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I am pursuing b.tech 3rd year in mechanical branch. How can i become a commercial pilot after completing my engineering course?

Originally Posted by bcr14695

I am pursuing b.tech 3rd year in mechanical branch. How can i become a commercial pilot after completing my engineering course?

You could become Commercial Pilot even after passing 10+2 standard from a recognized Board.

For becoming Commercial Pilot,

• You must have passed 10+2 from PCM stream with at least 50% percentage.
• You must have at least 18 years of age.

Apart from these eligibility criteria, you must have:

• A perfect eyesight
• A good familiarity with aeronautical machines
• Fluency in English

For getting admission in Commercial Pilot Training institute, you will have to qualify entrance exam that contains:

• Written Exam (contains General Knowledge, Maths, English)
• Interview
• Mental Balance, Situation Handling, Medical Test

Merit List will be generated and on its basis, you will be selected for training.

There are following top Commercial Pilot training institutes in India:

• Government Aviation Training Institute, Bhubaneswar
• Coimbatore Flying Club, Coimbatore
• Indian Aviation Academy, Mumbai
• Co-operative Flying Club Ltd, Jamshedpur
• All India Institute of Aeronautics, (AIIA), Dehradun
• Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Academy, Secunderabad
• Ahmedabad Aviation and Aeronautics, Ahmedabad
• Government Flying Training School, Bangalore
• Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi, Bareilly
• West Bengal Flying Training Institute, Kolkata

There are different pilot license like SPL, PPL, CPL. For that you will have to join the flying institute. It's cost around 20 lakhs. You can also prefer AFCAT instead of joining the flying school.

SPL: Student pilot license is the basic step to start a career.

PPL: Private Pilot License can be obtained by 60 hours of flying (with trainer and individual flying)

CPL: commercial pilot license can be obtained by 190 hours of flying.

Best Flying Schools In India
- Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Academy , Hyderabad
- A.J.Aviation Academy , Bangalore
- Indian Aviation Academy , Mumbai
- Hindustan Aviation Academy , Bangalore
- National College of Aviation , Patna
- Kompass Aviation , Delhi
- Winglsss College of Aviation Technology , Pune

AFCAT Eligibility
- You must have passed graduation from a recognized university.
- Your age must be between 19 to 23 years on 1st january of the examination year.
- You must be physically fit & have satisfied physical standards.

As you are a graduate you can apply for the Pilot in the flying branch through the AFCAT examination and this is the Air force examination and in order to become a pilot through this examination there are some basic eligibility to be satisfied that is.

Required Eligibility:

1. Should have attained 19 years and not exceed 23 years of age limit
2. Upper age limits are relaxable up to 25 years in other categories of candidates
3. Should be a graduate in any discipline in order to get in to the AFCAT examination
4. Should have minimum of 162 cms height in order to appear for AFCAT flying branch

These are the preferred eligibility for AFCAT examination for flying branch and if you satisfy these eligibility you can appear for the Pilot vacancy.

As you are of mechanical engineering graduate you can apply for the AFCAT and apply for the Pilot vacancies