The newest and only helicopter flight school to start up within four decades in Newport Beach entered its fourth year on July 4.
Based at John Wayne Airport and offering helicopter and plane instruction, Revolution Aviation, better known as EatSleepFly, has been enrolling approximately one student pilot per week since 2013 with many students wanting to go on and pursue a career flying. “Just like the Disney movie Ratatouille, where everyone can cook — we believe everyone can really learn to fly,” said Mark Robinson, chief pilot.
To this day, all students who have been enrolled into the career pilot training program have been placed immediately into employment upon finishing their training. “We do not see this 100 percent statistic slowing since we’ve had to hire outside our school too,” said Robinson.
In fact, Revolution Aviation has implemented a graduate guarantee June through September of 2016, that any new career-orientated students will be mentored directly by the chief pilot and hired straight in to the program upon successful completion of the syllabus since the demand for getting a pilot’s license is so strong.
