Once a child learns to walk, it stops crawling. Same is the case of a person who would always walk on the earth looking skyward, once he has tasted flying. Because that is where they belong to and will always long to be. 

Potential training for upcoming pilots has gained its importance in India. With the vast variety of caste and creed in India, the government intends providing equal opportunities to one and all. So in this process nine deserving candidates from ST, SC as well as OBC are considered for free pilot training, right throughout the course. The well deserved and aspiring pilots from poor families of Chhattisgarh will be taken care of, as stated by the director of Aviation of the state, Mr. Anil Tuteja. The government will be spending less than one and half crores per year on these selected nine trainees.

It is a scheme with which people living in Chattisgarh will have an enhanced financial status will be enhanced and so will the aviation industry, which will benefit from the increased number of quality pilots too.

All the potential candidates need is a successful completion of XII with remarkably good marks in physics and mathematics, in particular. Bilaspur has its airport, Chakarbhata, where they will be trained at Sai Fly Tech Academy.

Indian Air force also offers free pilot training. The candidate has to give one entrance exam of the NDA but not before completing their standard XII. The candidate under training does not only benefit from free training, but also gets a stipend through all the three years of their training. Once the training is over and completed successfully, their dream job of becoming a pilot awaits them at one of the Air Force Station.

It is all about flying high, enjoying the true sensation, achieved with one’s own credibility.

There are institutes spread all over India. To name a few, they are, Rajasthan State Flying School, Jaipur, and Rajputana Aviation Academy, Kota in Rajasthan, Yash Air and Frank Airways, Indore in Madhya Pradesh, UP State Flying Training Institute, in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.

Andaman & Nicobar Flying Training Institute and Assam Flying Club are also other institutes in Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Guwahati, Assam respectively

In the south, it is Bangalore Aeronautics, HAL Rotary Wing Academy and Technical Services in Bangalore and Wings Aviation of Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh with Kerala Aviation Training Centre in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Banasthali Vidyapith Gliding and Flying Club and Aviation Training Academy, Coimbatore and Orient Flight School in Pondicherry are some institutes in Tamil Nadu.

Our Capital, New Delhi has its own Delhi Flying Club, while Nagpur Flying Club is in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Last, but not the least, Jamshedpur Cooperative Flying Club of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand is no way behind in the race of training the upcoming pilots.

Institute of Aviation Medicine in Bangalore as well as the Air Force Central Medical Establishment situated in New Delhi are the final authorities to clear a student after examining them with a monthly oral test, aptitude test and a medical test as well, before issuing them with their student’s pilot license.

There are two types of pilot training, Helicopter and Professional Training. With Helicopter being one of the most versatile training courses it holds more scope in the coming days. The demand of the helicopter pilots has thus increased considerably.

The Professional pilot program is about converting a trainee to become a pilot of any professional aircraft. All aspiring commercial pilot has to make sure that they go through this professional pilot training.

Knowledge of flying an aircraft is not enough. Both theoretical and academic subjects are equally must for any professional pilot.

One has to be medically fit to undergo the training. So a medical certificate has to be obtained. A bank guarantee for the specified amount is a must along with a security clearance, to get going.

To get the student’s pilot license, more known as SPL, one will have to undergo a medical test to ensure their fitness. Getting this license is the stepping stone for any one to proceed further and get their Private Pilot License to get trained, so as to reach their ultimate destination.

A pilot need not have to watch for any cats or dogs running across or any children or ladies crossing the road nor there would be any road signs to look out for. So obviously it is considerably less fatiguing for a pilot than what a four wheel driver experiences.

Be it a helicopter or a commercial aircraft, one has to be in the shoes of a pilot to get the heavenly feeling of flying high in the early mornings. The decision of becoming a pilot may be one of the many major decisions of life time but surely a decision that one would never regret.

Getting to fly an airplane is considered to be one of the most adventurous and a fun task by a large number of people. And getting paid to do something that is so cool is even better. Being a pilot is a perfect career option for people who love to travel, have fun, love to have a constantly changing view and destination and experience challenges.

Infact a lot of people get fascinated every time they see a pilot. A lot of people also consider the job of a pilot to be a job with several hours of boredom as well as a lot of risk. There may be mixed opinions about the job profile of a pilot but there is no denial to the fact that the job of the pilot is extremely lucrative and full of added benefits. Pilots in India and all across the world are highly paid and that is what attracts majority of the people all across the world to take up a career as a pilot.

Pilots are people with a lot of responsibility and most importantly they are responsible for the safety of hundreds of people travelling in the flight as well as goods worth millions of rupees. Thus in order to start a career as a pilot getting proper and professional pilot training is a must for every aspiring pilot.

In the past few years a large number of pilot training schools have been setup and established in various parts of the country. These pilot training schools offer a large number of pilot training programmes which are available to all the candidates. These programmes are the Commercial pilot training, Airline pilot training, Private pilot training, Professional pilot training, Helicopter pilot training, Military pilot training, Sport pilot training, Student pilot training and many more.

In order to be able to take one such program the candidate needs to fulfill all the requirements or the eligibility criteria for that particular course. The pilot training courses are quite expensive and cannot be afforded by many. In order to solve this problem and give equal opportunity to all the students on the basis of the merit a large number of training schools have collaborated with several banks  and other organizations to offer loans and scholarships to aspiring and deserving pilot training students.

A lot of training institutes also provide scholarships on the basis of the performance of their students. Selected numbers of students belonging to Scheduled castes, Scheduled tribes as well as OBC’s also get an opportunity to get pilot training for free.

The result of all these provisions has been quite positive and India has been observing an increase in the total number of pilots as well as the pilot training schools.