Christmas Eve: 7:00am to 1:00pm
Christmas Day: Closed
New Year's Eve: 7:00am to 4:00pm
New Year's Day: Closed
Happy Holiday & New Year from all of us at CIA!
Monday, December 23, 2013
Holiday Hours
Our hours of operation for the rest of 2013 will be from 7:00am to 6:00pm and we have special hours for upcoming holidays:
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Help re-open Santa Cruz Island
The Channel Islands National Park has just released their General
Management Plan (GMP) outlining the park use over the next twenty-five to forty
years. Park officials had indicated they would include an option of reopening
the airstrip on the East end of Santa Cruz Island for public access as part of
this plan. Unfortunately this did not happen and as a result we need your help
lobbying park officials.
If the airstrip were to be reopened, CIA could again take the public to Santa Cruz Island. The East end strip is less than a fifteen minute flight from the Camarillo Airport which will make trips a fraction of the price of our current trips to Santa Rosa Island. The island offers water sports such as snorkeling, paddle boarding and kayaking as well as scenic hiking trails with views of Anacapa Island. Access to East Santa Cruz is currently available only by boat and we believe the public deserves an airplane transportation option.
To HELP:
Please click here to visit theNational Park's website that is set up for public comment regarding the GMP. Please mention that you would like to see public access to the East end of Santa Cruz Island by airplane included in the GMP. All comments must be received by January 9, 2014 so please make yourself heard right away.
We sincerely appreciate your efforts to help us in our campaign. Santa Cruz Island is a large part of our history as our first flight to the island was in 1975 which later lead to our founding and is the reason for our name.
If the airstrip were to be reopened, CIA could again take the public to Santa Cruz Island. The East end strip is less than a fifteen minute flight from the Camarillo Airport which will make trips a fraction of the price of our current trips to Santa Rosa Island. The island offers water sports such as snorkeling, paddle boarding and kayaking as well as scenic hiking trails with views of Anacapa Island. Access to East Santa Cruz is currently available only by boat and we believe the public deserves an airplane transportation option.
To HELP:
Please click here to visit theNational Park's website that is set up for public comment regarding the GMP. Please mention that you would like to see public access to the East end of Santa Cruz Island by airplane included in the GMP. All comments must be received by January 9, 2014 so please make yourself heard right away.
We sincerely appreciate your efforts to help us in our campaign. Santa Cruz Island is a large part of our history as our first flight to the island was in 1975 which later lead to our founding and is the reason for our name.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
SkyWest Q&A 11/23
Representatives from SkyWest Airlines will be here Saturday, November 23rd for a Career Fair and will be hosting a Q&A on their Pilot Bridge Program at 9:00am. If you'd like to learn more about the program please send your RSVP to sarah@flycia.com or sign up on Schedulepointe. Coffee & donuts will be provided.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
CIA in Ventura County Star
Channel Islands Aviation made the front page of the Ventura County Star on Wednesday, October 16th! Below is a link to the article:
VC Star Article with photos
VC Star Article with photos
Channel Islands Aviation forms partnership to feed the need for pilots
By Carol Lawrence
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Commercial pilots are anticipated to be in high demand over the next 20 years, and Channel Islands Aviation Inc. in Camarillo has just kicked off a new program to help fill that need.
Based out of the Camarillo Airport, the 37-year-old flight school and business has joined a growing trend of professional flight schools and regional airlines partnering to get new commercial pilots into jobs quicker.
The bridge program between Channel Islands Aviation and regional carrier SkyWest Airlines out of St. George, Utah, will mentor career-minded pilots in training and promises interviews to improve the chance at getting hired by SkyWest.
“This is a way for people here in the local area to flight train, and start a career locally, and know they are going to have a career with the one of the best regional airlines in the business,” said Sarah Oberman Bartush, manager of the flight school and a member of the family that owns the business.
Such programs have formed as regional airlines, which operate half of the nation’s commercial flights, and the major carriers see the widely predicted pilot shortage unfold due to upcoming retirements, orders for new planes and federal regulations that extend the time it takes to become a licensed pilot and lessen the amount of time pilots can fly.
REALIZING A DREAM
The SkyWest pilot cadet program is giving Thousand Oaks resident and certified flight instructor Ashley Tinkler a chance to realize the dream she’s had for most of her 24 years.
Tinkler got “the bug” to fly and become a commercial airline pilot from parents who were flight attendants and a grandfather who was a pilot.
“I love flying above the clouds,” Tinkler said. “I love the structured rules. The work is very challenging, but also very fun. I’m not stuck in an office, and not seeing the same thing every day.”
Under the program, Tinkler, already a private pilot, a single-engine commercial pilot and a flight instructor, must accumulate 1,500 hours of flying and earn a multi-engine certificate to meet Airline Transport Pilot requirements before she can work for SkyWest.
Her goal is to complete all the requirements in two to three years and then fly with SkyWest. It’s why she joined the cadet program, she said.
“SkyWest is at the top of its class in terms of how they treat employees,” Tinkler said.
Tinkler will be able to learn about SkyWest, what it looks for in a pilot and about the job through a mentorship with a SkyWest pilot, said Wes Horrocks, spokesman for SkyWest. Once all the qualifications are met, cadets like Tinkler are promised an interview for a co-pilot position.
SkyWest has similar programs with 12 other flight schools.
New co-pilots typically work three to four days a week, according to Horrocks. Salaries start at $22 per flight hour and they fly an allowed 60 hours a month, which increases to 75 over time. By the third year, the salary grows to between $28.24 and $35.97 per flight hour, depending on the plane type, according to the company website.
Horrocks said pilots typically build up flight hours with regional airlines and then go on to the major airlines.
Regional carriers, however, all will have to wait longer than before for new co-pilots. The Federal Aviation Administration just raised the required flight hours to 1,500 hours from the previous 250 hours under new Airline Transport Minimums. Other new rules include longer rest periods for pilots between flights.
WIN-WIN SITUATION
SkyWest needs new pilots because its parent company, which owns ExpressJet Airlines Inc. in Atlanta, the world’s largest regional airline, has ordered 100 new planes for the two regionals. It’s also reserved 400 more with manufacturers over the next five years.
The new planes, which will be delivered across several months, will fit more passengers to meet demands from SkyWest’s major-carrier partners and will provide greater fuel efficiency, Horrocks said.
“If we’re able to continue growing and taking on new aircraft, that would mean we would need more pilots,” Horrocks said. “The number will depend on the number of aircraft, but we are looking at hiring pilots on a regular basis and training on a regular basis.”
Bartush, with Channel Islands Aviation, said the business has rebounded from the Great Recession, and this will only help. The professional pilot program, which costs about $65,000, has about 25 students and 75 to 100 in the flight school. About half the graduates have worked for SkyWest, she said.
Bartush believes SkyWest chose to partner with Channel Islands because it offers a professional pilot program and trains it pilots with a flight simulator, a popular tool with carriers.
“It’s a big deal for us, and also an honor to be selected,” Bartush said. “We’re obviously doing something right if they want to work with us.”
Santa Barbara Business College, with a campus in Ventura, also has heard about the pending pilot shortage and is considering developing a two-year degree in aeronautics with commercial pilot flight instruction.
Chicago-based aerospace giant Boeing predicted in a recent industry forecast that 498,000 commercial airline pilots will be needed to fly new airplanes expected to be delivered over the next 20 years. North America will need about 17 percent of that, the study said.
That prediction and studies by the FAA, universities and other aerospace companies have prompted the partnerships between regional carriers and flight schools, said Regional Airlines Association President Roger Cohen.
“I would tell any young person that if you’re even thinking about becoming an airline pilot, don’t hesitate — do it,” Cohen said. “There will be a job, and a good job, for you as long as you follow the right path.”
Based out of the Camarillo Airport, the 37-year-old flight school and business has joined a growing trend of professional flight schools and regional airlines partnering to get new commercial pilots into jobs quicker.
The bridge program between Channel Islands Aviation and regional carrier SkyWest Airlines out of St. George, Utah, will mentor career-minded pilots in training and promises interviews to improve the chance at getting hired by SkyWest.
“This is a way for people here in the local area to flight train, and start a career locally, and know they are going to have a career with the one of the best regional airlines in the business,” said Sarah Oberman Bartush, manager of the flight school and a member of the family that owns the business.
Such programs have formed as regional airlines, which operate half of the nation’s commercial flights, and the major carriers see the widely predicted pilot shortage unfold due to upcoming retirements, orders for new planes and federal regulations that extend the time it takes to become a licensed pilot and lessen the amount of time pilots can fly.
REALIZING A DREAM
The SkyWest pilot cadet program is giving Thousand Oaks resident and certified flight instructor Ashley Tinkler a chance to realize the dream she’s had for most of her 24 years.
Tinkler got “the bug” to fly and become a commercial airline pilot from parents who were flight attendants and a grandfather who was a pilot.
“I love flying above the clouds,” Tinkler said. “I love the structured rules. The work is very challenging, but also very fun. I’m not stuck in an office, and not seeing the same thing every day.”
Under the program, Tinkler, already a private pilot, a single-engine commercial pilot and a flight instructor, must accumulate 1,500 hours of flying and earn a multi-engine certificate to meet Airline Transport Pilot requirements before she can work for SkyWest.
Her goal is to complete all the requirements in two to three years and then fly with SkyWest. It’s why she joined the cadet program, she said.
“SkyWest is at the top of its class in terms of how they treat employees,” Tinkler said.
Tinkler will be able to learn about SkyWest, what it looks for in a pilot and about the job through a mentorship with a SkyWest pilot, said Wes Horrocks, spokesman for SkyWest. Once all the qualifications are met, cadets like Tinkler are promised an interview for a co-pilot position.
SkyWest has similar programs with 12 other flight schools.
New co-pilots typically work three to four days a week, according to Horrocks. Salaries start at $22 per flight hour and they fly an allowed 60 hours a month, which increases to 75 over time. By the third year, the salary grows to between $28.24 and $35.97 per flight hour, depending on the plane type, according to the company website.
Horrocks said pilots typically build up flight hours with regional airlines and then go on to the major airlines.
Regional carriers, however, all will have to wait longer than before for new co-pilots. The Federal Aviation Administration just raised the required flight hours to 1,500 hours from the previous 250 hours under new Airline Transport Minimums. Other new rules include longer rest periods for pilots between flights.
WIN-WIN SITUATION
SkyWest needs new pilots because its parent company, which owns ExpressJet Airlines Inc. in Atlanta, the world’s largest regional airline, has ordered 100 new planes for the two regionals. It’s also reserved 400 more with manufacturers over the next five years.
The new planes, which will be delivered across several months, will fit more passengers to meet demands from SkyWest’s major-carrier partners and will provide greater fuel efficiency, Horrocks said.
“If we’re able to continue growing and taking on new aircraft, that would mean we would need more pilots,” Horrocks said. “The number will depend on the number of aircraft, but we are looking at hiring pilots on a regular basis and training on a regular basis.”
Bartush, with Channel Islands Aviation, said the business has rebounded from the Great Recession, and this will only help. The professional pilot program, which costs about $65,000, has about 25 students and 75 to 100 in the flight school. About half the graduates have worked for SkyWest, she said.
Bartush believes SkyWest chose to partner with Channel Islands because it offers a professional pilot program and trains it pilots with a flight simulator, a popular tool with carriers.
“It’s a big deal for us, and also an honor to be selected,” Bartush said. “We’re obviously doing something right if they want to work with us.”
Santa Barbara Business College, with a campus in Ventura, also has heard about the pending pilot shortage and is considering developing a two-year degree in aeronautics with commercial pilot flight instruction.
Chicago-based aerospace giant Boeing predicted in a recent industry forecast that 498,000 commercial airline pilots will be needed to fly new airplanes expected to be delivered over the next 20 years. North America will need about 17 percent of that, the study said.
That prediction and studies by the FAA, universities and other aerospace companies have prompted the partnerships between regional carriers and flight schools, said Regional Airlines Association President Roger Cohen.
“I would tell any young person that if you’re even thinking about becoming an airline pilot, don’t hesitate — do it,” Cohen said. “There will be a job, and a good job, for you as long as you follow the right path.”
Saturday, October 12, 2013
SkyWest Airlines Bridge Program
Channel Islands Aviation has partnered with SkyWest
Airlines for a Pilot Cadet Program. This program is designed to give those
enrolled in CIA’s Professional Pilot Program a path to employment with the
airline.
Program Prerequisites:
- Pilot must complete his or her Instrument, Commercial and Certified Flight Instructor with Channel Islands Aviation
- Pilot must hold a Certified Flight Instructor Certificate
- Pilot must receive a letter of recommendation from CIA’s Flight School Manager
- Pilot must maintain a minimum grade point average
Program
Details:
- Once a pilot meets the above prerequisites, he or she will be participate in a SkyWest orientation to become an official SkyWest Pilot Cadet.
- After becoming a Pilot Cadet, he or she will instruct at Channel Islands Aviation* or another school in the SkyWest Pilot Cadet Program.
- Once the Pilot Cadet maintains a minimum grade point average, completes advanced jet training courses and attains the FAA ratings of Commercial Pilot/Instrument and Multi-Engine, and Certified Flight Instructor, he or she will be invited back to SkyWest for a formal interview. Pending the results of the interview, he or she will be offered employment with the airline
*CIA
does not guarantee employment but tries to hire program graduates
For more information on this exciting new program,
please contact:
Sarah
Oberman Bartush
Flight
School Manager
(805)
987-1301 x 126
Monday, August 12, 2013
Wings Over Camarillo
The Wings Over Camarillo Air Show is scheduled for August 17th & 18th. Our offices will be CLOSED both days but we will have a booth on the lawn for the show. If you have a flight lesson please contact your instructor and if you'd like to rent an airplane please contact the Flight Desk by Friday, August 16th. We will run our Santa Rosa Island daytrips as scheduled - pilots will meet passengers at our office before walking out to the airplanes.
The airport & runway will be closed Saturday & Sunday from 12:00 to 4:30pm for the air show.
If you have any questions please visit www.wingsovercamarillo.com or call the Flight Desk at (805) 987-1301 x 0.
The airport & runway will be closed Saturday & Sunday from 12:00 to 4:30pm for the air show.
If you have any questions please visit www.wingsovercamarillo.com or call the Flight Desk at (805) 987-1301 x 0.
Friday, June 21, 2013
Academy in VC Star
Channel Islands Aviation's Youth Aviation Academy was featured in the Ventura County Star on Friday, June 21st 2013! To read the complete article please visit the link below:
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/jun/20/camarillo-youth-aviation-academy/
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/jun/20/camarillo-youth-aviation-academy/
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
AOPA's Flight Training Excellence Poll
Channel Islands Aviation was in the top 50 out of 2,400 flight schools nominated in last year's AOPA Flight Training Excellence Awards! We would love to be considered again this year and need your help with a nomination. If you don't mind taking the time please click on the link below to nominate CIA for this award:
http://flighttraining.aopa.org/poll/
http://flighttraining.aopa.org/poll/
June 22nd BBQ & Open House
Please join us from 11:30am to 1:30pm on Saturday, June 22nd for our Customer Appreciation BBQ & Open House! We will be grilling hot dogs and chicken sausages served with potato salad, fruit and chips. Please bring the family out to the airport to visit, enjoy a nice meal and see new Cessna airplanes! Pacific Air Center will be on hand with a new Cessna and Cessna's Discover Flying intern will be on hand with a new Cessna 172SP. For our grocery list, please RSVP to sarah@flycia.com. We're looking forward to it!
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
WINGS Seminar 5/28
Please join us for a special WINGS Seminar Tuesday, May 28th with Scott Gibb, CFII for Channel Islands Aviation! Scott will be presenting on "Collision Avoidance" from 7:00 to 9:00pm in our conference room. For detailed information or to RSVP please visit: http://www.faasafety.gov/SPANS/event_details.aspx?eid=50184&caller=/SPANS/events/EventList.aspx?zip=93010&rad=5. Walk-ins welcome.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
2013 Safety Stand Down
Come out to EAA Chapter 723's hangar this Saturday, May 11th for the 2013 Safety Stand Down! This educational event starts at 11:00am and will include a presentation by CIA's very own, David Koble. For more information and to RSVP please click the link below:
http://www.faasafety.gov/SPANS/event_details.aspx?eid=49788&caller=/SPANS/events/EventList.aspx?zip=93010&rad=5
http://www.faasafety.gov/SPANS/event_details.aspx?eid=49788&caller=/SPANS/events/EventList.aspx?zip=93010&rad=5
Monday, April 8, 2013
VC Star Article & Video
Channel Islands Aviation was featured in an article in the Ventura County Star on Sunday, April 7th! Along with great photos the Star also included a video. To read the article, see the photos and watch the video please visit http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/apr/06/family-business-takes-flight-with-new-jet-and/.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
WINGS Seminar 4/2
Please join us in welcoming David Voelker of the FAA to present on "Aeronautical Decision Making and Crew Resource Management" on Tuesday, April 2nd. This class will be held in our conference room from 7:00 to 9:00pm and is bound to fill up fast! Please RSVP on Schedulepointe or on www.faasafety.gov. If you have any questions please contact David Koble at david@flycia.com.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Private Pilot Written Test Prep
Please join us April 5th - 7th for a Private Pilot Written Test Prep! This class will run from 8:00am to 5:00pm daily with an hour lunch break for $299 per person. Light refreshments are provided and boxed lunches are available for an additional $30 for all three days. Please RSVP by sending your email to sarah@flycia.com.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Harris Ranch Fly-in 3/17/13
Join us for St. Patrick's Day breakfast at Harris Ranch on Sunday, March 17th! Please plan to be on the ground in time for a 9:30am restaurant reservation. Book your airplane as soon as possible as this is a popular fly-in destination! If you want to be festive, don't forget to wear your green that morning! For more information please contact Zabrina Janda, Fly-in Coordinator, at flightdesk@flycia.com or (805) 987-1301 x 0.
WINGS Seminar 3/5/13
Please join Flight Instructor and FAASTeam representative Ron Berinstein for a discussion on weather analysis and decision making for GA pilots. Reservations can be made at www.faasafety.gov. For more information, please contact David Koble, Assistant Chief Flight Instructor, at david@flycia.com.
Seminar will be held in CIA's conference room from 7:00 to 9:00pm on Tuesday, March 5th.
Seminar will be held in CIA's conference room from 7:00 to 9:00pm on Tuesday, March 5th.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
WINGS Seminar 2/5/13
Please join us Tuesday, February 5th for our first WINGS Seminar of 2013! DPE and FAASTeam representative, Dennis Magdaleno, will present in CIA's conference room for a review of airworthiness for airmen, aircraft, and more. Reservations can be made at FAASafety.gov. Walk-ins welcome! Questions? Contact David Koble, Assistant Chief Flight Instructor, at david@flycia.com.
2013 Fly-in Calendar
We're working on the 2013 Fly-in calendar! Please send your suggestions to Zabrina Janda at flightdesk@flycia.com!
Friday, January 11, 2013
Death Valley Fly-in
Our first fly-in of 2013 is scheduled for Sunday, February 10th to Death Valley! We'll be having brunch at the Inn at the Furnace Creek Resort at 11:30am that morning. Please plan to arrive between 10:30 and 11:15 to catch the shuttle up to the Inn or make the 30 minute walk up the road.
If you'd like to spend the night, plan your departure for sometime on Saturday!
For more information, please contact Zabrina Janda at the Flight Desk: (805) 987-1301 x 0 or flightdesk@flycia.com.
If you'd like to spend the night, plan your departure for sometime on Saturday!
For more information, please contact Zabrina Janda at the Flight Desk: (805) 987-1301 x 0 or flightdesk@flycia.com.
1/11/13 - Closing at 5:00pm
Our offices & line department will be closing at 5:00pm today (1/11/13) as Edison is shutting the power off to our facility.
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