like redding, around the bay area, bakersfield and phoenix. all of the schools are either run by foreign airlines. a retired marine is the head instructor here in redding. >> i'm telling the students you are going to carry thousands of people in your career and they are going to trust you to get them to their destination safely. >> reporter: he says all 147 students are from china hired by a chinese airline and paid in full. each get their pilots license in about a year. teaching foreign students has its unique challenges. >> someone might know how to teach, but how to teach someone who english is not their native language is something else. >> reporter: it's why they take english classes at the flight school. and a lack of access to small