within 12 months of their graduation. As of June 2022, the industry is clearly picking up again. We are very proud of our cadets – many of our alumni who graduated during the pandemic have already found a job on the right-hand seat of an airliner.

Nordic aviation education is held to a high regard and European and Nordic pilots are highly valued in the aviation industry. Aeropole strives to be the best flight academy in the Nordic region, which has been duly noted by the airlines. Check out our alumni testimonials here.

Our alumni have been employed by various European airlines including Finnair, Ryanair, Norra, Norwegian, Scandinavian Airlines and CityJet. We also occasionally employ the very best of our own cadets as junior flight instructors in the company. As a pilot looking for a job, the world is your oyster. Check out our alumni testimonials here.

Generally speaking there is a principle that IR and CPL theories are valid for 3 years after passing Traficom’s exams. The whole IR or CPL training including skill tests and the sending of applications must be concluded in 3 years. On the other hand, the starting date of the theory course doesn’t matter here.

After finishing the training the ATPL theories for ATPL license never expire if you maintain your CPL/IR valid, and after CPL/IR expiration you still have 7 more years to renew IR.

In 2021 Traficom’s ATPL/IR/CPL exams cost 59 eur per subject. The fees in Denmark for Trafikstyrelsen’s exams were a little higher but in the same order of magnitude. There are 14 subjects at the ATPL level, 13 at CPL level and 7 at IR level.  These fees you will need to pay directly to the CAA; they are not included in the course/programme prices you pay to Aeropole.

We go by the EASA Part-FCL division. The syllabi for all three theory courses (ATPL, CPL and IR) have a similar structure. (See the table below.) There are some differences inside the subjects between the courses  – for example VFR Communications is the same on both ATPL and CPL courses but on the other hand a CPL pilot doesn’t have to be familiar with the theory of supersonic flights or procedures related to transatlantic flights. X’s in the table below doesn’t necessarily mean the same content between ATPL/IR/CPL courses. These differences will become more clear during the training.

Generally speaking we like to recommend the whole ATPL theory package for those who want to become professional pilots and for those who are fast learners and interested in aviation. It takes a lot of time and effort, though. If you’re sure you don’t need ATPL license for anything or you don’t want to go through all that effort, pick CPL and/or IR. If your goal is to get the IR rating on your PPL licence while working/studying at the same time, and no interest in becoming professional pilot, it’s recommended to choose only IR.

The subjects are grouped into three so-called Ground School (GS) sessions lasting up to a week each. It doesn’t matter in which order you attend the GS sessions – you can choose the dates that fit you the best. Just make sure that you are well prepared for each GS by studying the correct subjects and that at the end of the theory training you have attended each required subject once.

You can do the CAA exams on different subjects as soon as you have attended the corresponding GS and passed Aeropole’s final exams on the subject. We recommend to do the CAA exams when the subjects are still fresh in your memory.

NB: minor regrouping of e.g. communications subjects has taken place since the table below was first drawn up. It is provided without warranty here.

Yes. If you hold an ICAO ATPL or FAA ATP for fixed-wing aircraft, you will need to pass all 14 ATPL theory examinations for EASA. We highly recommend purchasing our learning material for the ATPL theory course to prepare for the ATPL examinations. You may also elect to attend our classroom instruction sessions (groundschool) if you wish to have additional prep training for the exams. All of our theory courses are distance learning and do not require physical presence at our premises with the exception of the final exams.

If you hold a “frozen” ATPL (ie. CPL) issued by an ICAO member state, you will need to undergo the full approved ATPL theory course including self-study, groundschool and examinations. No theory credit is available unless you hold an actual, full (“non-frozen”) ICAO ATPL license and other prerequisites.