The unfavorable investment climate then prevailing at that time constrained the founders to drop the first objective and proceed to the second which is to organize and operate an aeronautical school intended to provide the best professional and technical training to its clients. Thus the PATTS School of Aeronautics was conformably born. The school started with the One –Year Airframe Mechanic, Two-Year Airframe Mechanic, One year Power Plant Mechanic and the Two-Year Power Plant Mechanic Courses. In its second year of operation the Communication Technician Course (Avionics) and the fouryear Aeronautical Engineering Course were added.
Under the excellent stewardship of the Board of Directors, the school rose to higher levels of credit and standard when its BS Aeronautical Engineering graduates continuously topped the PRC’s Licensure Board Examination for Aeronautical Engineers since its inception in 1983 . Thus the tradition of excellence continued. Indeed, successful school operation had its fruits. In 1989, the school attained college status. PATTS School metamorphosed into a bigger educational institution known as PATTS College of Aeronautics, adapting as its slogan “ Fly high, your future is in the