Hi, its my last year of highschool and i have been trying to figure out what i wanna do for the rest of my life and after months of thinking i decided that i always wanted to fly commercail planes sense i was young i just never knew how to get started.. i mean i know i could join the airforce but i wouldnt be able to be an officer right away and thats needed to fly i also know that the competition in the airforce is crazy.. but what would you recommend? please provide me with some step by step guides to helping me understand how to become a commercial pilot and the diffrent ways i can go about achieving this.. and what is the easiest route.. thank you!
2006-12-30 16:03:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
You might want to register to this blog: http://360.yahoo.com/private_jet_charter as it will take you through getting your private pilots license to your instrument and commercial ratings and ultimately flying as a profession. New entries are added weekly.
Good luck with the flying!
2006-12-31 04:33:10 · answer #1 · answered by PriJet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if you are lucky. God knows there are way too many pilot bums so called CFIs (Flight Instructors wanna be Captains soon) hanging out at your local airports paying bleeding amounts of student loans each month. Only when the opportunity comes and with some luck and 90 percent skill, you can land a good job flying planes for a living. If you like to be poor for a while and like to hang around airports, don't be lazy and don't have a regular life. There is no short cuts or easy route in this aviation career.
2007-01-01 04:31:46 · answer #2 · answered by justfornets 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you should find out how to apply to the airforce academy. do not....i repeat DO NOT come in enlisted. the only place the airforce looks for pilots is the academy. belive me i know from experiance. i came in enlisted started going to school at embry riddle and now they dont even consider Officer canidate school grads (which is where people go who have degrees already) but if you go to the academy you come out a officer and depending on how well you are at acedemics you'll be a pilot four years after you graduate highschool. the civilian route is expensive, at least $40,000 to get all the way to a air line type pilot.
2006-12-30 23:36:42 · answer #3 · answered by andrew o 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I have two brothers who are private pilots with no military training and they could pursue their commercial license but don't due to the expense and time. They started as everyone does, with a single engine rating, then moved up to IFR and twins. They could've simply taken the next steps and rated on jets, multis and then on to charters, tours and commercial.
Yes, you can obtain a commercial license privately, but it's much faster, easier and cheaper to simply join one of the armed services. All of the commercial pilots I've known and flown with in my work have come from military backgrounds and none of them ever had anything bad to say about their training or experience. In fact many of them attribute the military service for giving them direction and focus in their careers. The airlines typically recruit right from the retired service pilot pool.
Good luck with your decision and start studying and preparing now...
2006-12-30 19:01:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Apply to join the airforce or find out where they train pilots for commercial airlines then ask for requirments they want u to hav.
if ther happy theyll probably call u.
sorri can be much of a help lol. i overheard a friend whos obsessed about flying helicopters and wants to b a helicopter pilot.
2006-12-30 16:15:26 · answer #5 · answered by Gandalf 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You could get your commercial licence, then an instructor's rating and then build time and experience as an instructor. The pay for a beginning instructor is low and there is always demand due to turnover. The school where you get your licences would be the place to target for employment. As your career progresses you can get advanced ratings along the way, ussually the school you are instructing at will give you a small staff discount on rental rates.
2006-12-30 22:00:59 · answer #6 · answered by short5641sweet 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
At first i do not want to join the airforce however i have been to visit some bases and have a look arround and it is quite good. I am English so its the RAF
If you are from the us have a look at http://www.af.mil/careers/ and e-mail/phone them and talk to them about why you do not want to join or ask them what you wanna fly
i hope this helps and i offer you good luck
Happy New Year
Tom
2007-01-01 21:01:24 · answer #7 · answered by thomaswheeler1991 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could connect the Airforce as an Officer. you nonetheless choose preparation, yet you would be an officer. the main suitable thank you to be a pilot is to commence with the airforce, as maximum commercial pilots are former Air rigidity Pilots. that's no longer asserting there are not different techniques, this is barely that starting to be to be a member of the Air rigidity grants a greater possibility of adjusting right into a pilot later.
2016-10-06 05:59:40 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a former student who attended Embry Riddle Aeronautical University. He's gotten all of his ratings for commercial pilot and is awaiting a slot for the Navy to learn to fly jets. Look them up. He's actually working as a recruiter for this university, so you may meet him. His name is Jake.
2006-12-30 16:08:36 · answer #9 · answered by tranquility_base3@yahoo.com 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Japan is taking apps. for kamikaze pilots
2006-12-31 00:05:55 · answer #10 · answered by Golly Geewiz 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋