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Open admissions. We mean the word "open".

Sixteen and up. Diploma preferred but not required. No experience needed, no minimum grades, no essay about your leadership journey. If you are willing to learn with your hands, there is a place on this campus for you.

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The four steps

Rolling admissions — there is no single deadline to miss.

Step 01

Say you're interested

The form below, a phone call, a walk-in at the admissions office, or a referral from a veterans or community organisation. All four are equal.

Step 02

Have a conversation

Thirty minutes with an admissions counsellor, by phone or in person. Goals, background, physical capabilities, interests. No pressure, no commitment.

Step 03

Apply formally

Application form on paper or online, basic personal information, consent for background check and drug screening, and your preferred start date.

Step 04

Orientation day

One mandatory day on campus with baseline assessments — literacy, numeracy and physical baseline. Accommodations available and used.

The application process

Eligibility, stated plainly

Requirements and what they actually mean
Requirement	Standard	What it means for you
Age	16+	Under 18 requires parental consent. There is no upper limit.
Education	GED or diploma preferred	Not required — the Alternative Pathway covers you at no extra cost.
Right to work	United States	You must be legally eligible for employment, because you become an employee-owner.
Physical fitness	Baseline standards	Assessed at orientation, not before. Accommodations are available.
Drug screening	Pass	Required before training-site and flight placements, not at application.
Background	No disqualifying offences	Reviewed case by case. Violent and sexual offences are disqualifying; much else is not.
FAA medical	3rd-class, aviation track	Obtained during Year 1. Not a barrier to enrolment.

Questions people actually ask

I dropped out of high school. Am I out?

No. Enrol through the Alternative Pathway: you sit a baseline literacy and numeracy assessment, then take integrated basic-skills courses during Year 1 alongside everything else. You need to reach GED-equivalent competency by the end of Year 1 to progress to Year 2.

A mentor is assigned for academic support, and there is no additional cost — it is part of the program.

What does it cost?

No tuition. No loan, no income-share agreement. The company carries roughly $285,000 of training cost per student across five years as an investment in its own future workforce, offset in part by government education and veteran benefits.

What you pay is five years of your time. See Ownership for how the money actually works.

Do I have to pick aviation or trades?

Not at the start, and possibly not ever. Years 1 and 2 are a shared core — everybody rotates through all eight trades and the full aviation ground sequence. You choose depth in Year 3, once you have actually touched both.

Most students take certifications from both sides. The timetable is built to allow it.

Five years is a long time. Why not two?

Because of what is on the other end. A two-year program gets you one or two credentials. Five years gets you up to twenty-five across two industries, plus ESOP participation, plus an annuity that has been compounding since week one, plus the option of funded business ownership.

The instructor ratios are also the reason — a welding lab at 8:1 and dual flight instruction at 2:1 cannot be compressed without becoming a different, worse thing.

I'm 45 and changing careers. Is this for me?

Yes. There is no upper age limit, and the admissions framework has explicit on-ramps for people at different life stages — career changers, veterans, and people coming out of other industries.

Bring it up in the step-two conversation. Prior trade or military experience often maps onto parts of the core.

I'm a veteran. Does anything transfer?

Often, yes — military technical training, aviation maintenance experience and equipment qualifications frequently map onto core competencies. Veteran education benefits are also part of how the program funds itself, so using them helps both sides.

Referrals from veterans organisations are a first-class route into step one.

What happens if I fall behind?

Progression is gated by pass/fail milestones with a published remediation policy. Falling behind triggers academic support and a mentor — not removal.

Certifications have real external standards behind them, so nobody is passed through on goodwill. But the institute's incentive is for you to finish: it has already invested in you.

Is the school accredited yet?

Honestly: not yet, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. FAA Part 141 (pilot school) and Part 147 (maintenance technician school) certifications are in application. NCCER, AWS and ASE Education Foundation accreditations are in progress, as are state apprenticeship registrations.

The compliance timeline runs across the first twelve months of launch. Ask the admissions counsellor for the current status of any specific credential you care about — you will get a straight answer with a date on it.

Can I start my own business afterwards?

That is Track B of Year 5. Pass the knowledge certification, submit a business plan, defend it before a review panel, and on approval you launch an Oasis division with $25,000–$500,000 of seed capital, brand licensing, insurance, supply chain access and a twelve-month mentorship.

Full terms are on the Divisions page, including the revenue-share numbers and what happens if the panel says no.

Frequently asked, honestly answered