Friday, September 13, 2013

The Varied Path

There are different career path taken by qualified pilots. By choice many choose to be in the airline industry, those who prefer highly charged adrenalin rush move on into the military whereas others remains within the general & private aviation industry being instructors in academies & training centers. The remainder serves the industry in coastal surveillance, forestry, fire fighting, survey work & many more.

Regardless of which path each & every pilot takes, it is a rewarding & a professional choice each have made. At the end of the day, it's the excitement & thrill of flight that takes these pilots into the air.

In general if one decides to take up flying just for recreational (PPL), you would expect an industrious focused time frame of approximately 60 hours of flight time & 3 months of training including ground school depending on your competencies. Financially it'll set you back about $15000.

If one decides to get serious, in order to obtain a CPL, you would expect a general qualification time frame of between 6 to 9 months worth of training, 150 to 250 hours of flight time & ground school depending on your competencies along with a general price tag of $55000.

Once you have obtained CPL, some may choose to be an instructor in order to quickly clock the flying hours. This is also a path taken for those who have a passion in teaching & instructing where they are able to impart their knowledge & educate new trainees on the joy of flight.

To be an instructor, you may look at a general time frame of about 2 months to qualify for that rating which includes ground school as well as flight time. This would cost an aspiring instructor approximately $15000.

This is the best known path most pilots takes in order to build more hours to unfrozen their ATPL which requires at least 1500 hours once they have passed the ATPL theory components.

This also the best time for new pilots to get themselves trained for other ratings & endorsements while instructing & be paid while gaining flight time as well as experience. This is by far the best fast tracked path.

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