Terms Of Service
These Terms govern your use of flightschool.la and your purchase of any service from Airline Pilot Flight School at Van Nuys Airport. They are written to be read before you pay rather than after, and they say plainly which document controls if two of them ever disagree.
Who You Are Contracting With
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your use of flightschool.la (the “Site”) and your purchase of any service from Airline Pilot Flight School (“Airline Pilot Flight School,” “we,” “us,” “our”), located at 7900 Balboa Blvd, Suite 108, Van Nuys, CA 91406.
By using the Site, booking a flight, or purchasing any service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Site or book with us.
Last updated: 4 September 2026.
What These Terms Do, And What They Do Not Do
These Terms are the frame. Three shorter documents sit inside that frame and carry the detail: the Return and Refund Policy, the Discovery Flight Terms and Conditions, and the Privacy Policy. Each forms part of these Terms.
The single term most people want first is this one: all sales are final, and instead of a refund your purchase is transferable to another person, free of charge, with at least 48 hours written notice. Nothing you buy from us expires. If we cancel for weather or maintenance, you reschedule at no cost. The full working of that is set out in the Return and Refund Policy.
These Terms do not replace anything you sign. A training agreement, a release of liability or any other document you put your name to before flying is the governing document for the thing it covers, and where a signed document conflicts with this page, the signed document controls.
Nothing here asks you to give up a right the law gives you, and where California law says a term cannot be enforced, it is not enforced. Section 10 says so explicitly rather than leaving it to be inferred.
What We Do, Who Can Fly, And How You Pay
1. What We Do
Airline Pilot Flight School is a flight training school. We provide flight instruction, ground instruction, training in a Redbird MCX advanced aviation training device, and additional flight time for enrolled students. Our flights — including Discovery Flights and introductory flight lessons — are instructional flights conducted by FAA-certificated flight instructors.
We are not an air carrier, charter operator or sightseeing tour operator, and we do not carry persons or property for hire. Anyone who flies with us does so as a student receiving flight instruction, or as an observer accompanying a student.
2. Eligibility
Certain training is subject to TSA and FAA eligibility requirements, which are set by federal law and are outside our control. We cannot waive them and neither can you.
- You must be at least 18 years old to book, purchase or enter into an agreement with us.
- Participants under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, who must sign all releases on their behalf.
- Children under 5 cannot be carried on our aircraft.
- Valid government-issued photo identification is required. Non-U.S. participants must present a valid passport.
3. Booking, Pricing And Payment
Every course price on this site is published as a single figure. No figure is a range, no figure is withheld pending an enquiry, and there is no separate quote available to somebody who asks for one.
- Prices, schedules and aircraft availability are subject to change without notice. The price shown when you book is the price you pay.
- Payment is generally collected at the time of booking. Payments are processed by third-party payment processors; we never store your full card number.
- You represent that you are authorized to use the payment method you provide.
- Aircraft assignments may change for maintenance, weather or scheduling reasons.
Refunds, Safety And The Risk You Accept
4. All Sales Are Final
All payments made to Airline Pilot Flight School are non-refundable. Purchases may instead be transferred to another person, free of charge, with at least 48 hours written notice. Gift certificates and unused prepaid credit do not expire.
The full terms — including cancellations, no-shows, weight requirements, transfers and chargebacks — are set out in our Return and Refund Policy, which forms part of these Terms. Discovery Flights are additionally governed by our Discovery Flight Terms and Conditions.
5. Safety, Weight Limits And The Right To Refuse Service
Aviation safety is not negotiable.
Where a flight cannot proceed for any of these reasons, the booking is charged and forfeited as described in the Return and Refund Policy.
- The pilot in command has final authority over every flight, including whether it is safe to fly, the route flown, and whether any person may board.
- Every aircraft has FAA-certificated weight-and-balance limits which we cannot exceed. Published limits appear on the relevant booking page and in our Discovery Flight Terms and Conditions. Weight may be verified on arrival, and a person who exceeds the published limit cannot be flown.
- We may refuse service to any person for any lawful reason, including intoxication, impairment, unsafe or abusive conduct, or a determination that the person is unfit to fly.
- Every participant must sign our Release of Liability before flying.
6. Assumption Of Risk
Flight training involves inherent and significant risks, including risks of serious injury and death, which cannot be eliminated regardless of the care taken. By booking and participating, you acknowledge those risks. The full scope of the risks, and the releases you give, are set out in the Release of Liability you sign before flying. Those documents control in the event of any conflict with these Terms.
The Site, Acceptable Use And Disclaimers
7. Site Content And Use License
All content on the Site — text, images, video, logos, course materials and software — is owned by Airline Pilot Flight School or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws.
We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive licence to view and temporarily download one copy of Site materials for your own personal, non-commercial use. You may not: modify or copy the materials; use them commercially or for public display; reverse engineer any software; remove any proprietary notice; or mirror the materials on any other server. This licence terminates automatically if you breach it.
8. Acceptable Use
You agree not to use the Site to: break any law; interfere with or disrupt the Site or its security; attempt to gain unauthorized access to any system or account; scrape, harvest or collect data by automated means; upload malicious code; impersonate any person; or harass, abuse or threaten anyone.
9. Disclaimers
The Site and its content are provided “as is” and “as available.” To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
We do not warrant that Site content is accurate, complete or current. Course descriptions, pricing, timelines and availability may change. Nothing on the Site is a guarantee of training outcome, certification, checkride result, job placement, or FAA or TSA eligibility — those depend on federal authorities and on your own performance.
Limitation Of Liability And Indemnification
10. Limitation Of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by California law, and except as stated in the paragraph below:
- Airline Pilot Flight School and its owners, instructors, employees, contractors and suppliers will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, including loss of profit, revenue, data or business opportunity, arising from your use of the Site or our services.
- Our total aggregate liability for any claim arising out of or relating to the Site or a service you purchased is limited to the amount you actually paid us for that service.
Important — What We Do Not Limit
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for fraud, for willful injury to a person or property, for gross negligence, or for any violation of law — consistent with California Civil Code § 1668. Nothing in these Terms limits any right you have that cannot be limited by law. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, in which case those limitations do not apply to you.
11. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Airline Pilot Flight School and its owners, instructors, employees and contractors from any claim, loss, liability, damage, cost or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from your breach of these Terms, your misuse of the Site, your violation of any law or FAA or airport regulation, or your violation of the rights of any third party.
Text Message (SMS) And Email Communications
12. Text Message (SMS) Terms
By providing your mobile number and opting in, you consent to receive text messages from Airline Pilot Flight School, including appointment confirmations and reminders, training updates, account notifications, and promotional messages about flight training.
See our Privacy Policy for how we handle this information.
- Consent is not a condition of purchase.
- Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply.
- Reply STOP at any time to unsubscribe. Reply HELP for help, or call (747) 688-9988.
- Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
- Opting out may mean you miss appointment reminders and scheduling notifications.
- We do not share your SMS opt-in data or consent with any third party for their own marketing.
13. Email Communications
By giving us your email address you consent to receive service-related email from us. You may unsubscribe from marketing email at any time using the link in any message. We will still send you transactional messages about bookings you have made.
Third Parties, Privacy And Governing Law
14. Third-Party Services And Links
The Site links to and relies on third-party services, including payment processors, scheduling tools and analytics providers. We do not control those services and are not responsible for their content, policies or practices. Your use of a linked site is at your own risk.
15. Privacy
Our Privacy Policy explains what we collect, how we use it and what rights you have. It forms part of these Terms.
16. Governing Law And Venue
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. You agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms, the Site, or any service you purchase will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Los Angeles County, California, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.
Changes, Accessibility And General Provisions
17. Changes To These Terms
We may update these Terms at any time. The last updated date above will change when we do. Continued use of the Site or our services after an update means you accept the revised Terms. The version of the Terms in effect when you booked governs that booking.
18. Accessibility
We want this Site to be usable by everyone. If you have difficulty accessing any part of it, or need information in another format, please call or text us on (747) 688-9988, or write to us through the contact form, and we will work with you to provide what you need.
19. General
- Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the rest remain in full force.
- No waiver. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.
- Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent. We may assign them.
- Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Return and Refund Policy, the Discovery Flight Terms and Conditions, the Privacy Policy, and any training agreement or liability release you sign, form the entire agreement between us. Where a signed agreement or release conflicts with these Terms, the signed document controls.
20. Contact Us
Airline Pilot Flight School.
7900 Balboa Blvd, Suite 108, Van Nuys, CA 91406.
Telephone and text: (747) 688-9988. A real person answers, 9am to 9pm, seven days.
Written notice under any of these policies may be given by text message to (747) 688-9988 or through the form at flightschool.la/pages/contact. No support email address is published for this school; the two channels above are the written channels, and a message through either is a written notice.
The Status Of This Document
This document is published by Airline Pilot Flight School at Van Nuys Airport (KVNY), 7900 Balboa Blvd, Suite 108, Van Nuys, CA 91406. The registered legal entity that operates the school, and its state of formation, are still to be added to this document; until they are, the trading name above is the party these terms refer to. It was last updated on 4 September 2026.
Airline Pilot Flight School trains under part 61 of 14 CFR. It is not an airline, it is not owned by one, and no carrier holds a cadet program, pathway agreement or hiring arrangement with us. Nothing in these Terms is a guarantee of a training outcome, a certificate, a checkride result, a job or a salary.
No pass rate, no graduate count, no review and no rating of any kind is published anywhere on this site, and none is claimed in this document.
Common Questions About These Terms
No. All sales are final. Instead of a refund, your purchase is transferable to another person free of charge with at least 48 hours written notice, and nothing you buy from us expires. The full working of that is in the Return and Refund Policy, which forms part of these Terms.
Anything you signed. A training agreement or a release of liability you put your name to controls over this page for the thing it covers. Below that, the Return and Refund Policy and the Discovery Flight Terms and Conditions carry the detail these Terms summarise.
To book, purchase or enter into the agreement, yes. To fly, no. A participant under 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian who signs every release on their behalf. Children under 5 cannot be carried on our aircraft.
No, and we do not hold it out as one. It is an introductory flight lesson given by an FAA-certificated flight instructor. You fly the airplane under instruction, the time is loggable in your name, and we are not an air carrier or a charter operator.
We cannot fly you, because the limit is set by the aircraft's certification and not by us. Weight may be verified on arrival. Please check the published limit on the booking page before you pay, and call us on (747) 688-9988 first if you are close to one.
In the state or federal courts of Los Angeles County, California, under California law. These Terms contain no arbitration clause and no class-action waiver, so nothing here moves a dispute out of court.
Not the ones that cannot be limited. Section 10 excludes fraud, willful injury, gross negligence and any violation of law from every limitation in this document, consistent with California Civil Code section 1668, and says so in terms rather than leaving it to be inferred.
We can change them for the future, and the last updated date shows when we did. The version in effect on the day you booked governs that booking, so a later change does not reach backwards into something you have already paid for.
Read The Policy That Carries The Money Terms
These Terms are the frame; the Return and Refund Policy is where cancellations, no-shows, transfers and chargebacks are actually set out. Read that one before you pay. If you would rather settle a different question first, an hour in an airplane costs $229 and answers whether any of this is for you.
The Rest Of The Agreement
Fly The Aeroplane Once, Then Decide
The assessment flight is the first hour of the syllabus and a two-way evaluation. You fly it from the left seat with an instructor beside you, they write down what they saw, and you get an honest read on whether the plan is realistic. It is loggable, and it is credited in full against enrolment if you enroll within 24 hours.
What happens on an assessment flight →