The pilot program

Headmistress Boudicca Philtrum tells the four Americans, the first foreign exchange students the school has ever had, that they are part of a pilot project MAM E1·00:59:11, MAM E1·01:10:59. She adds that there are a lot of people out there counting on them to show up and do what is in their nature MAM E1·01:10:59. Later Whitney Jammer introduces the four to other students as "the foreign exchange students from the pilot program" MAM E1·01:30:18.

The pilot program is the four Americans' exchange at Gowpenny. Whitney Jammer calls them "the pilot program kids" MAM E2·00:08:05. He later says "We're the pilot program, we should be getting all the parts" MAM E2·00:25:26. Viniscus says "Pilot program, I like that" MAM E2·01:25:43. Nurse David Stitchnit says that he and Dr. Norman Boodle are two of the people who advocated the most for it, and that Philtrum picked the four MAM E3·00:50:01, MAM E3·00:51:22. Jammer tells Axelby Killoran "we're the pilot program" MAM E3·00:23:31.

In the finale Nurse David Stitchnit tells Evan Kelmp that if any of them leave, fail out, or behave badly, "the entire process would be kind of a wash" MAM E4·00:50:58. Fergus Ponst tells Sam Black that at the start of the year he heard that the exchange students were coming in, and adds "If we get you to leave then it's W column" MAM E4·01:10:48, MAM E4·01:10:26. Khanh Nguyen tells the four they are "the other team from Gowpenny" in the tournament MAM E4·01:12:57. She also tells them they should have known "all term long that you were selected" and that "Everyone here is trying to fuck you" MAM E4·01:19:37. She says it was a whole thing in the papers, with marches about bringing magic to more people, and Philtrum was the one who said "We'll do a pilot program and prove if this works" MAM E4·01:21:08. Aabria closes the season by saying "the pilot program was a success" MAM E4·02:54:09.