Aviation - Procedure 4 being PILOT !!

Procedure for Being a PILOT !!
ELIGIBILITY
Eligibility is 10 + 2 from Regconised SchoolThe eligibility for of 10+2 with Physics and Maths is required at the time of appearing for the D.G.C.A examinations. So , if you are going for international flight training then you can give these examinations once you have completed the examinations. You do not need to clear the examinations before you start your flight training. If you are not from science stream you can apply at National Institute of Open School http://www.nos.org

MEDICAL
Before you begin your studies, you need to go through a thorough medical checkup which would declare you medically fit. There are two steps for obtaining the medical clearance, Class II Medical and Class I Medical. You can obtain the Class II medical from any D.G.C.A approved doctor. The list of D.G.C.A approved doctors who can issue you the Class II Medical Certificate is available on http://dgca.nic.in/medical/class2-ind.htm The academy recommends … After you have obtained the Class II Medical certificate, you need to apply for a Class I Medical Certificate to the D.G.C.A. at http://dgca.nic.in/medical/medical-ind.htm The file that you send to D.G.C.A for Class I has to have the Class II Medical Certificate attached with it. You would be allocated a date by the concerned authorities. Nowadays, this date can be upto a period of 2-3 months later. What we suggest to people is that they can undertake a Mock Class I or an Advanced Class II which has all the tests of Class I Medical, so that if there are any medical problems you can work them out strongly.

GROUND TRAINING
After you have undertaken the D.G.C.A Class II medical exam, you would enroll for the Ground Training Programme defined by the institute. This Ground Training would last for a period of 2 to 3 months to cover the following subjects: A. Air Regulation B. Air Navigation C. Aviation Meteorology D. Aircraft Technical i. General ii. Specific

RTR (A)
At the time of attending the ground classes of Radio Telephony Restricted (Aeronautical) are taken . It is a transmission paper taken by the Ministry of Communications and a COP is issued by its WPC wing. http://www.wpc.dot.gov.in/

FLIGHT TRAINING
Simultaneous to the ground training, would be the procedure of selecting the flying club you want to go to for the final flight training. This decision has to be made on the basis of country preferences, quality of flight training and cost factors. Currently following countries are in demand : India , United States of America , Canada , Australia Philippines , New Zealand , Serbia , South Africa & Germany

FLIGHT TRAINING ABROAD
The basic package that you would undertake at these institutes would have the following components : 1 Theoretical Studies 2. Medicals 3. SPL 4. PPL 5. CPL 6. Multi Engine & Instrument Rating 7. Accommodation 8. Food 9. Travel 10. Insurance

VISA
Once you decide on the flight training academy abroad, our institute would start your Visa Processing for that country. This process can take 4-8 weeks and you would be undertaking Ground Training during this time at our institute. Once you have acquired the Visa, you would be all set to go for the flight training programme in your selected academy.

CONVERSION
Once you have acquired the CPL of that specific country, you would come back to India to convert the CPL of that country to an Indian CPL.The process of converting the CPL to an Indian CPL requires the following procedure to be implemented. Clearing the D.G.C.A conversion examinations having the following : i. Air Regulations ii. Composite Examination An exam which is called composite because it has both the subjects of Air Navigation and Meteorology as part of the exam. For clearing the conversion examinations you would have to go through the Final Ground Training at our institute for a period of 2-3 months. This refresher programme is FREE OF COST Having cleared the D.G.C.A examinations you can apply for the conversion of license. Our institute would assist you in processing this application. You can get a detailed information about the same on the this link : http://dgca.nic.in/licencing/conversion.pdf

APPLYING TO THE AIRLINE
Once you get your license, you would get the Indian CPL. You are now in a position to Apply to the Airlines.