This question is too all commercial airline pilots. how long does it take to become a pilot?

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this question is too all commercial airline pilots. how long does it take to become a pilot?

Answer 1

18 months of training! :)

Answer 2

How long it takes to be an airline pilot depends on what type of training, your experience, your ability, and how much you are willing to spend to get there. FAA requirements are based on hours flown and tests past, you also need to meet the requirements of the airline you will fly for.  Some schools can fast track you into a copilot's seat in as little as 6 months but it is very expensive. Most airline pilots come from the military or are flight instructors for a couple of years to build up there time and experience.

Answer 3

1 to 2 years Ithin but not a hundred % shure

Answer 4

i am not a pilot, but my friend is becoming one, i think she said seven years.

Answer 5

I'll assume you have college out of the way, 0 hours and can devote all of your time towards flight training.

From 0 hours to all of your commercial ratings, plus flight instructor (since that will probably be your first job), anywhere from 6 months to 2 years.  I went from private to all my flight instructor ratings in 3 months.  My private took me 9 months, but only because at the time, I didn't think I was going to go career and was only going on the weekends.

Plan on working as a flight instructor up to a year or two, depending on the demand for pilots.  You don't have to be a flight instructor, but it's the route many civilian pilots take.

Now you'll be ready for a regional airline.  Where you go from here depends on who you know and the demand for major airline pilots.  Today, almost all US Major Airlines are furloughing, so you will be at a regional for a very long time, if not your entire career.  Today, the only way to move beyond the regionals is if you know somebody.

Remember, how fast you move up is all driven by what the major airlines are doing.  That drives the hiring of the entire aviation industry.  If the Majors or furloughing, or not hiring, then not many people move up to the next step.  So, the market conditions greatly affects how long it will take and how far up the ladder you go.

Answer 6

The training does not take that long if you have the money. An accelerated course that will take you through all the training from private pilot, to commercial pilot, instrument, multi-engine and flight instructor ratings can be done in under a year if it is not associated with a degree program at a college or university (those take 2-4 years). After that, it takes several years to build the experience to attain an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate.

Depending on where you go, training is going to cost you anywhere from $40k to $75k in the USA to make it through Commercial pilot single and multi-engine with instructor ratings (flight instructing is one of the few jobs you can get without much work experience). You'll start out making around $20k (even as co-pilot on a jet for a regional airline), which isn't much considering the investment, and you'll spend at least several years building the experience to be hired by a major airline.

Currently, the "fast track" to a major airline, if everything goes right for you, takes 5 years after completing flight training IF you already have a college degree and IF you can get all the right kind of flying jobs to build experience in the mean time. Often it takes 10 years or more to get to a major airline (many pilots who want to never do) although a few of the "lucky" ones have made it in only 2-3 years out of flight training and college.

I hope this is helpful.

Answer 7

"Become a pilot" can mean a variety of different things.

If you want to secure the Private Airman Certificate, so that you can fly for pleasure and personal transportation, it will cost you about $5,000 to $9,000 depending on where you are and the arrangements you can make.  The Private Certificate can be obtained in anywhere from 2 months to 5 years, depending on how much money you have.

A private pilot can carry passengers and can add ratings for complex and multi-engine airplanes, but cannot be paid for piloting services.

If you want to fly for money, you can become a general commercial pilot.  The basic requirement for the Commercial Airman Certificate is 250 hours total flight time.  Virtually all commercial certificate holders also secure the instrument and multi-engine ratings, and most secure the instructor ratings.

The commercial certificate with ratings will cost you $15,000 to $25,000 above the private certificate, which you must have first.  It will take anywhere from a year to five years, depending on money.

All of these certificates involve a written test and a flight check ride, which includes oral test questions.  A considerable amount of aeronautical knowledge is required, and you have to be the kind of person who enjoys learning about science, math, and technical subjects.

There is also a medical certification requirement, which begins when you apply as a student pilot and continues throughout your career.

With the Commercial Certificate, you can earn money for pilot services, and you can find a variety of interesting and rewarding jobs.  You can fly cargo, charter, and instruction.  You can tow banners and do pipeline/power line patrol.  You can be a bush pilot.  You can have a lot of fun and make some money.  You will not be qualified to apply to the airlines for a piloting job.

The airlines require a 4-year college degree, a first class medical certification, an Air Transport Pilot Certificate, and typically 2,000 hours or so of flight time.  A lot of that can be paid time, but you should expect to spend a total of $50,000 to $80,000 before you sit in the flight deck of an airliner.

It can take anywhere from 5  years to 15 years to go from the Commercial Certificate to an airline job, depending on how good you are at it.

Good luck!

Answer 8

It sounds like you are asking one of two questions.  You could be asking about (1) becoming an airline pilot, and (2) how to become a pilot, but not necessarily an airline pilot.

Becoming a pilot (the second one) would take about 6 months.  To become a Commercial Airline Pilot (#1) takes much longer, I'd say two years or so.

Hope that makes sense...