Welcome to the Adopt-A-Pilot web site
What is Adopt-A-Pilot?
Education takes flight with Adopt-A-Pilot, an aviation-related educational program that teaches math, science, geography, language arts, career-planning, and presentation skills with the help of Pilot mentors.
How does it work?
- Each spring, fifth-grade classes nationwide “adopt” a Southwest Airlines Pilot for four weeks.
- Pilots volunteer their time visiting classes and corresponding with students while flying their weekly trip schedule.
- Classes track their Pilot’s weekly flight schedule while learning about U.S. cities.
- Southwest Airlines provides the program curriculum (called the Flight Plan) that has been developed in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institute and other education specialists.
- Students learn core school subjects in a fun way and see how important education is in reaching personal goals.
How to learn more?
- Click Info & Registration for program facts and online registration.
- Go to Curriculum to download “Flight Plan” lessons.
- Visit Continue to Learn for fun learning activities, science experiments, program helpful hints, and more. Also, take a virtual tour of a Boeing 737 cockpit.
- Click Photo Gallery to see photos of Adopt-A-Pilot “in action” in the classroom.
- Check out Video Library to view exciting videos about the program.
- Be sure to logon to the AAP Blog to read stories from participating Southwest Pilots, school teachers, and students.
- Learn about AAP Online, the exciting Internet-based version of the program that extends the fun and learning of Adopt-A-Pilot to classes nationwide.
