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Start Your Pilot Career With a Clear Plan — and a Mentor in Your Corner.

Backed by 150 years of combined flying experience, 60,000 flight hours, and extensive backgrounds in both Airforce and major airlines (including the Airbus A380).

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Mentorship Available in 7 Languages

English • German • Swiss-German • French • Farsi • Turkish • Hindi

We Don't Sell Fantasies. We Prepare You for Reality.

Pilot: Still a dream job?

The simple answer is yes. Even though the industry has changed dramatically, you still feel the profound peace of this job as soon as you get airborne.

The Reality Today

The lifestyle is demanding. Expect working 5-6 days with up to 5 sectors a day, managing continuous time zone shifts, and understanding the physical toll of long-haul and polar flights.

How You Are Assessed

Airlines no longer just test your flying. You are heavily evaluated on 'Observable Behaviors' across 9 specific Pilot Assessment Markers (PAMs).

The 9 Pilot Assessment Markers We Prepare You For

Knowledge

Procedures

Communication

Automation

Handling

Leadership & Teamwork

Decision Making

Situation Awareness

Workload Management

Your Roadmap to the Flight Deck

Capability Assessment

We evaluate your observable behaviors and core skills to identify your strengths and areas for improvement before you invest in training.

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Finding Your Best Path

Based on your assessment, budget, and personal goals, we design a highly customized, realistic roadmap to the flight deck.

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Mentorship

We monitor your progress continuously. We will step in with crucial suggestions when required so you are never navigating this journey alone.

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Interview Prep

Targeted preparation for the rigorous airline assessment process, focusing directly on the 9 PAMs (Pilot Assessment Markers).

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Guided by Active Airline Captains with 60,000hrs Experience

Most of us are active Captains and Instructors in major airlines like Emirates and Qatar, alongside Airforce fighter-jet veterans.

Captain Marcel Suess, Emirates Airline Captain and founder of PilotLaunchpad aviation mentorship

Captain Marcel Suess

Founder and CEO

German, English

Captain Roger Suess

Captain Roger Suess

Senior Mentor

German, English, French

Captain Nico Perdreau

Captain Nico Perdreau

Senior Mentor

English, French

Captain Heinz Mirza

Captain Heinz Mirza

Senior Mentor

English, German, Hindi

Captain Ayberg Cavlak

Captain Ayberg Cavlak

Senior Mentor

English, Turkish, German

Faezeh Suess

Faezeh Suess

Co-Founder and Admin

Operations & Support

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