How to became a commercial pilot and how to prepare for it?? Help. Me!!

Hey.

If you aspire to become a commercial pilot, you will be required to complete flying training from any flying school which is recognized by the DGCA. DGCA is the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. So make sure to select a flying school recognised by DGCA before enrolling. Also ensure that the institute has sufficient facilities, lab, instructors and more.

There are various type of training programmes offered by Flying schools like

SPL ie. Student Pilot License

PPL ie. Private Pilot License

CPL ie. Commercial Pilot License

So in order to become a commercial pilot, select a school which offers CPL training programme.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA -

The eligibility criteria in most of the flying schools is that to become a commercial pilot you must pass your 12th board exams with subjects- Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Different schools might prescribe a minimum aggregate as per their own requirements. Other than this, they also lay down specific physical as well as medical eligibility criteria related to height, eyesight etc.

COST INVOLVED -

The cost involved in order to complete commercial pilot training will differ from institute to institute. You can keep an estimate around 25 Lakhs to 35 Lakhs Rupees for the entire course.

Additional Course details-

For completion of this course as prescribed by DGCA you need to complete a minimum of 200 hours of training to complete the course. After completion too it is very essential to get Type Rating which is an additional certificate which includes additional training too. The cost of this will also be additional.

Career opportunities - The course would take around 8-10 months ideally and such courses offer dual/ solo, general flying, circuit & landing sorties. Instruments and cross country flights, skill tests, route checks and night flying rating as per DGCA requirement and as per offered by each individual institute. This license after completion of the course would be normally valid internationally. You can seek employment as pilot in Government and civil airlines or even in private companies , corporate companies, flying clubs which inclides a vast variety of career opportunities

FLYING SCHOOLS -

Delhi Flying Club

Madras Flying Club

Bombay Flying Club

Gujarat Flying Club

Andhra Pradesh Flying Club

Madhya Pradesh Flying Club

Rajasthan State Flying School

Government Aviation Training Institute, Bhubaneshwar

IGRUA (Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy

Ajanta Flying Club

Bihar Flying Training Institute

Ludhiana Aviation Club

Orient Flight School

Ahmedabad Aviation Academy

Tetra Aviation Academy

Kerala Aviation Training Institute

Tata Nagar Aviation, Jamshedpur

You can also complete flying course by joining the IAF (Indian Air Force). Here you can take admission directly after Class 12th through NDA. For this mode of admission Physics as a subject in 12th in mandatory. You can get into IAF after graduation too through AFCAT.

Best of luck!