HOW TO BECOME A COMMERCIAL PILOT
- Kay Aviation
- May 4, 2022
- 2 min read
Can’t wait to slip on the three golden bars on your shoulders and have the world at your feet? Read on to find out how one can become a Commercial Pilot!
Note: The following is an overview of the process to become a Commercial Pilot. For more detailed information on specific aspects of the process, kindly contact us.
Step 01: Ensure your educational requirements are in place before registering for the course (12th grade or its equivalent with Physics, Math & English as core subjects, aged 18 years and above) In case applicant has completed 12th grade from another stream(arts/commerce) they can appear for Physics & Math paper from any open schooling portal.
Step 02: Clear your Class II or preferably Class I medical examination. (Class II medical examiners list : https://www.dgca.gov.in/digigov-portal/?page=jsp/dgca/InventoryList/personal/medical/class2/class2.pdf Class I medical examiners list : https://www.dgca.gov.in/digigov-portal/?page=jsp/dgca/InventoryList/personal/medical/class1/c1exam.pdf ) Medical Tests include urine and blood routines,ECG,ENT etc.
Step 03: Apply for a Computer number.Follow this user manual for the application process: https://pariksha.dgca.gov.in/PDFViewer.jsp?pdf=470067
Step 04: Clear your DGCA papers.Directorate General of Civil Aviation is the aviation regulatory body which conducts Flight Crew Examinations that one must clear in due course of time to obtain a Commercial Pilot’s License. The applicant must show proficiency in the following subjects:
1.Air Navigation
2.Air Regulations
3.Aviation Meteorology
4.Technical General
5.Technical Specific.These exams are conducted online at specific centres across India four times a year (with an additional provision of On Demand Examinations (ODE). )The pattern of these exams are MCQs and are 100 marked while the passing mark stands at 70. The schedule is updated here: https://pariksha.dgca.gov.in/Form/Notice_Board_General_PLT
One must also clear an oral+written examination for Radio Telephony Restricted (RTR) License conducted by Wireless Planning Commission (WPC).The schedule for the same is uploaded here: https://dot.gov.in/spectrum-management/2457
Contact us on 9920209474 to enrol for the ground classes!
Step 05: Selection of Flying school-Post completion of your papers, one needs to apply to a flying school to begin flying training.
Step 06: Flying Training.Upon enrolling with a flying school, you will be made to undergo a viva on the basics of the aviation subjects which were mentioned above.On clearing this viva, one gets awarded by a Student Pilot’s License (SPL) so as to start flying training.
The following are DGCA requirements one has to fulfil via flying training\(200 hours of flying training of which 185 hours is on a Single Engine aircraft and 15 hours is on a Multi Engine aircraft:
– 100 hours Pilot In Command (PIC)
-250 Nautical Miles Cross Country Check
-40 hours instrument flight time out of which 20 hours may be on a simulator
-50 hours solo cross country
-120 Nautical Miles Cross Country Check
-300 NM solo Cross Country Step 07:Submission of documents to DGCA-Once the trainee has completed all the flying requirements,physical copies of all necessary documents along with their logbook needs to be submitted to DGCA along with which softcopies of the same are to be uploaded on Egca website.If the documents are found to be correct,the license is dispatched to the applicant within 14 working days.
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