Transcend Your Rank
Flight Deck Leadership
We provide the tools, training, and community for every pilot to gain the skills needed to inspire their crews, cultivate positive team dynamics, and confidently tackle leadership challenges with confidence and accuracy.
Wear Your Wings With Pride
We understand that flying is about more than just navigating the skies. It's about navigating oneself, understanding strengths and weaknesses, and fostering a culture of trust and confidence – both in the flight deck and in everyday life. Join us today and take flight with confidence.
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Your Path to Leadership in Aviation
With our network and tools for growth, pilots delve into learning about their authority, adaptability, and responsibility. With increased emotional intelligence and confidence, they can forge stronger connections with themselves and their crew.
Community
True leadership transcends rank. It is about inspiring others, fostering collaboration and growth, and guiding crews toward shared goals with vision and integrity.
Fullfilment
Every pilot and aviation professional who joins us gets an experience that is not only transformative but also fulfilling. Embark on a journey toward professional development and leadership excellence.
Transformation
A personalized approach to leadership training helps pilots transform. Our resources are tailored to meet the unique needs and goals of each pilot based on their behavioural tendencies.
Take Flight With Confidence
We are in the self-development game, helping humans be better humans. We are here to empower pilots to be more confident with inspiring, guiding and motivating their crews. Explore what we’re all about below.
Pilot Leadership Network
Join us each month for networking events, guest speakers, and informative online sessions. Help build your leadership, people skills, and confidence on the flight deck.
Try it out for free. We promise you'll enjoy being First Class.
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Workshops
Whether you are a rookie pilot with 50 flight hours or an ace with 50,000, our workshops are a game-changer for your people skills. They offer a wealth of knowledge, with DiSC® Catalyst guiding pilots on a journey of self-discovery and emphasizing personalities and behaviours.
Explore how to transform into a leader, better adapting to your crew and influencing those around you.
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Our Members-Only Platform
Explore the Pilot Leadership Network, for free, before committing. We promise you’ll take flight with confidence.
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Going Above & Beyond
Micheal Sferrazza
Captain G150 | 2500Hrs.
This course is invaluable and every pilot should take part in it.
The DiSC assessment is such a valuable tool that helps you to understand how you and your colleagues show up in varying circumstances and why situations are dealt with the way they are. Having this knowledge allows you to be a more effective leader, communicate more effectively and be more vulnerable with your colleagues. As a captain myself, it is essential to facilitate an environment of open learning and open communication and this course gives you the tools to do just that. Kyle is also a fantastic facilitator- he creates a safe room to open up and really allows the conversation amongst participants to flow. Highly recommend for all pilots and leaders!
Matt Hogan
Captain B767 | 12,000Hrs.
Everyone was amazed at the accuracy and effectiveness of DiSC.
Great leadership course on how to know yourself and how to deal with others in a productive, professional manner. Lots of active listening and respectful questions lead to better leaders, improved performance and beneficial outcomes. The DiSC program is an amazing tool to understand personalities and how the different personality types work together; everyone was amazed at the accuracy and effectiveness of DiSC.
Aiden Parkins
Student Pilot | 300Hrs.
Would highly recommend the investment, it provides value to your character.
Entering the aviation industry I was looking for another opportunity to grow my knowledge and experience in taking steps to improve myself. I went into the course expecting to learn more about perception vs perspective as well as what makes a great first officer and a better captain. I can confidently say that I returned with so much more having a well rounded approach to leadership within and beyond the cockpit. Learning from individuals with decades of experience in aviation as well as giving a perspective of the newer generation, I believe that these kind of courses give a whole new defense to human factors in improving aviation safety.
Paul Debrone
Retired Captain B777 | +30,000Hrs.
This course helps any new or veteran pilot in developing a safe flight deck environment.
This course does an excellent job of explaining the root of leadership in a clear and precise method and tools.. This course helps any new or veteran pilot in developing a safe flight deck environment. In aviation, it is SAFETY FIRST.
In The Flight Deck
Your Mentor In Aviation Leadership
Meet our founder and main facilitator, an experienced pilot who is passionate about learning and self-development.
Kyle Freiburger
Founder and CEO
Among travelling, skiing, golfing, and woodworking, Kyle has been in the captain's chair of an Airbus 321, a role where he had the responsibility and privilege of safely flying over 200 passengers. This chapter of his career gained him over 10,000 hours. Though it was fulfilling, he eventually made the decision to step down and pursue new horizons in corporate aviation.
Now, he navigates the skies in a Gulfstream 450, embracing the unique challenges and opportunities this change has brought to his aviation journey. He founded First Class Leaders in 2023, with the aim to help other pilots wear their wings with pride.