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how to become a pilot and what are the qualifications required and what is the age to enroll

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how to become a pilot and what are the qualifications required and what is the age to enroll

THere are three license

Student Pilot license (SPL)
Private Pilot License (PPL)
Commercial Pilot License (CPL)

Educational Qualification

the Student Pilot license (SPL) can be obtained even by a person who has 10th certificate.
But for Commercial Pilot License (CPL) only those candidates are eligible who have passed 10+2 with a minimum of 50% marks. THe candidate must have Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics subjects at the 10+2 level

Age limit
The minimum age limit for Student Pilot license (SPL) is 16 years, for Private Pilot License (PPL) is 17 years and for Commercial Pilot License (CPL) is 18 years.

SPL

No practical exam is conducted for SPL. You will have to give theoretical exam which includes the following subjects- Air Regulations, Aviation Meteorology, Air Navigation and Air Technical.

For SPL you need to pass an oral examination, a physical fitness test and Pilot Aptitude Test. It is issued by 23 flying clubs.

PPL

After SPL you will be given training by a flying instructor. You will have to give a theoretical exam and practical exam also for getting PPL. After 12th one can immediately give an exam conducted by Directorate General of Civil Aviation to enroll for PPL directly

You will have to give theoretical exam which includes the following subjects- Air Regulations, Aviation Meteorology, Air Navigation Aircraft Engines, Seamanship. You will also have to give a practical exam which includes 60 hours of flying. You will also need to pass medical fitness test by AFCME or IAM.

CPL
After a PPL license with 3 years of flying experience you can enroll for CPL. Again will need to pass medical fitness test by AFCME or IAM. It will also include both written and practical exam.
These exams are conducted six times in one year. It will also need 250 hours of flying.
The 250 hours will be divided as -
150 hours - solo
25 hours - cross country
10 hours - instrument flying
5 - hours of night flying
The upper age limit for CPL is 30 years.

You can also apply for Commercial Helicopter Pilots License and All Transports Pilot's License. All Transports Pilot's License is really hard to get. You will need 1500 hours of flying for this. This can be obtained after SCPL only.

The following are some flying clubs in India -

Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi
Government Flying Club, Aerodrome, Lucknow
School of Aviation Science and Technology, New Delhi
Government Aviation Training Institute, Civil aerodrome, Bhubaneswar
Govt Flying Training School Jakkur Aerodrome, Bangalore
Government Flying Club, Amausi Aerodrome, Lucknow

>To become a pilot firstly you have to get the students pilot license. For this you have to give an exam, You should pass class 10 to give this exam and your minimum age should be 16 yrs of old.
The exam is an objective written type exam which will test your mathematical knowledge about aircraft, engines and aerodynamics.

>The next stage is the private pilot license(PPL). This includes 60 hours of flying( 40 hours with instructors and 20 hours solo) along with which a written exam needs to be given. The exam will be conducted by the DGCA.
To give this exam you have to minimum pass 10+2 exam with maths, physics and chemistry. Age should be between 18-30 years.

>The last stage is the commercial pilot license for which you need to know minimum 200 hours of flying.