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Becoming an airline pilot.

Becoming an Airline Pilot?

  • Hey, I'm 16 years old and I live in the Maritimes in Canada. I'm in grade eleven, and as much as I'd not like to think about it, I really do have to start thinking what I want to do with my life, because, well, what I do now affects what I do later. I've narrowed down my two career choices to the RCMP and becoming an airline pilot. I know becoming an airline pilot takes a lot of hard work, money, training, studying, and time. I know it isn't a walk in the park, but that's the case for any high-end job. Anyway, I'm just wondering what I should do? I know that typical course of action is to get your Private Pilot's License, then your Commercial, then eventually your Airline License. But... there's definitely more to it than that. Should I attend some sort of University course(s)? If so, what course(s) should I take? Should I major in them? Or just get a degree? etc. Also, there's something called a Student's License. I'm just curious as to what this is. I know you have to be 14 to get one, but should I? Can you fly by yourself and with other people when you have one? Or can you only fly with an instructor? Basically, what is a Student's License, and what are the privileges and responsibilities that come with one. Should I get one, or just wait until I can get my Private Pilot's License. Also, what are pilot's pay grade like? I know that veterans make about 275,000 a year, but what about first officers, charter pilots, etc.? How long before you become one of those "veterans" and make huge loads of cash? I'm not just doing it for cash, by the way. Flying has always been a dream of mine, and has dazzled me ever since I could remember. Thanks if you can help me! :)

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    First, a pilot does not have a high end job in terms of pay, but i have never met a pilot that doesnt like what he/she does. every pilot loves flying. What i would suggest is take a few discovery flights in small aircraft to see if you like it first because it is a passion. The student pilot certificate is required to fly solo in a glider or balloon at age 14, but to fly powered solo you need that combined with an FAA class 3 medical. when you have that, you cannot fly alone unless endorsed by an instructor for your aircraft type. Junior pilots often start off on minor airlines doing dinky routes in regional jets. the captains often make 20k-35k per year. after you receive enough TT you can move up, but that wont be until 10 years or so. pilots always complain about pay, but they love their job so much they dont leave. its like the airlines are sucking them out of money because of their passion. They should make more; they fly multi million dollar aircraft and carry hundreds of passengers while working many hours a day and have time away from their family. i wrote an article about pilot licensing a while ago but i cant remember it all. wish i could help more

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Hey! I'm 16 and I too am in year 11. For a while I've always wanted to be an airline pilot. But recently I've changed my mind. Mainly because I believe commercial aviation is becoming too automated, and the treatment on pilots is getting worse and worse. I can tell you, the most hands on the stick you will get in the airlines will be at take-off and at really close to touch down. ALL OF THE REST will be your turning these dials. http://krepelka.com/fsweb/learningcenter/InTheCockpit/images/UsingAnAutopilot03.jpg and this is now. While we are kids. So whats it going to be like in 20/30/40 years? It wont be piloting, like what it is now. But there's hope :P I flew a helicopter for my first time yesterday. And it was pure awesome, the enjoyment of flying a chopper and the actual piloting in choppers will always surpass the airlines. As well being a helicopter pilot is very, very diverse. Heres just a few areas: *Instructing *Corporate flying *Emergency services (rescue and police) *Film and Media (Movie sets and T.V) *Offshore (Oil refinery transport) *Utility (transporting construction) *Tourism *Military (Army and Navy) My dream is to be fly for Snow resorts. By either just touring around or dropping off madcuntz down giant mountains. Flying normal planes is going to be alot harder to get a career out of. People mainly work at the little jobs to get to the airlines. So employers don't usually give out that much $. But no need to worry, if you still want to go on just planes, there's more jobs out of the airlines than in them. So try out choppers, If not Military is probably the best option. Source(s): www.helibiz.com I've been flying little planes myself, since I'm from the land down under (Australia, mate) I'm flying Jabirus, the j-120 j-170 and the j-230. and I recently got solo. That too was awesome. So certainly try and fly the small stuff to see what its like. I don't know how your system works. But we have an RA class of flying. Where its just for recreational purposes. You can fly only ultra-light aircraft (Not all trikes) where you can only fly 1 passenger and cant fly at night. So its fairly basic. all that= less study and less money to fork out. If not choppers and please god not airlines, theres the military. And of course you can do airplanes at the smaller scale of things. really CBF mentioning them all similar to choppers in a way. Less diverse though. Feel free to email me and ask anything about aviation at [email protected] If you've got friends that have Questions about flying tell them to email me too. ______________ Your welcome :)

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