How to become a pilot

The right to work as a pilot gives a flight certificate (license, "flight rights"). This certificate, in fact, is analogous to the drivingrights on land: it confirms that you have successfully completed the training and are able to independently manage the aircraft. It is, of course, impossible to become a pilot without a flight certificate.

To become a pilot, you need to getappropriate education, pass a medical examination, pass theoretical and practical examinations and fly off a certain number of hours (the so-called raid). The best option (if you do not mind the time and age allows) - this to study at the flight school or the Academy of Civil Aviation. It is also possible to obtain the necessary theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the flying club.

After passing the training you get a pilot's certificate (if, of course, you pass the medical examination successfully and pass the exams). In Russia there are three stages of flying skill and, accordingly, three categories of "flying rights". They are issued sequentially, i.e., You can not immediately get a high category, "skipping" through a lower one. The exception is if you are taking an integrated course at the Flight School or the Civil Aviation Academy.

The first category is a private pilot (amateur pilot). Abroad, it corresponds to the license PPL(private pilot license). An amateur pilot does not have the right to conduct commercial activities, that is, you can fly only for your own pleasure. So if you want to become a pilot working on commercial flights, you should get at least a commercial pilot license.

If you studied at a higher aviation educational institution, commercial pilot's certificate you will receive after completing the training. If you learned to fly in an aero club, you will first need to get the certificate of an amateur pilot. The owner of a commercial pilot license (a foreign analogue - commercial pilot license, CPL) has the right to carry out commercial flights, but a little flying experience imposes its limitations. Say, if the crew of an airplane consists of two or more people, a commercial pilot can only be a co-pilot.

Finally, in order to become a pilot of a large aircraft in a large airline, line pilot's certificate (abroad - airline transport pilot license,ATPL). This testimony shows that you have great flying experience, so you can perform any commercial flights as a commander or as a co-pilot.

Also Within each category there are qualification marks, giving the right, for example, to fly on the rules of instrument flight (IFR), flights at night, flights on multi-engine aircraft, etc.

To become a pilot of a particular category, you need to meet a number of requirements. The first requirement is a raid, which includes flights during the course(including one flight along the route of the established length with landing until a complete stop), instrument raids, a raid at night (with an established number of take-offs and landings), raid as a KVC (commander of an aircraft) for commercial and linear pilots.

Requirements are also required for a minimumage, theoretical knowledge, health status (a medical certificate of the established class is necessary), experience of aircraft operation. If you do not take an integrated course at an aviation The pilot's certificate for the class is lower than the one you are applying for.

But the mere presence of a certificate does not mean,that you with open arms will be accepted in any commercial airline. Get a license is not so difficult, there would be a desire and money. Where it is more difficult with a touch - raid received during training is usually not enough to become a pilot in an airline. Often you have to pick up a raid in the air club, paying for it with money.

True, Recently, the requirements for flying in airlines are declining, because the pilots who were trained in the USSR,Gradually they retire, and it is necessary to take new ones somewhere. But all the same, immediately you will not be allowed to sit down at the helm of Boeing 737, you will have to start with more modest aircraft.

If you want to become a pilot abroad, it is advisable to go through the training there at once. First, the requirements there are different from Russian, there is a specificity. Secondly, it's easier to get a foreign certificate right away than to convert a Russian certificate to a foreign one.

Pros for studying abroad - this is the fact that large airlines have their own pilot schools, there you can get an ATPL certificate for 1.5-2 years and will be employed. And to get a raid abroad is easier and cheaper. Minuses - You need to know the English language and fulfill all the conditions for non-residents wishing to become a pilot.

It's not so easy to become a pilot, but it's real. If you love the sky and want to dedicate your life to piloting, do not give up - and you will succeed!