Future Students Mission Aviation Programs

AAMA - Associate of Arts in Mission Aviation

A Two Year Program (61 credits)

Program Coordinator: Michael Fox

Combine your passion for adventure and flying with your heart for the lost, sick and hurting. Through this program you will learn to use one of the most effective missionary tools of the last century, enabling God’s message of hope to travel into the remote corners of the earth. While airplanes are readily available, capable and willing personnel are becoming increasingly scarce. Prairie’s AAMA program directly addresses this need and offers cross-cultural and ministry training not emphasized in most other flight programs. Upon completion of your degree you will have received a Private Pilot License with a night rating, a Commercial Pilot License and single-engine instrument rating, a Remote Responder First Aid Certificate and wilderness survival training.

Program Objectives

Prairie's AAMA program will equip you to:

• Achieve a Commercial Pilots License and single engine instrument rating. (Option of multi engine, multi instrument, float endorsement, or instructor's rating, US licensing).
• Complete 225 hours of professional flight training in tail wheel, tricycle and/or complex aircraft.
• Articulate an understanding of God's Word, clearly share the Gospel with others, and serve others within a cross-cultural environment.
• Exhibit competence and sound judgment required for safe aircraft operation in challenging situations.
• Recognize and pursue opportunities for service in cross-cultural missions.
• Value the need for godly patience in a work environment of ever-changing weather, schedules, equipment, and personnel.
• Appreciate that walking with God comes first and that people are more important than equipment.

Expanded Opportunities

It takes years of ongoing training and experience to become a missionary or industry pilot. As part of the program, our aviation staff encourage you to begin communication with mission organizations early in your training so that you can work toward their specific qualifications. As an AAMA graduate with 225 hours of flight training you will have taken your first steps toward the mission field and the world of a professional pilot. Further flight experience will be required before being accepted by a mission agencies. Please consult our aviation staff for further information.

Entrance Requirements

To be admitted to this program you must:

• Complete the PBC application process
• Submit a one-page essay explaining why you want to obtain an AAMA at Prairie Bible College.
• Show financial ability to complete the first year (separate financial worksheet).

It is recommended that you get a Transport Canada medical certificate (Category I) before enrolling in this program. A list of Transport Canada medical examiners is available here.

Prior to beginning flight training students will undergo further aptitude testing at PSMA to ensure that realistic goals and outcomes can be set. Students with previous flying experience will be evaluated on an individual basis for exemptions or credits.

Program Schedule

We accept up to 25 new students each year with the aviation program operating year round. Normal entry dates coincide with the College schedule for the Fall and Winter Semesters. The summer entry date is negotiable-anytime within two or three weeks after the end of the Winter Semester. Consideration will be given to requests to enter the program outside the above times on an individual basis. Students will spend the first year in completing the Bible portion of the AAMA program and the second year in full time flight training. During the year of flight training students are expected to be at the hangar Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm.

AAMA Program Cost

Estimated cost for the 2-year program is $58,000 Canadian. A complete financial sheet is available on request.

Once you have been accepted for the aviation program, a deposit of $2,000 will be required 90 days prior to your start in the program to secure a position. Students are expected to maintain a positive balance in their student accounts throughout their training.

AAMA Course Requirements

61 credits total
All courses are three credits unless shown otherwise.

• Aviation (28 credits)
• AV 100 Private Pilot Ground School
• AV 120 Flight Practicum I (4 credits)
• AV 121 Flight Practicum II (4 credits)
• AV 200 Commercial Pilot Ground School (6 credits)
• AV 201 IFR Ground School
• AV 220 Flight Practicum III (4 credits)
• AV 222 Flight Practicum IV (4 credits)

• General Studies Core (18 credits)
• HF 110 Written Composition
• SC 142 Widerness Survival
  SC 260 Meteorology
  SS 120 Intro to Sociology
  SS 150 Interpersonal Communication
• HF/SC/SS __ One General Studies elective

• Bible & Theology Core (12 Credits)
• BT 100 The Way: Biblical Foundations
• NT 110 Jesus & the Gospels
• OT 110 Pentateuch
• TH 100 Introduction to Christian Theology

• Spiritual Formation Core
• SF 100 The Christian Life: Pursuing God Faithfully

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