Pilots fly helicopters and airplanes for doing many jobs and most pilots fly cargo and people from one place to another. Some pilots even rescue people, who are hurt or who are in danger, do police work, fight fires and test new planes. Normally, before beginning their journey, pilots plant their flight carefully and they check their plane for ensuring that it is working properly.

They also ensure that the cargo or baggage has been correctly loaded and they also check the forecast of weather to ensure that they will not run into any bad weather in their trip. Based on these, they decide the route to be taken by them and also their speed during flying. Landing and taking off are always challenging and needs a great deal of piloting skills. Pilot are classified into groups like commercial pilot, airline pilot, etc…

How to become an airline pilot and commercial pilot in India:

Many people are not certain about the procedure for become an airline pilot and here is the list of normal stages to be followed in the process of becoming an airline pilot:

• The basic requirement for becoming an airline pilot is good health condition and eyesight. However, eyesight is not an essential requirement when it comes to commercial pilot. Since corrected eye sight is accepted for getting a commercial pilot license

• To become a commercial pilot, a candidates will have to first possess a student pilot license shortly called as SPL. To obtain SPL, candidates with higher secondary in science stream and completed 16 years of age should register in a flying club that is recognized by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation of Government of India. For registering in one such club, bank guarantee, security clearance and medical certificates are required. The registration will follow an oral examination in subjects like air navigation, aviation meteorology and air regulations and on successful completion of this examination, candidates can get SPL Certificate

• Next comes Private Pilot License shortly called as PPL and this training includes sixty hours of flying out of which about 15 hours are dual flight training, where a flight instructor will accompany the trainee and at least 30 hours of solo flights should be completed in addition to five hours of cross county flying. Completion of this training enables a candidate to take PPL examination, which consists of seamanship, aircraft engines, air navigation, aviation meteorology and air regulation. The age requirement to apply for this examination is 17 years and candidates must have completed their 10+2 and they must produce medical fitness certificate from the Armed Forces Central Medical Establishment.

Government jobs in piloting in India:

Some of the government organizations in the nation recruited candidates for the position of pilots and the names of these organizations are as follows:

• Kolkata Port Trust

• Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Mumbai

• Karnataka State Minorities Commission

• Railway Recruitment Board

• Indian Navy

Personal attributes needed for shining in the field of piloting:

Piloting is a field of confidence, commitment, punctuality, responsibility, patience and discipline and it requires a lot of hard work, good team spirit, adaptability to follow difficult time schedules, alertness of mind and stamina. Candidates must be mentally alert and emotionally stable in crises situations and in addition to these qualities, willingness to take up piloting as a profession is also required. They should be technical sound, they should possess good understanding skills, they should be adventurous, compassionate, pleasant and calm.

Thus, piloting is not only a lucrative career option, but is also a prestigious career option and it can offer the opportunity to the professionals to explore the different part of the world.