This major is designed to prepare professional pilots with solid background skills in flight theory, meteorology, and safety. The Program covers the requirements established by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the preparation of students to obtain certificates for Private Pilot, Single-Engine and Multi-Engine Commercial Pilot, the training for Instrument Flight, and the certifications for Flight Instructor, Flight Instructor by Instrument, and Multi-engine Flight Instructor.
Students are responsible for requesting the examinations necessary to obtain the aforementioned certificates from the FAA. Also, they are responsible for complying with the FAA regulations, the procedures stipulated by the Aircraft Operations Manual, and the Flight Operations Manual of the School of Aeronautics, at all times in which they are operating an aircraft of the Institution. Failure to comply with the regulations and procedures constitutes a violation of the stipulated safety norms and could result in the suspension of the student from the program.
Students of the Program may be tested for drug and alcohol use, in agreement with the aviation regulations.
Mission
To develop professional pilots with the necessary skills, knowledge, and attitudes to excel in the aviation industry.
Educational Objectives
- Professionalism: Exercise the highest standards of personal and professional integrity. Demonstrate an understanding of current ethical issues related to the analysis and execution aspects inherent to the Professional Pilots.
- Team Skills: Develop leadership skills, demonstrate proficiency in all forms of communication and perform well in a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team environment.
- Lifelong Learning: Commit to continuing education through graduate studies, continuous education opportunities, on the job training and/or self-education in the national and international aviation environment.
- Flight Skills: demonstrate the highest levels of piloting performance and airplane systems management skills in the flight instruction, air taxi, commuter, corporate, regional or air carrier domains of aviation.
Specific Admission Requirements:
Besides meeting the University’s general admission requirements set forth on the General Catalog, candidates to this concentration must:
- Be a high school graduate or equivalent, with a minimum grade point average of 2.5.
- Have obtained a minimum of a minimum result of 475 in Mathematics and 490 in English sections of the PAA Test (College Board) or equivalent test.
Note: All students must present a First Class Medical Certificate issued by a medical doctor recognized by the Federal Aviation Administration (14 CFR Part 67) to take classes with a flight laboratory.
Any student who does not fulfill these specific requirements will be admitted conditionally to the major for one academic year.
Academic requirements
| General Education Requirements | 42 credits |
| Core Course Requirements | 46 credits |
| Major Requirements | 37 credits |
| Total | 125 credits |
Click on the following link to download the suggested course sequence and cost for each semester:
Aircraft Systems Management (155) – Course Sequence & Costs
Total semesters based on the recommended course schedule. Semesters may be higher depending on the student’s course enrollment per semester.
Notes:
- Pilots certificates and ratings include the following:
- Private Pilot Airplane Single Engine Land
- Instrument Rating Airplane Single Engine Land
- Commercial Single Engine Airplane Land
- Commercial Multi-Engine Airplane Land
- Certified Flight Instructor
- Certified Flight Instructor Instrument
- Multi-Engine Instructor
- Flight hours are based on minimum requirements as per 14 CFR 141 PILOT SCHOOLS. Flight hours might be higher depending on student’s performance to attain Practical Test Standards tolerance.
- Knowledge Test and Practical Test for each pilot certificate are payable directly to the company administering the FAA knowledge & practical tests.
AABInternational (AABI) Program Accreditation
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INTER AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO Bayamon Campus |
| School Name | SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICS |
| Program |
B.S. in Airway Sciences – Aircraft Systems Management (Professional Pilot) Period of Accreditation: July 14, 2023, to July 31, 2028 |
| December 17, 2025 | Student Achievement Data |
The report of Student Achievement Data MUST include the revision date. To ensure accuracy and accessibility, each institution with AABI accredited programs must provide an Annual Report of Compliance with AABI Criterion 2.2.4 (2-year programs), Criterion 3.2.4 (4-year programs) or Criterion 4.2.4 (graduate programs) to AABI by December 1 each year (for the preceding academic year). The report MUST include:
a. The Program Educational Goals of each accredited program, as publicly published, and how these Program Educational Goals are assessed by the program.
The educational goals of the Aircraft Systems Management (Professional Pilot) Program represent and describe the expected accomplishments of the graduates within three to ten years after graduation. The Educational Goals are as follows:
- Professionalism: Exercise the highest standards of personal and professional integrity. Demonstrate an understanding of the current and ethical issues related to the analysis and execution aspects inherent to the Professional Pilot.
- Team Skills: Develop leadership skills, demonstrate proficiency in all forms of communication and perform well in a multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural team environment.
- Life-long Learning: Recognize the need for continuing their education through graduate studies, continuous education opportunities, on the job training and/or self-education in the National and International Aviation environment.
- Flight Skills: demonstrate the highest levels of piloting performance and airplane systems management skills in the flight instruction, air taxi, commuter, corporate, regional or air carrier domains of aviation.
The process used to evaluate the level of achievement of the Aircraft Systems Management (Professional Pilot) Educational Goals include the following techniques:
- Alumni resume: A list of alumni having graduated from three to ten years before the accreditation audit is compiled. A resume is requested from the alumni either by mail or online. The resume is checked with a carefully designed rubric to verify the student’s achievement of the EGs and how well their academic experience at the Inter American University of Puerto Rico, Bayamon campus prepared them to succeed in their chosen field of Aircraft Systems Management (Professional Pilot).
- Employer Survey: A survey is administered to the alumni employer. Employers are asked a series of questions addressing the preparation of our graduates to succeed in the field of Aircraft Systems Management (Professional Pilot)
- School of Aeronautics Advisory Board is asked to use their experience and that of others within their organization, to rate Aircraft Systems Management (Professional Pilot) graduates, co-ops, and interns against the Aircraft Systems Management (Professional Pilot) Program Objectives. The results are discussed at a meeting for understanding and to develop any required action by the Board and/or the faculty.
b. Student retention and graduation rates, including the number of degrees produced each year, the percentage of students enrolled one year after starting the program, and the percentage of bachelor’s students graduating within 6 years.
In the last six years, we have produced the following Aircraft Systems Management (Professional Pilot) graduates listed below:
| Year | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 |
| Graduates | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 |
In the last six years, we have achieved the following retention rates (percentage of students enrolled one year after starting the program in the last six years):
| Year | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 |
| Retention | 69% | 80% | 61% | 64% | 72% | 68% | 77% |
In the last six years, we have achieved the following graduation rates:
| Year(cohort) | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017 | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 |
| Graduation at 4 years | 5% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 0% | 8% |
| Graduation at 5 years | 12% | 11% | 17% | 17% | 16% | N/A |
| Graduation at 6 years | 22% | 17% | 31% | 30% | N/A | N/A |
c. The employment rate and types of employment (aviation, aviation-related or other positions) of fulltime graduates within 1 year of graduation.
| Aircraft Systems Management (Professional Pilot # 155) Graduate Information | ||
| Abbreviated Student Number | Graduation Year | Initial (i) or employment within 1 year of graduation versus Current employment (c) |
| 1. 2519 | 2016 | Captain Ameriflight LLC (i)First Officer UPS (c) |
| 2. 0951 | 2016 | Unknown (i)Pilot ExpressJet (c) |
| 3. 0291 | 2017 | Operations Coordinator at Jet Aviation (i)First Officer JetBlue (c) |
| 4. 3519 | 2017 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) Captain at Skywest Airlines (c) |
| 5. 8068 | 2017 | Unknown |
| 6. 5004 | 2017 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i)First Officer JetBlue (c) |
| 7. 2939 | 2017 | Counter/Ramp Agent at Vieques Air Link (i)First Officer at PSA Airlines (c) |
| 8. 9391 | 2017 | Unknown |
| 9. 4111 | 2017 | Unknown |
| 10. 1860 | 2017 | Unknown (i)Core Logistics Coordinator at NetJets (c) |
| 11. 1569 | 2017 | Flight Instructor (i)Flight Instructor at Skymates, Inc. (c) |
| 12. 9063 | 2018 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i)First Officer JetBlue (c) |
| 13. 4314 | 2018 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i)First Officer at American Airlines (c) |
| 14. 9609 | 2018 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i)First Officer at Frontier Airlines (c) |
| 15. 5238 | 2018 | Unknown |
| 16. 7274 | 2018 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i)First Officer JetBlue (c) |
| 17. 7400 | 2018 | Ops Manager Three Six Five Productions (i)Owner/Flight Instructor at Pilot Studio (c) |
| 18. 4865 | 2019 | Flight Instructor at Epic Flight Academy (i)First Officer at Endeavor Air (c) |
| 19. 0167 | 2019 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i)First Officer at PSA Airlines (c) |
| 20. 5913 | 2019 | Flight Instructor at Isla Grande Flying School (i)First Officer at Air Cargo Carriers |
| 21. 3707 | 2019 | Unknown |
| 22. 7016 | 2019 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i)First Officer at PSA Airlines |
| 23. 0486 | 2019 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i)First Officer at SkyWest Airlines (c) |
| 24. 6954 | 2020 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i)First Officer at Piedmont Airlines (c) |
| 25. 2395 | 2020 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i)First Officer at PSA Airlines |
| 26. 1904 | 2020 | Flight Instructor at SIG Flying School (i)First Officer at PSA Airlines (c)* |
| 27. 2663 | 2020 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i and c) |
| 28. 5165 | 2020 | Unknown |
| 29. 0627 | 2020 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i)Flight Instructor at FB Wings Aviation (c) |
| 30. 7696 | 2020 | Flight Instructor at The Pilot Studio (i)Flight Instructor at Buiqui Aerospace Corp. (c) |
| 31. 5242 | 2020 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i)First Officer at PSA Airline (c) |
| 32. 6459 | 2021 | Flight Instructor-Lufthansa Aviation Training (i)Flight Instructor-Lufthansa Aviation Training (c) |
| 33. 9750 | 2022 | Flight Instructor at L3 Harris (i)First Officer Air Cargo Carriers (c) |
| 34. 8553 | 2023 | First Officer Avelo Airlines (c) |
| 35. 3126 | 2023 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) |
| 36. 1645 | 2023 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) |
| 37. 1250 | 2024 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) |
| 38. 3976 | 2024 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) |
| 39. 0508 | 2024 | Flight Instructor at The Pilot Studio (i) |
| 40. 9151 | 2024 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) |
| 41. 0876 | 2024 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) |
| 42. 2223 | 2024 | Assistant Chief Instructor at University of North Dakota (i) |
| 43. 5773 | 2024 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) |
| 44. 0091 | 2024 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) |
| 45. 2133 | 2024 | Flight Instructor at Buiqui Aerospace (i) |
| 46. 4615 | 2024 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) |
| 47. 6126 | 2024 | Flight Instructor at Buiqui Aerospace (i) |
| 48. 7047 | 2025 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) |
| 49. 2532 | 2025 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) |
| 50. 7856 | 2025 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) |
| 51. 5152 | 2025 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) |
| 52. 7652 | 2025 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) |
| 53. 7652 | 2025 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) |
| 54. 9654 | 2025 | Lacoste Sales Supervisor |
| 55. 9504 | 2025 | Unknown |
| 56. 2785 | 2025 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) |
| 57. 7997 | 2025 | MN Aviation |
| 58. 9085 | 2025 | Flight Instructor at Buiqui Aerospace (i) |
| 59. 0635 | 2025 | Flight Instructor at Inter American University (i) |
| 60. 0692 | 2025 | Reva Inc. |
In the last six years, we have achieved the following employment rates (within 1 year of graduation):
| Year | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2024-2025 |
| Employment | 83% | 88% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 92% |
d. Other student achievement data, as determined by the program.
Non-applicable.
School of Aeronautics Assessment
The Assessment Plan used the following tools:
- Exams (standardized/locally developed)
- Written Reports/essays
- Oral Presentation
- Performance (Stage) Checks
- Teamwork evaluation
- External Examiner
Assessment Plan Data Collection Cycle
The assessment plan consists of the following steps for the Assessment Plan Data Collection Cycle:
- For each of the Student Learning Outcomes, specific Performance Criteria (PCs) are identified that our students should achieve before graduation. These are commonly also known as program outcomes.
- Using assessment tools to collect and evaluate data about our students it is determined whether they are achieving the PC, therefore, meeting the Student Learning Outcomes, and ultimately the EGs.
- If the outcomes are not being met, then corrective changes must be made and subjected to a new cycle in the assessment process.
Each of the Student Learning Outcomes is achieved by planning and monitoring the curricular content from certain key and contributing courses. Key courses are those courses chosen, by the faculty, to assess each Student Learning Outcomes based on the data collection cycle plan
A criterion for success has been set for each direct and indirect means tools of assessment as follows:
| Assessment Tools | Direct or Indirect Measure | Level of Achievement |
| Exams | Direct | 70% |
| Written Reports/essays | Direct | 70% |
| Oral Presentation | Direct | 70% |
| Performance Checks | Direct | 70% |
| Teamwork Evaluation | Direct | 70% |
| External Examiner | Indirect | 70% |
Information obtained through these assessment measures and report on actions taken as a result of this assessment:
Listed below is from our latest published Assessment Plans for the programs (right-click on the link to upload the document):
Listed below is from our latest published Outcomes Assessment that includes: Learning Outcome, Data Collection and Analysis, Results of Evaluation, and Use of Evaluation Results (right-click on the link to upload the document):
- 2013-2014 Assessment Plan Layout Table
- 2014-2015 Assessment Plan Layout Table
- 2015-2016 Assessment Plan Layout Table
- 2016-2017 Assessment Plan Layout Table
- 2017-2018 Assessment Plan Layout Table
- 2018-2019 Assessment Plan Layout Table
- 2019-2020 Assessment Plan Layout Table
- 2020-2021 Assessment Plan Layout Table
- 2021-2022 Assessment Plan Layout Table
- 2022-2023 Assessment Plan Layout Table
- 2023-2024 Assessment Plan Layout Table
Listed below is from our latest published Courses Assessment that summarizes the results of the various Pre/Post Assessments for the different aviation courses. Information excludes courses classified as practicums, flight laboratory or low student activity enrollment (contractual) course (right-click on the link to upload the document):