Find the right Safety Pilot, Hour Building Buddy, or Instructor
Find experienced pilots for safety support, hour building, cost-sharing trips, major airports, short runways, multi-engine confidence flights, regular flying partnerships, or theory instruction at ATPL and PPL level.
CockpitMatch gives you a central place to discover safety pilots, hour building buddies, flying partners, practical instructors, and theoretical instructors, compare their background, and get in touch directly.
What you can search for
Search the right match
Use the finder page to combine filters like aircraft type, minimum SEP or MEP hours, countries flown, rate, cost-sharing, exact availability, and specific profile types such as practical or theoretical instruction.
Compare experience and fit
Quickly compare pilot backgrounds, ratings, aircraft flown, countries of experience, and whether someone is offering a paid safety role, a cost-sharing flying partnership, practical instruction, or theory support.
Connect directly
Once you find a good match, open the profile and get in touch directly through the platform to plan a safety flight, shared trip, hour-building flight, or theory session.
Browse featured pilot profiles
Browse a selection from the network below, or open the full finder page to search for pilots, buddies, instructors, theory instructors, and other flying matches.
Anna Keller
Experienced safety pilot available for IFR support and ferry flights.
Marc Dubois
Experienced safety pilot available for IFR support and ferry flights.
Sam Guichelaar
Flight Instructor & CRI for Multi Engine & Single Engine. Previously full time fight instructor for MEP & SEP. Open to all enquiries for safety pilot.
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