WHAT WILL I HAVE TO DO WHEN I HAVE COMPLETED A DEGREE IN ANY AERONAUTICAL SUBJECT IN ORDER TO GET EMPLOYED BY AN AIRLINE? WILL I HAVE TO GO TO FLYING SCHOOL OR ANYTHING?
PLEASE HELP!
2007-02-16 07:55:08 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
If you are obtaining a degree in aviation then that should include all the licenses, ratings and flight time needed to get hired by an airline directly out of or soon after college. I'm a junior aviation major at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, AR and I already have my Commercial Pilots License, Instrument Rating, and am Multi-Engine Rated. I'm just about to finish up my CFI (Certified Flight Instructor) and will be able to start teaching here at the school. There are many of the guys I know that are graduating here going strait to airlines such as Express Jet, Pinnacle, Air Wisconsin, and some are also getting with some very reputable companies flying corporate. There are many universities such as mine out there that offer aviation degrees such as mine (about 20-30 across the US). Just look in to them and find one that looks like a good school to you and within 5 years you will be hooked up with a degree and a job.
2007-02-16 11:06:47 · answer #1 · answered by hsupilot08 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you will have to attend a flying school. You will have to attain an ATP rating, which requires that you have a minimum 1500 hours of flight time.
To get hired by the airlines, anyway.
You can obtain a Commercial Certificate at 250 hours, which entitles you to do next to nothing, other than get an Instructors rating and instruct. A cargo carrier may hire you at 500 hours (a smaller company), and some of the Air Taxi operators could hire you when in the upper hundreds, around one thousand hours. None of it is easy, but then, if it were, anyone could be a pilot, and join the ranks of what our government considers untrained common labor.
2007-02-16 09:29:05 · answer #2 · answered by lowflyer1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you'll have to go to flight school if you want to fly a plane! Would YOU fly with someone who was unlicensed? Check the FAR's (Federal Aviation Regulations) for the requirements for each license--private,commercial,atr (airline transport rating). Check your local flight schools and talk with an instructor for advice on qualifying for the airlines. Practice time in a certified flight simular under an instructor's tutelage and long cross-country flights will help build up your time. Good Luck and Tail Winds!
2007-02-16 08:11:59 · answer #3 · answered by sugarbabe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you get a commercial pilots license in conjunction with the degree, you will probably be able to get hired right out of school. If not, you will have to get a commercial pilots license. From there, the most likely way to build hours is to teach flying.
2007-02-16 08:04:04 · answer #4 · answered by John 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quickest route? Buy an inexpensive airplane, fly the crap out of if for 1000 hours, and then sell it.
2007-02-16 08:58:33 · answer #5 · answered by Capm31 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋