How Pilot Flight Academy Tripled Enrollment Without Tripling Headcount

Scaling Flight Training, Without the Growing Pains

Pilot Flight Academy (PFA) is one of Scandinavia’s largest and most advanced aviation training institutions. With a rapidly growing student base and new training locations emerging across Norway and beyond, the academy needed more than just spreadsheets and fragmented software to keep pace. 

The Challenge of Growing Across Campuses

As PFA expanded, its leadership ran into familiar scaling issues: 

• Scheduling tools couldn’t coordinate across campuses 

• Reporting for multiple aviation authorities was time-consuming 

• Student and instructor experiences felt inconsistent 

• High-growth expectations clashed with legacy systems 

Beyond operational headaches, there was also a strategic priority: to deliver a high-tech, modern training experience that today’s cadets expect – and deserve. 

One Platform to Power It All

PFA chose FlightLogger to become the digital backbone of its training operations. From day one, the platform supported: 

• Unified flight scheduling and student records across campuses 

• End-to-end oversight from enrollment to performance tracking 

• Cloud-based access, enabling consistency whether at Sandefjord or a satellite base 

• Custom reports aligned with aviation authority requirements 

As Karl Morten Rosenlund, Director of Training & Safety at PFA, put it:

What Changed After FlightLogger?

The impact was immediate – and measurable: 

• Student body grew from ~100 to 300+ active cadets 

• Admin workload stayed lean, thanks to automation and self-service tools 

• Aircraft utilization improved with smarter scheduling and dynamic rescheduling 

• Training quality rose, with standardized grading and fewer lost records 

• Dropout rates fell, driven by better communication and transparency 

Even more powerful? PFA’s leadership team now uses real-time data dashboards to inform everything from hiring to fleet planning. 

Operational Excellence at Scale

Since adopting FlightLogger, PFA has transformed into one of Europe’s leading flight academies – not just in size, but in structure and efficiency. They didn’t just keep up with growth. They harnessed it. 

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If you’re expanding your training footprint or managing multiple sites, FlightLogger can help unify your operations without adding complexity.
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