2006-12-17 08:59:24 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
An old friend of mine flew Spitfires in WW2 and he couldn't drive a car when he learned to fly in the RAF back in the 1940s... and today, aged 83 he _still_ hasn't learned to drive a car!! But he has always ridden a bike and is as fit as many men much younger than he. Currently he's on a three months vacation 'downunder '- and probably crying in his beer over England's awful cricketing performance!
I know that little anecdote has not quite answered your question re an airline pilot but, as many people have pointed out, it would not be unreasonable to find some one who can not drive a car but earns his living as a professional pilot. [NB It's very expensive to learn to fly, and a young person, keen to take his/her first steps in a flying career, might decide to spend money on flying lessons for a private pilot's licence and not bother with learning to drive a car - hence s/he would be able to fly but not to drive.]
2006-12-17 09:19:58 · answer #1 · answered by avian 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. In theory you can obtain a private pilot's licence at 16 and my sister gained her glider competencies certificate at 15. You are unlikely to be allowed much leeway with a ppl at 16 as far as insurance is concerned unless you fly as a co-pilot.
You can't have a full car licence until you are 17. Many licences are indpendent of a driving licence. Pilot, Fork-Lift Driver, Train Locomotive, none of these require you to have a full car driving licence. I drive fork-lifts and I've only got a motorbike licence.
2006-12-17 17:14:22 · answer #2 · answered by prakdrive 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes of course. Ive been driving a car for over 25 years but havent a clue how do pilot any type of airbourne vehicle - from a hot air balloon to a jumbo jet.
2006-12-17 17:26:17 · answer #3 · answered by Sonny Walkman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah why would it not be? I learnt to fly first at 16 (courtesy of air cadets/RAF gliding scholarship) and then learnt to drive at 18
I remember an episode of 'Airline' where an easyjet senior captain diverted his Boeing 737 due to bad weather/fuel situation and then had to give his mobile phone to the first officer to make a call from the phonebook, coz he couldn't work it :)
2006-12-17 18:15:24 · answer #4 · answered by chrisbowe82 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possible, but unlikely. Most pilots would have to drive to get to the airport.
2006-12-17 17:07:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possible but highly unlikely as most people learn to drive a car before they do a plane.!!!
Maybe if he comes from a third world country but i personally would not go with him on a plane.!!!
2006-12-17 17:10:51 · answer #6 · answered by JAM123 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If he's from some third world country, yes. But it's not possible if he's from any modernized country, where learning to drive is part of the culture.
2006-12-17 17:10:53 · answer #7 · answered by Pete 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
why not ? I ride a motorcycle but I don't drive a car. And I have been Riding over 20 years
2006-12-17 17:08:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I drive a car, I'm stumped if anyone asks me to drive acombine harvester.
2006-12-17 17:09:31 · answer #9 · answered by Moorglademover 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, because the controls are different.
2006-12-17 17:07:01 · answer #10 · answered by Mariposa 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋