SkyWarrior and Southwest recognize the value in military officers who served as flight officers.  While not designated as pilots, most NFO's and CSO's have  significant flight experience and are proficient in flight planning, weather, aviation charts and the flight environment in general.  

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Because of this prior experience the NFO/CSO program is slightly more accelerated than that of a typical cadet student.  If able, we highly encourage officers to enter this program as part of SKILLBRIDGE, so they may immediately work as an instructor post separation.

Course Outline

SkyWarrior Flight Training (Pensacola, FL)

Course Outline Overview:

• Logbook check of prior flight time (IFT/IFS) 

• Private Pilot - CFI (CFII & MEI optional)

• Flight Instructor with SkyWarrior​​

**This course may change if pilots added any additional ratings or flight time outside of their military service.**

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A full course curriculum will be given to pilots once they have successfully completed the Destination 225   interview and have a class start date with SkyWarrior.

Who is eligible?

Pilot's entering this course must meet the following criteria:

• Served as a NFO/CSO in the United States Military

Are financing options available for this program?

Pathway participants who would like to offset the out of pocket cost of this program have multiple options available they may apply for including:

• Southwest Airlines Federal Credit Union

• Climb Credit

• Meritize 

• Veterans Benefits