Path to becoming a commercial pilot
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Can someone map out the path to becoming a commercial pilot and also the requirement to become one. Starting from dip/A lvl. Thanks a lot
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well if i'm not wrong, if you intend to apply to SIA, then you do your degree first. after that when you're at least 26 (min age for singaporean male commercial pilots), apply for the SIA cadet pilot scheme. You'll have to go through multiple rounds of interviews and tests and all, and its rather stringent. Then if you pass all of it, you will be sent for a CAAS medical, and then after that you'll see whether they accept you or not.
You'll then proceed to do your fATPL groundschool and basic flying training at seletar under singapore flying college with cessna 152s, then to jandakot in australia for CPL/IR/multi-engine training on beech baron 58s, then more groundschool in singapore, followed by simulator and line training at maroochydore (also australia) with lear 45s, and you'll pass out as a second officer from there, and assigned to either SIA mainline, SIA cargo, or silkair.
Yep. This is as far as i know, anyone with better knowledge of this correct me, thanks
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heard from a friend of mine that those who wear spects can also pilot a plane, but they need to have a degree of less than 500 and the company will help u to correct it using lazers
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that's only for air force. SIA wouldn't spend that money on your eyes.
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Yea and as for the air force, they'll correct your eyes if they're below 700 not 500
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no lar, if u are going be an air force pilot, eyesight below 500 degrees then got cover ...
for other vocations, up to 700 -
Anyone knows what are they looking for based on the interview?
if im not wrong, the salary for trainee pilot is $500 to $700?
How many lady pilots in sia and silk air? -
oh to determine your interest in flying, how you are as a person, and some technical knowledge as well (more if you hold any flying licence or aeronautical engineering degree). The SIA cadet pilot interviews are supposedly quite hard to get through, so if you intend on applying there in the future, you might want to prepare well for them.
As far as i know, there are no female pilots in SIA mainline. Most of them end up in silkair. I have no idea how much they're paid though. -
Can someone who has lazy eye (200 degrees in right eye, 0 in the other) apply for pilot?
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Should be able to, and they'd most likely give you laser surgery if you qualify as a pilot trainee i think.Originally posted by Guile:Can someone who has lazy eye (200 degrees in right eye, 0 in the other) apply for pilot?
though it would pose a little problem with some right eye dominant equipment(as you are probably left eye dominant now), if you fly fighters, such as the DASH targeting systems on the vipers and possibly the HMCS on the newer F-15SGs -
Oh, my bad... totally forgotOriginally posted by gd4u:no lar, if u are going be an air force pilot, eyesight below 500 degrees then got cover ...
for other vocations, up to 700
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Hehe.. this was exactly what my YFC interviewers asked meOriginally posted by Isis:How many lady pilots in sia and silk air? -
why most pilots are ang moh? locals not uo to tbe mark?
even budget airline pilots also 90% ang moh -
What degree? related or unrelated?Originally posted by sgFish:well if i'm not wrong, if you intend to apply to SIA, then you do your degree first. after that when you're at least 26 (min age for singaporean male commercial pilots), apply for the SIA cadet pilot scheme. You'll have to go through multiple rounds of interviews and tests and all, and its rather stringent. Then if you pass all of it, you will be sent for a CAAS medical, and then after that you'll see whether they accept you or not.
You'll then proceed to do your fATPL groundschool and basic flying training at seletar under singapore flying college with cessna 152s, then to jandakot in australia for CPL/IR/multi-engine training on beech baron 58s, then more groundschool in singapore, followed by simulator and line training at maroochydore (also australia) with lear 45s, and you'll pass out as a second officer from there, and assigned to either SIA mainline, SIA cargo, or silkair.
Yep. This is as far as i know, anyone with better knowledge of this correct me, thanks -
uhh...state your sources?Originally posted by 105090:why most pilots are ang moh? locals not uo to tbe mark?
even budget airline pilots also 90% ang moh -
better if its related, but unrelated also nevermind. as long as you show the interviewers that you're interested (meaning you have some aviation knowledge) and that you're willing to learn (they'll ask you qns that you definitely don't know, and see how you respond), you'll be fineOriginally posted by Darkness_hacker99:What degree? related or unrelated? -
http://www.mfa.edu.my/index.htm
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hello binz, you fly with academy? just flew over to malacca a few weeks back, saw your single and twin pipers doing circuits there =)
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wat degree? i wanna knowOriginally posted by sgFish:better if its related, but unrelated also nevermind. as long as you show the interviewers that you're interested (meaning you have some aviation knowledge) and that you're willing to learn (they'll ask you qns that you definitely don't know, and see how you respond), you'll be fine -
google is your friendOriginally posted by SBS9828X:wat degree? i wanna know -
Beech Baron 58 Sucks...I prefer the learjet
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hmm i'm intending on this path too.. shld be going over to massey university in new zealand to get an aviation degree before coming back to apply..
currently in republic of singapore flying club.. got phased (kicked) out of YFC at sortie 33.. after i changed to RSFC.. its been taking forever to get my (PPL) licence -
why may i ask, does the baron 58 suck?Originally posted by buses_galore:Beech Baron 58 Sucks...I prefer the learjet -
i'm pretty sure fish is in aeronautical engineering?
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hmm..that complicated huh
shud ask my ex boss how he become a UN pilot