Built by Airline Hiring & Training Experts.

Our Team

Zack Weisenburger

A former airline pilot, recruiter, instructor, and flight school executive, Zack brings rare firsthand insight into how airlines select and train pilots. He flew and instructed in advanced jet environments, including the E170 and B777 training pipeline, and has evaluated pilot candidates, conducted interviews, and trained new hires and captain upgrades. The academy’s airline-style curriculum and performance standards were developed by Zack over the course of his career.

Founder

Rick Parker

Rick is a senior captain for a major U.S. airline with extensive experience across airline pilot training programs. He has contributed to multiple levels of professional flight training and co-founded a company focused on developing advanced technology to improve airline pilot training outcomes. His operational leadership and training expertise help ensure academy standards align with real-world airline expectations.

Director, Standards and Training

Robyn Weisenburger

Robyn is a business development professional with experience at a leading fixed base operator, where she supported aviation clients and operational growth initiatives. She specializes in strategic partnerships, relationship management, and long-term business development strategy. Her ability to build strong industry relationships supports the academy’s growth, student opportunities, and professional network.

VP, Strategic Partnerships

Michael Fogleman

Michael is a commercially rated pilot with several years of experience in flight operations management. He oversees daily training logistics, scheduling, and operational coordination to keep the academy running efficiently. His operational leadership ensures students, instructors, aircraft, and resources remain aligned with training timelines and performance goals.

Operations Manager

Meagan Morris

Meagan supports academy operations and serves as a key point of contact for students throughout their training journey. She assists with scheduling, administrative coordination, and student readiness while helping ensure a smooth experience from enrollment through program completion. Her role bridges student support with daily operational needs.

Operations Coordinator, Student Success

Professional pilot training designed around how airlines hire, train, and evaluate crews

Texas Flight Airline Academy is a professional airline-preparation school located just north of Houston. The academy was created to solve a major problem in pilot training: most large career programs charge well over $100,000 while only training to minimum FAA standards.

We built something fundamentally different.

From the first day of training, students are immersed in an airline-style training system, not just learning how to pass checkrides, but how to think, operate, and perform the way professional airline pilots are expected to.

Our curriculum is designed around:

  • Airline training methodology

  • Scenario-based learning

  • Crew Resource Management (CRM)

  • Threat & Error Management (TEM)

  • Aeronautical Decision Making (ADM)

  • Competency-Based Training & Assessment (CBTA) principles

This approach develops the technical skill, judgment, discipline, and cockpit professionalism airlines look for when hiring.

Our program was developed by aviation professionals with firsthand experience in airline pilot recruiting, interview evaluation, and airline training departments. That insider perspective shapes everything from how procedures are taught to how students are evaluated, ensuring graduates arrive at their interview and airline training prepared, confident, and ahead of the curve.

Students graduate with:

  • Higher total flight time

  • More multi-engine experience

  • Significant crew cross-country operations

  • Advanced decision-making and airline-style scenario training

In short, our graduates are not simply licensed, they are professionally prepared for airline hiring and training success.

And we deliver this at a cost below other major professional pilot academies, without cutting corners.

This is airline preparation, not minimums-based flight training.