Qualifications / basic requirements to become a COMMERCIAL PILOT :
Pilots are highly trained professionals who either fly airplanes or helicopters to carry out a wide variety of tasks. Most are airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers who transport passengers and cargo, but 1 out of 5 pilots is a COMMERCIAL PILOT involved in tasks such as dusting crops, spreading seed for reforestation, testing aircraft, flying passengers and cargo to areas not served by regular airlines, directing firefighting efforts, tracking criminals, monitoring traffic, and rescuing and evacuating injured persons.
Requirements to become a COMMERCIAL PILOT :
1. You must be at least 18 years old.
2. You must be able to speak speak, read and understand english language.
3. You must be fit enough to pass a 2nd-class medical administered by the ATO approved flight Surgeon.
4. Must meet the minimum flight experience of 150 hrs.
5. You must enroll in the ATO approved ground course and pass the written exam.
6. You must pass the oral and practical ATO flight test with the ATO examiner.
If you want to be paid to fly, you must have a Commercial Pilot’s Licence (CPL) or an Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (ATPL). With the CPL you can fly as a single pilot on commercial cargo planes, but for passenger aircraft you will need the ATPL.
To get these qualifications, you have to go on a training course approved by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). It will last anything from 9 months to 36 months, and will include at least 150 flying hours for the CPL and 195 for the ATPL. You will need a sound knowledge of Mathematics and Physics, and be Class 1 Medically fit, to standards approved by the CAA. The course will cost about £50,000 to £60,000.
Requirements for Student pilot
1. You must be at least 16 years old.
2. You must be able to speak, read and understand english language.
3. You must be physically fit to pass a third-class medical administered by the ATO approved flight Surgeon.
Requirements to qualify as a Private Pilot (PPL)
1. You must be at least 17 years old.
2. You must be able to speak speak, read and understand english language.
3. you must be fit enough to pass a third-class medical administered by the ATO approved flight Surgeon.
4. You must enroll in the ATO approved ground course, pass the written exam and meet the minimum flight time of (40hrs)
5. You must pass the oral and practical ATO flight test with the ATO examiner.
Source(s):
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www.bls.gov/oco/ocos107.htm
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www.flyersphilippines.com/faq....
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www.learndirect-advice.co.uk/f...