How to Become a Pilot

How to Become Pilot in India?

Join Best Commercial Pilot Training Institute in India to get Commercial Pilot License

Let us guide you through some simple steps to plan your journey to how become a Pilot:

1. Educational Qualification:

Just after passing class 12^th you are eligible to start your journey to become a pilot. Pilot training in India will be completed in just 2 years and you will have the commercial pilot license in hand and will be ready to fly and realise your dreams. Don’t worry if you don’t have Physics or Maths as subjects in class 12^th you can meet the eligibility by clearing the Physics and Maths exam through open board, NIOS.

2. Medicals Requirements:

Parallely you can start with the 2nd step that is to get your DGCA Pilot Medical done. To become a pilot in India you should be fit and healthy. You need to get 2 Pilot Medical done namely

(A) CLASS 2 MEDICAL

(B) CLASS 1 MEDICAL

(A) Class 2 Medical Examination: For Class II medical examination, candidate need to visit DGCA website (www.dgca.in) to go through the list of DGCA approved Examiners/Doctors. After fixing an appointment with doctor get all the necessary tests done and candidate will receive a CA 35 form as an acknowledgement. Once all the medical documents reaches DGCA with the candidate’s respective name and file number by the doctor, candidate will receive a certificate from DGCA medical cell for CPL, which will be needed for class I medical examination.

(B)Class I Medical Examination: For Class I Initial Medical Examination, Candidate need to submit an application form at DGCA after class II medical examination. Take an appointment and get all the necessary tests done. Once successful verification from all laboratory test reports by the medical officers, candidates are issued the class I medical certificate. For Class I Renewal Medical Examination: Renewals are mandatory as Class I medical assessments are valid for one year and should apply for renewal one month prior to the date of expiry. A person need to carry the original copy of their class I medical certificate along with NOC and the list of documents required by the doctors to initiate the renewal of Class I medical.

3. Complete 200 hours of flying:

The final step of Pilot training in India is to complete 200 hours of flying done in a DGCA authorised Flying school.

Flying training can be done in 2 ways

1. You can do Flying training from India, in that case you have to pass 6 DGCA Exams as mentioned above and time taken will be around 1-2 years.
2. You can do Flying training from abroad, in that case you have to pass only 3 or 4 DGCA Exams depending on the country from where you are doing your flying training from.

Note:

• If you choose a flying school in USA then you need to clear 4 DGCA Exams and time duration is around 8 to 12 months
• If you choose a flying school in New Zealand then you need to clear 3 DGCA Exams and time duration is around 10 months.
• If you choose a flying school in Australia then you need to clear 3 DGCA Exams and time duration is around 12 months.
• If you choose a flying school in South Africa then you need to clear 3 DGCA Exams and time duration is around 12-15 months.

After completing flying in abroad you will get the Commercial Pilot license of the respective country and now that needs to be converted into a Indian DGCA CPL License. The process for that is you need to give 10-15 hours of day and night practical flying checks in India and you will get your abroad license converted into Indian CPL.

DGCA Ground Classes – Pilot Training

Pilot Training in India after Graduation?

After graduation also hope is still not lost, you  can become a commercial pilot in India. The eligibility is that you should have passed class 12^th with Maths, English and Physics as a subject. To start the commercial pilot training in india you need to focus on the 3 steps provided above and you will be able to get a Commercial Pilot License.

Capt Ahluwalia Aviation Academy is the best pilot training institute that provides DGCA Exams Ground classes and

• Flying training in USA
• Flying training in Australia
• Flying training in New Zealand
• Flying training in South Africa and flying training in India.

Share the above 3 steps with everyone who dreams to become a pilot and doesn’t have the knowledge about the process. By making students aware about Pilot Training in India in School itself  will motivate them to do better in school and after passing class 12^th can directly start their Pilot Training in India and fly high.

Capt. Ahluwalia Aviation Academy provides CPL Ground classes for ALL DGCA Exams.

FAQ

What is DGCA?
DGCA is the abbreviation of Director General of Civil Aviation. It is the independent government regulatory authority for Indian Civil and General Aviation. It usually prepares norms and regulations for controlling Indian Aviation.