I am wondering whena pilot is eligible for training on jet aircraft. Even if they aren't going to work for an airline.
2007-07-22 23:51:52 · 6 answers · asked by tfoster14uk 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Everyone is talking rubbish.
To fly any jet you must have a type rating, regardless of weight. (CAA/FAA are agreed on this!)
You can commence a type or class rating at any time if you are the holder of a Flying Licence. Jet training is so expensive that you have to be severely rich to pay for it yourself. That is why most pilots do their commercial qualification on small propeller aircraft and let their first employer bear the cost of their jet training!
2007-07-23 08:00:16 · answer #1 · answered by Mojo Risin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An appropriately experienced, trained and tested Private Pilot (with the necessary funds!), can own and fly jet trainers of the type typified by the BAe Jet Provost. But the best way to get onto jet aircraft remains the Armed Services, or through a training scheme operated by a flying school whose graduates are sponsored, or taken on by by a commercial airline.
2007-07-23 00:10:49 · answer #2 · answered by avian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As soon as you can scrape up the required funds for the aircraft rental and instructor. There is no requirement as far as previous training or certification to learn how to fly in a jet.
You can start instruction in any kind of aircraft, however if you do all your training in a certain type, you are restricted to that type.
The main problem would be to find a school or individual with a jet that would be willing to give the lessons.
2007-07-23 07:46:29 · answer #3 · answered by eferrell01 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After he/she gains the proper training requirements.
They usually require a stairstep approach to that.
Single Prop Twin Prop Multi Engine then Jet rate.
Or prior military pilots have no problem as long as they have flown jets.
2007-07-23 08:52:46 · answer #4 · answered by reddcobalt07 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no legislated restriction that I am aware of. The one limitation is speed and cost. Speed from the point of coping with it and cost from the point of paying for it (as suggested by the other replies).
The reality is that a jet (turbofan or turboprop) is a lot less complicated to manage than a turbo-charged or even normally aspirated piston engine. So the rub is you get paid more for less, work it out!
2007-07-23 02:02:11 · answer #5 · answered by Ranjeeh D 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
There's an old saying in aviation. If you can buy it, you can fly it. John Travolta did.
2007-07-23 01:46:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋