Hello Warriors, today I am going to tell you about 5 Ways to Become a Pilot in India. Yeah there are many ways and some of you may even don’t heard about them. Here are 5 Ways to Become a Pilot in India.
5Â Ways to Become a Pilot in India
- The first one and most common is the Indian Air Force. Yes you can become Fighter pilot, Helicopter Pilot or a Transport pilot by
joining air force. There are 606 Fighter, 230 Ground attack, 245 transport, 17 special mission, 223 training aircraft and 424 helicopters in IAF. Ways for joining are:
- NDA
- CDSE
- NCC
- AFCAT(SSC)
- Fast track selection.
joining air force. There are 606 Fighter, 230 Ground attack, 245 transport, 17 special mission, 223 training aircraft and 424 helicopters in IAF. Ways for joining are:
- The second one is Indian Navy. In Indian navy too you can join Fighter branch, Helicopter or Transport There are 63 Fighter, 19 Patrol , 34 utility, 17 special mission, 30 training aircraft and 133 helicopters in Navy.
- NDA
- CDSE
- Indian navy recruitment(SSC)
- The third way goes through Indian Army. In army you can join army aviation corps and can fly Helicopters. There are 213 Helicopters in Indian army aviation corps. (http://indianarmyaviation.blogspot.in)
- NDA
- CDSE
- Indian army recruitment.
Also Read: How to become a Pilot in Indian Air Force
Direct Commissioning from IMA/OTA
- Should be a volunteer for Army Aviation during training stage at the academy PABT and medical to be cleared
After Getting Commissioned into an Army Aviation
- Minimum of 2 years service and not more than 29 years of age.
- PABT and medical to be cleared.
- For direct commissioning, two years of attachment with fall back arm after getting commissioned.
- The fourth way is Indian Coast guard. In Indian coast guard you can fly Helicopters and transport planes. There are 27 Helicopters and 38 Fixed wing aircraft.
- Assistant Commandant (Pilot/navigator)through Indian coast guard recruitment.Â
- The fifth one is not in armed forces but is Civil aviation in which one had to first get a CPL and after that a FROZEN ATPL and then ATPL. Training in Civil aviation is very costly and can go up to 40 to 50 lacs. Normally one can get a CPL in 15 lacs appx but no airline is recruiting candidate with only 250 hrs of flying and a CPL.
