Pilot training eligibility criteria

If you are always fascinated with the airplanes, dynamics of flying, and the science inside it then commercial pilot training is the best career choice for you. The Commercial Pilot Training Course will help you and provide you the wings to your dreams and aspirations.

The job of the pilot will require very high and specialized skills. For getting a Commercial Pilot License in India, people will require extensive knowledge of air navigation, interpretation of reports from the meteorological department, knowledge of leading aircraft under adverse and extreme circumstances, mechanical controls, and operating the electronics gadgets.

As pilots are responsible for the lives of the passengers so they must have patience, discipline, punctuality, commitment, and adaptability for following a very difficult schedule.

Required skills for commercial pilot

• Must be having good eyesight and physically fit
• The commercial pilot should always mentally alert and emotionally stable in a time of crisis
• A person should be willing for taking up the course and should be confident, calm, alert, and technically very sound in every emergency

Pilot Training Eligibility Criteria

Step 1

For taking a commercial pilot training course, the candidate should be having a student pilot license. SPL candidate must be 12th pass with science as the major stream.

Age Requirement

Candidates should be a minimum of 16 years of age for getting registered in the flying club that is recognized by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, coming under Govt. of India.

Registration

The candidate has to provide the medical bank guarantee, medical certificate, and security clearance.

Entrance Examination

The oral examination is conducted by SPI authority in subjects like Aviation Meteorology, Air Navigation, and Air Regulation- Technical & Specific.

Step 2

After obtaining the SPL training, the candidate needs to go through the PP which is Private Pilot Training. This will involve 60 hours of flying in which 15 hours should be in dual flights and accompanied by an instructor. Besides these 30 hours of flying should be solo.

Age Requirement

17 years is the minimum age requirement for this course.

Education Qualification

10+2 and the medical certificate which is issued by the Armed Forces Central Medical establishment are required.