Nepalese Pilots
 

Hi! People
I am a new member on PPRuNE!
Need some information on COnversion rules in Nepal.
Also am a Nepali national currently training in the USA as per DGCA requirements & hope to return to India and convert my FAA CPL to a DGCA CPL by october 2006.

Please give me what ever infromation with regard to the two countries - NEPAL & INDIA.

Thank you.

Wait for LeftWing JI's reply...

He has the correct one for u...

Regards

Kanak

oh boy do you learn quick. well done L.W.:ok:

thks guys just doing my best ! ..:cool:

Nepal ...cant help you; DGCA India check their web site.

Wait for LeftWing JI's reply

I like the use of "ji" .....I'm gonna be called masalamaji ...nice :D :ok:

Hey,,

When will U guys call me Kanak Ji....

Hope my day will also come....:hmm: :p

KANAK "JI"

Calling Ji is not a qualification..Try to be successful in your career and life in the looong run...
!!

Sorry if i meant any other thing. That is all what i meant..A successful career and life...as everyone of us aspires.

anyway best wishes to all..

Hi! Left Wing.I checked the DGCA Website.And read all the forms too. The doubt is this - for appearing for the Conversion EXams it says in the end -"if foreigner submit form thru employer/sponsoring organisation". Are Nepali Citizens considered foreigners?
can't I appear for the DGCA exams by "self-sponsoring"?

Hope you can find the answers!
Thank you

If you do not have an Indian passport you are a foreigner...quite the common sence mate !

If I do not have an indian passport i am definately a foreigner.BUT as i had mentioned earlier that the constitution of india has exceptions with regards to Nepal & Bhutan.

so,do DGCA see nepalis as foreigners or they follow the rules followed by indians???

hi indonep
Its true when you say that Indian govt doesnt view a nepali or bhutanese as foreigners but in aviation i am not too sure about that.the best thing for you to do is call up DGCA and ask.Also find out if there are nepali pilots working in any of the airlines in India.
Good luck

divinesoul thank you for the message. air Deccan got a few nepali pilots but they have prior flying experience on turboprops.the last option i guess will be to get an indian citizenship. that should take care of all the problems and confusions in my mind.

Blue skies!

Well I personally know of a few Indian pilots who during the last aviation downturn('96-'00) worked for a few carriers in Nepal like Buddha air and so on....so I'm pretty sure that nepalis can work in India...but to be on the safe side go see someone in DGCA when u go to Delhi next....

Hi! Masalama
thanks for the positive info. By the way..are there any efficient ground classes for DGCA papers in Mumbai?

The only way you will get a reply from DGCA is to go there and ask. Also helps if you have some kind of contacts :{ :{ .

try www.air-titan.com for grd school in COK not in BOM..very good pro set up. BOM is not the best place for grd school.

Leftwing. thanx for the air titan link. how about delhi for ground school?
I personally think i need ground training only for Navigation paper. Air Regulation & Meterology is fine. how much d you think its gonna cost for a 1 month class?

Also,Personally what do you think about the shortage of pilots in india? is it really that bad of the media has exegeggarated the figures??

thanks.

Close to 250 aircrafts on order by the airlines, each aircraft needs approx 6 sets of pilots..you do the math now !

The shortage is huge right now, hence jobs are easy will remain this way for 2yrs, and the Indian guys are the envy of the world of aviation.


250 hrs TT and RHS of a ATR,320,737NG,E170...:\

Hi, does anybody know when this law is going to change?
Because Indian has a shortage of Captains and F/O (copilots), so they will need expat pilots to continue the normal operations. i think is just time to see expat pilots as F/O. What do you think left wing?

JAJA, xpat Capts yes more than 200 already flying in India...LOW TIME NON TYPE RATED F/O (copilots) NO...XPAT FO = 500 HRS ON TYPE =320,NG etc etc...

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=231862

PLS READ MY REPLY & Virtual Reality's reply..

and who cares what I think ! :\