About RTC

Recurrent Training Center, located in the Tampa Bay Area, offers personalized and thorough Initial and Recurrent Training in Single Engine, Twin Engine, Turbo Prop, and Business Jet aircraft.

Our team at RTC is dedicated to making sure you receive the proper training to ensure you are comfortable with your aircraft and that you meet your needed requirements!

RTC wants to make your entire experience as enjoyable and comfortable as possible. Our customer service representatives will assist you with your travel accommodations including booking your rental car and hotel reservations with our negotiated RTC discounted rates, arrange to pick you up from the airport once you arrive, provide your lunch every day, and even locate deals for things to do in Tampa such as a theme park visit or a day of golf!

RTC provides simulator training in FAA qualified training devices specializing in insurance initial and recurrent training. Our experienced and qualified instructors are available at your convenience to provide industry leading training specialized to meet your needs. We have many training courses designed to exceed your expectations along with an experience you will look forward to every time you come back.

In addition to our insurance based training courses we offer an FAA approved 142 course of training that can help those pilots containing a VFR limitation on their pilot license. Our “Multi-Engine VFR Only limitation removal” training course, can get you in the clouds in no time and at a fraction of the cost. By using FAA qualified training devices, we get you the requirements you need in a safe and controlled environment that promotes retention and allows for scenarios that could never safely be introduced in an aircraft.

Just like you, RTC is always striving to grow in an industry that can be difficult to keep up with. We are constantly revamping our training center and training curriculum to provide the best training and experience possible

Training Solutions That SOAR

Flight simulation allows us to emulate scenarios and malfunctions more accurately than is possible in the aircraft. In the box, The pilot is unencumbered by the constraints of Air Traffic Control, and can react as he would during a real emergency. Emergencies that are practiced in the simulator are more accurate than those that can be safely presented in the aircraft.

Simulator training allows you to do things you wouldn’t dare try in the air. Simulator training is the only way to get the hands-on practice coping with emergencies in a safe and efficient environment.

RTC has centralized our training center locations to Tampa, FL to better serve your training needs. This update in our facilities and location boast exceptional, qualified instructors, and dedicated staff.

We expanded the Tampa location from several facilities across the United States. Notably, our Savoy, IL location, which served the Midwest for decades, has been integrated and transitioned to our Tampa facility offering an expansion of our training efforts to provide a better service and product to our valued customers.

Our Training Philosophy  |  Its not only important where you train but what you train on.

  1. Airplanes make for bad classrooms
  2. No ATC Delays, with the Hobbs Running
  3. Less time, less expense
  4. Save wear and tear on your aircraft
  5. Be prepared to handle all types of situations
  6. Your safety is never in question
  7. Practice until it’s second nature
  8. Training in simulators enhances flight safety