Whats some advise for a 15 year old who wants to become an airline pilot.?

Question

flying is the only job that i could envision myself enjoying. what all will i have to do to become an airline pilot?

Answer 1

get good grades stay in school and stick to your dream!!! good luck in the future ;)

Answer 2

you should be medically fit before you embark on to become a pilot. Go to a AME and get yourself examined before investing any money.

Answer 3

don't afraid high attitude

Answer 4

I'm slightly ahead of you buddy, was in the same situation in career wise until I took some flying lessons and got a real taste of how its like flying a plane, from then on I could imagine how flying a commercial plane must feel like.

I suggest studying Physics at A level & Maths and try to aim for 3 GCSE's at C grade level in English, Maths & science, however becoming an airline pilot is very tough and costly.

It roughly costs £60,000 to become an airline pilot, but if cash isn't your concern I'd say go for it mate!

If you need further advise do not hesitate to e-mail me and lastly GOOD LUCK! :)

Answer 5

Many good pointers from Rob.

Depending on where your source of money is (if you have rich parents or another way of getting all the money you need for this rather expensive education), there are different ways of going at it.

First of all like rob said, find out what your secondary passion in life is and get a 4-year degree in that field. This is not only a fall-back plan if the airline dream fails, but it is needed by most/all major airlines to even get an interview.

While you're working on your 4-years, or after, depending on how your money situation is, you need to get all your flight training done. You can either do this on a fast track type of program like through ATP http://www.atpflightschool.com/, or if money is an issue you can do the cheaper way of doing it part time while working at a local FBO (Fixed Base Operator), this is basically a local flight school / flying club, with more independent instructors and usually cheaper rates and easier to do things at your own pace.

At least you will need a private pilots license, instrument rating, commercial pilots license (with multi and single priveliges).

After you've gotten these ratings the "normal" road is to get your flight instructor licenses and work as a flight instructor for a few years to build the hours you will need to get hired at an airline (all depending on how the airline industry is fairing when you're ready to send your resumes).

All in all you can expect a debt of about 60 000 dollars  for flight training alone, and then add for living expenses and college on top of that.

Good luck!

Answer 6

At this point, concentrate on getting good grades and staying out of trouble.  Plan on going to a 4 year college.  Pick a local state college (they're cheaper) as airlines don't care where you went to school or what your major was in.  Pick your second career choice and get a degree in that.  I say that because most airline pilots get furloughed at least once in their career and many decide to leave the business altogether (even though they also once thought that flying was the only job they could envision themselves doing).  Having a backup career helps that.

If you have the time and money, start thinking about working towards your private pilot's license.  If you don't have the resources now, no big deal as airlines aren't going to care when you actually start your flight training.  Get a job and start saving money so you will be able to afford flight training.  You could even wait until after college to do your flight training.  It doesn't take long to get all of your ratings if you can do it full time.