You finished private. Now what? The whole value of accelerated training is time and repetition — day after day, in the airplane and the sim, until it’s muscle memory. Working a full-time job? Even better. Disappear for a week, come back a rated pilot. Your instructor is yours, the airplane is reserved, the sim time is built in, and the checkride is booked for the final day.
Punch through the clouds. Sim mornings, airplane afternoons — up to 50% of required instrument time logged in the Redbird AATD. Modern G1000 panel, dedicated CFII, checkride on day seven.
You have the hours, you need the certificate. Five days of polish on all the commercial maneuvers in the DA40NG. Built for pilots already at or near 250 hours. Train five days, checkride on day six.
Take it to the next level in our Diamond DA42-VI NG. Jet-A twin, FADEC, G1000 NXi glass cockpit. Pick up the multi add-on you need, or finish off your ATP with a checkride in our DA42-VI NG. Train three days, checkride on day four.
Stop paying to fly. Start getting paid to fly. The CFI is the rating that flips the time-build math. 50+ hours of FOI/FIA classroom plus right-seat work in the DA40NG. Bundle with CFI-I and add ~4 days to walk out with both.
The rating that lets you train Instrument Rating candidates, endorse them for the practical, and conduct IPCs. Three focused days in the FADEC DA40 NG with G1000 glass cockpit and GFC700 autopilot. Checkride on day four.
The Multi-Engine Instructor add-on for pilots who already hold a CFI and want to teach in the twin. Three days training in the DA42-VI NG with checkride on day four. Hold a CFII? Multi-instrument instructor privileges come with it automatically.
Why CRAFT students transition faster, log fewer relearning hours, and walk into airline cockpits feeling at home. Every course below runs on the same modern equipment.
Six analog dials and a vacuum-driven attitude indicator. The cockpit you'd train in at most accelerated schools is older than most students. None of it transfers to a regional jet or major airline cockpit.
Two big PFD/MFD displays, synthetic vision, integrated GPS, traffic, weather, and a GFC700 digital autopilot. Massive situational awareness in any phase of flight. Bluetooth connectivity streams flight data straight to your tablet EFB (ForeFlight or Garmin Pilot). Same family of avionics you'll see in regional jets and corporate aircraft.
Every hour you log on a G1000 platform is an hour you don't have to relearn when you upgrade to IFR, Commercial, or your first type rating. Glass cockpit skills compound. Steam gauge skills don't.
Throttle, propeller pitch, mixture. Three controls to juggle on every power change, climb, and descent. Mismanage any of them and you're cooking cylinders or detonating fuel. Cognitive load that has nothing to do with actually flying.
One lever. Push for more power, pull for less. Full Authority Digital Engine Control manages prop pitch, fuel flow, and mixture in real time. Massively reduces pilot workload so you can focus on flying, not engine management. Diamond DA40 NG and DA42-VI NG were among the first FAA-certified piston aircraft with single-lever FADEC.
Every modern jet, every turboprop, every regional and major airline cockpit you'll ever sit in uses single-lever digital engine control. Train on FADEC in your accelerated IFR, Commercial, or Multi here, and the muscle memory carries straight into the right seat of an E175, CRJ, or 737.
The biggest reason "accelerated" stops being accelerated isn't instruction, it's checkrides. At CRAFT, we book the DPE before we book your course. Your checkride is locked on the final day from the moment your dates are set. No waiting weeks for an examiner. No drift. No bottleneck.
PPL holder coming in from out of town for IFR? Pilot stacking the multi add-on? Tell us the rating you need and the dates that actually work around your job.
● Step One · QuoteBefore we put a single block on the schedule, we coordinate with our DPE network and reserve the checkride date. Your final day is locked the moment you commit.
● Step Two · ReserveDedicated CFI, dedicated airplane, sim built in. Train Monday, test Friday (or whatever your course length is). Disappear for a week — come back a rated pilot.
● Step Three · FinishQuick form. A CFI follows up within an hour during business days.