An airline intends to maintain and
operate any type of aircraft has to
establish an Operations division with
Pilots and Co-Pilots who are generally
called a flight crew. A Pilot operating an aircraft as a
Commander is the highest paid
employee and assumes in the long run
very high and key positions like Chief
of Operations, Chief of Flight Safety etc.,
and can finally become Head of the Operations. This is considered to be a
very lucrative job in aviation industry,
as they become Advisors and guiding
tools in running airlines. To operate an aircraft the flight crew
shall have licence endorsed by DGCA
for the purpose. To qualify for Pilot
licence examination conducted by
DGCA a pupil should have undergone
requisite flying training in a DGCA approved Flying Training Institute. For
details of DGCA approved Flying
Training Institutes you may browse
through www.dgca.nic.in The admission criteria into a Flying
Training Institute for a Pilot aspirant is
that he/she shall be of at least 16
years of age with a minimum
qualification of 10th or equivalent
from a recognized Board/Institute. However, by the time the candidate
becomes eligible for Commercial Pilot
training he/she shall have acquired
10+2 with Physics and Mathematics.
The candidate should also meet the
medical standards stipulated by DGCA.
