I'm interested in commercial pilot but have no idea.can you tell me how to go about?

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I'm interested in commercial pilot but have no idea.can you tell me how to go about?

Answer 1

I have a buddy, who as a matter of fact, just got his flight instructors license.  And I asked him if he was interested in becoming a commercial airline pilot, and he told me, "No, all they are are bus drivers."  

But, anyway, if you email me I can give you his email address and you can email him and he will be able to point you in the right direction.

Answer 2

I agree with that the person said about go to a univeristy and the top choice would be UND.  I'm at UND for aviation and it is pretty much the best and quickest way to get your commercial.  But, it is not easy.

Answer 3

Get in touch with some filght schools they'll tell you how to go about it. The industry is in transition now. The guy that I worked for last year in Thailand was a former commerical jet pilot. It's not as glamorous as it sounds but if you really want to do it go for it.

Answer 4

these r the qualifications needed (in england)

GCSE Maths C or above

GCSE English C or above

GCSE Science C or above

minimum 6 gcse's  

2+ A-levels in maths and any preferable science subject (e.g. physics, chemistry, biology)

And a degree.

oh and a lot of money...........

Answer 5

Ok i assume you have no training at all.

Contact a Pilot Lic Training Center.

So enroll in a flight school and get your Single Engine Rating the go for Dual Engine rating these are prop plane ratings that you can get at local flight schools.  No also you will need

a Multi rating lic that is for two or more engines.

Answer 6

If you're still in high school, the most straightforward way to become a commercial pilot is to keep your grades up and plan to attend a 4-year university that offers a bachelor's degree in commercial aviation.  Here, you have two choices: a normal university that happens to have an aviation program, or an aviation-oriented university that offers only aviation courses.  

The most renowned flight school in the country is the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, but several other large state universities such as Ohio State and Purdue also have aviation programs.  You'll go to college--but while your friends do their labs in classrooms, the lab component of your flight courses will be flying planes!  (Of course, you'll have plenty of ground work and regulations studying, and some labs too: any aviation-related major will require physics and meteorology courses with lab components.)  Another nice thing about going to a liberal arts university is that if you don't feel challenged enough, you can always double major in a totally different field that interest you.  Aviation-oriented universities like Embry-Riddle and Daniel Webster also offer 4-year degrees, but feature a very focused aviation environment.  I chose North Dakota because I wanted the full collegiate experience, but I've also heard nothing but great things about Embry-Riddle from people who loved to totally immerse themselves in the aviation atmosphere.  Regardless of where you go, throughout the course of your education, you'll obtain your private and commercial licenses, with instrument, multi-engine, and instructor's ratings.

Flight costs will be a major expense.  Although tuition at many state universities is a bargain if you can gain residency or reciprocity, the fees that the flight program will charge you for the time in the airplanes themselves will cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $50,000 over the four years.  Good grades and applying for lots of scholarships can be a huge help here.

Equally important during your college years is that you gain networking skills and make connections with your fellow students as well as within the department faculty.  So many jobs in the industry come about because of recommendations from people you knew or openings you found out about because someone you knew knew someone, etc.

After graduating with your degree, it's possible that you could join a regional airline right away, but what's more likely is that you spend a few years as an flight instructor, or in some other odd job.  At this point, you're just trying to rack up hours and make a living off of it until you can get hired by an airline.  It's possible to get an instructor's position right at the university you graduated from right after you graduate.  But if you'd prefer to get out a bit after four years in a college town, you can also find a job anywhere around the country at an airport with a fixed base operator (FBO) that runs a flight school, maybe even back home, if you'd like.  These are your mom-and-pop flight schools, usually serving tight-knit flying communities with all sorts of interesting people to meet and learn and hear stories from.  There are also lots of other ways to rack up hours out there during this apprenticeship period--for example, I know someone who's a ferry pilot for Cirrus Design in Duluth, MN, delivering airplanes to customers across the country and giving them training in their new airplane before handing over the keys.  Hopefully, before long, you'll find an open position at a regional airline, and then you're well on your way!  It'll be long hours and mediocre pay, but by that point, you're finally doing what you love.  Traditionally, after a few years, you could count on being able to move up to a major airline.  However, depending on how the market shifts in the next few years, it could be a much longer wait.

In the meantime, if you're still in high school and want to get involved in aviation, I would definitely join your local Experimental Aviation Association chapter, or your local Civil Air Patrol squadron, or both.  The CAP is the civilian auxiliary of the US Air Force, and their Cadet program is like a Boy Scouts with planes and a military structure.  The EAA will probably give you a free plane ride as part of their Young Eagle's program, and you might be able to travel with your local squadron to the EAA airshow in Oshkosh, WI, the biggest in the world.  The members of your CAP squadron might be willing to take you up in the squadron plane as well.  If you happen to have a certified flight instructor (CFI) in your squadron who's willing to take you up, you'll even be able to start logging hours.  Of course, if you've got the money (at least 4 grand, depending on the options in your area), you can also go straight for your private pilot's license.  You only need to be 16 to get a student license to solo, and 17 to receive the full license to take up your friends!  It's 40 hours minimum of training before you can take your checkride in the plane (and for most people, it ends up being more like 50), plus all the ground school work to pass the written and oral exams.  It took me about a year and a half, flying on weekends.  If money is an issue though, be advised that even if you go off to college with a private license, you will still likely have to take a shortened version of their first semester private license course, right along with all the students who've never set foot in an airplane.  In other words, getting your private in high school won't give you a huge step up on everyone else--but it is a lot of fun.

One more thing: You don't *have* to go to college to do your flight training; it's possible to get all the required licenses through a private flight school outside of a university.  However, you almost certainly *will* need a four-year degree in *something*--it doesn't much matter what--to get hired by an airline anyway.  So, if such a scenario presented itself, it's my understanding that you could acquire a four-year degree in whatever you wanted by some nontraditional means and do your flight training elsewhere, and still be competitive for an airline job.  But I don't know anyone personally who's going this route.  Like I said, the most straightforward way is to go to college for aviation.

All this assumes that you're not interested in military aviation.  If you are, then that's another career path that can take you to commercial aviation after you leave the military, should you choose to do so.

In the next few years, there's going to be a pilot shortage, and it should be an open job market.  The same goes for air traffic control, if you have any interest in that field.  (Commercial aviation/air traffic control is a popular double major.)  And whatever you do, always do what you want to do.  In the end, I chose to switch majors to astrophysics and transferred away from UND after my first year in college.  I have no regrets, but sometimes I still envy all my friends who stayed and are now preparing to graduate and lining up paying pilot jobs.  Best of luck!