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I want to be a commercial pilot..... I love aeroplanes and want to fly them.... i dont like fighter planes but the commercial planes..... SO i want to be a pilot so i searched on the internet a lot but never found an appropriate answer......
If anyone knows how to be a commercial pilot??? Do let me know please??
But after taking that i will be credited with only 250hours of flying experience.... Then how to get on with an Airline??? Do airlines take the fresh CPL holders???
Hello girl:
No, they don't. Even though you have the license, you need the experience and you need to be type rated. You can get a CPL in a little teeny single engine plane. Those hours aren't gonna help much. Depending on the current market for pilots, you're going to need 1,000's of flying hours - maybe as many as 5,000 hours. Depending on the market, you may need those hours in the type aircraft you're going to be flying.
It's a big and expensive jump to get there. Most privately trained commercial pilots build up hours by being flight instructors or crop dusters.
I wish I could have made my living being a pilot. But, the market DOES change. When I was a kid in the 50's, I remember seeing an ad in the paper where United Airlines was taking private pilots with NO experience. The add said, "We'll pay you a million dollars to come to work for us". That was over a career, of course.
But, when I got my private, there was a dearth of Vietnam veteran pilots with lots of hours looking for work. Pilots were a dime a dozen. However, about ten years later, when the bulk of the Korean war pilots were going to retire, there was a big need again.
As their needs go up or down, so do the flying hours you need to get the job.
excon makes a good point. The market changes with time. The best strategy might be to try to get as much flying time you can, any way you can with whatever ratings you can afford and wait for a time when the airlines are hiring.
As excon points out, during Viet Nam, the US military services were training fairly large numbers of pilots. They were doing their two years of training plus six years of service, then getting out and looking for airline jobs. In the mid-70s, the Korean vets started retiring and jobs opened up.
The ebb and flow of airline jobs has more to do with the economy these days. If we really looking at recessionary times, it is unlikely that there will be much in the way of an expansion of the airlines.
Again, try to get as many hours and ratings as you can afford and wait for a time when they are hiring. You may need another job in the mean time.
MMM so its difficult to be a pilot Privately so i should stop dreaming of being a pilot in my future.... So i should go Aeronautical Engineering.............
However thanx to all the people who replied on this forum especailly Rodandy12..... Thanx and well wishes..!!!
Beautifullgril2444- Here is some information that will help you get the information you are asking for :: Go to a store and buy a flying mag. like - plane and pilot, aopa flying mag. ect ect , you will find flying schools listed all over the usa. start from privet and go thru ATP. they will also do like any college( LONES) most will get you placed after grud. Check this out :: GOOD LUCK & GOOD FLYING < GOD BLESS>:::: F.B.E.
One never should give up on thier dreams, just work harder at making it happen. Like said, many people become a flight instructor to build up flying hours ( where they get paid to do it )
rodandy12 - THE AIRLINES DO HAVE THERE OWN PILOT TRAING SCHOOLS ALSO < I DO AGREE THAT MOST AIRLINE PILOTS ARE EX MILITARY PILOTS, most so the ones that have type rateings for ( HEAVY ) :: ARE YOU A FLIGHT STEWARDESS?????????< I DO BELIEVE YOU SOUND LIKE ONE< BRING THE CAPT> A CUP OF COFFEE HA HA ::::::: YOU MISUNDER STOOD IN MY LAST POST ( I was USAF FOR 12 years, I was orig. on the B-47 , 6 jet engine bomber, The b-52 took its place. I was ( SAC> ). I am not instructor rated, I could have though, I was while in the active air force reserve on the C-123, C-130 H . 12 years total time in USAF. AS a cilvian I DO HOLD A PILOTS LICENSE( AMSEL I ( Aircraft single ,multi., Eng., LAND, INSTURMENT ) I did for a few years fly cargo, OH I am also( Part 135 rated)> When I got out of the USAF ,I had the chanch to go to work for the airlines But i didnt> BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS< EVER SINCE I WAS KNEE JHIGH TO A GRASSHOPPER ALL I EVER THOUGHT ABOUT AND DREAMED ABOUT WAS FLYING< IVE TOLD MY WIFE MANY TIMES ( I RATHER BE FLYING THEN EAT ) ( ANOTHER TIME I TOLD HER I RATHER BE FLYING THEN MAKEING LOVE TO A BEATUFYL WOMAN < NOW DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT MY TRUE LOVE IS ?????? HAVE A GOOD DAY & SAFE FLYING & GOD BLESS:: KEEP HER BETWEEN THE CLOUDS <HA HA F.B.E.
Hay EXCON AND EVERY ONE < LETS TRY A LITTLE TRIVIA OR HISTORY OK HERE GOES - what was the RED BARONS { REAL NAME???????? } ANY GUESSES OR KNOWS??? F.B.E.
Hay excon- You are pretty close 3/4 right THE last name is spelled ( Richthofen ) You were right with also with ( VON) Now lets see if you can get hios first name( ??????? ) HINT - THE QUESTION MARKS IN THE ( _ ) THERE IS ONE ? MARK FOR EACH LETTER OF HIS FIRST NAME ::: I thought I"D start something like Trivia AVITION QUESTIONS JUST for a lot of fun, AND TO SEE HOW DUMB A LOT OF US OLD GIZZERS ARE> HA HA QUESTIONS I WILL POST ONE TIME A WEEK SO MORE THEN ONE WILL GET A CHANCH TO GIVE A ANSWER > GOOD DAY AND FLY IN BETWEEN THE LINES GOD BLESS :: F.B.E. GOOD GUESS EXCON
Excon- Here is the full answer to this past weeks " aviation trivia" , Question - What was the RED BARONS REAL NAME??? ( Answer ( MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN ) Excon you were 3/4 right with your answer , good going. F.B.E.
Question - FOR THIS WEEK _ What was the " WRIGHT " BROS> FIRST NAMES????????
Have fun , Good day & good flying , GOD BLESS ::: F.B.E.
BUT you claimed in your first reply that it would cost 12 mil for him to get training meaning paying out of own pocket for school
second reply was the military's estimate of what they cost to train THEIR pilots which is not the cost for a school
Joining the air force and training to be a C 130 pilot or something that is not directly in engaged in combat may be something to think about
refueling planes are neat too.
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