What can I read/study at the moment?
 

Hi I live in Delhi and am in Xith right now, I want to become a commercial pilot in the future? What can I study/read at the moment? What books do people study during CPL? Also what is RTR?


P.S: If your reply is "Dont become a pilot", then pls don't reply :)

Good Confidence.... I like it....!!!!

Study/Refer the followings whenever its possible if you have real passion for Aviation. If you consider flying simply as a job & Flamboyant lifestyle no need to study anything. only you need Money & Heaps of them.

1. History of Aircrafts & Flyers (From Santos Dumont , Charles Linburg, Noel wein to the Cesar & chesley sullenburger (sully)

2. History of Airlines (From Chalk, KLM,Pan AM to Deccan shuttle or Scoot)

3. History of Aero Engines ( From Rolls royce RB 23 welland to GP 7000 & PW 4000)

4. History of Flying clubs (From RAF central flying school & Mertens Fliegerschule to oxford Aviation Accademy)

Hope this will keep you engaged. Cheers & best of Luck:D

Welcome aboard to the road to the right seat.

The US FAA website also has free PDF versions of all their Aeronautical handbooks: Handbooks & Manuals a very good source for basic information on flight and weather, aircraft maneuvers, etc. Good luck!

Look up Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Government of India
See Civil Aviation Requirements Section 7 (Find the Syllabus)
Also under Aircraft Rule 1937,See Personnel of aircraft,Medical,Logbooks etc
See the Medical section on the website.If you have any queries on medical, look at the Handbook on Medical Assessment of Civil flight crew

For R/T,I think you ought to look here,
WPC Home

FAA books
 

The FAA has a few books of its own that i found to be extremely helpful during my training. start of with the pilot's handbook of aeronautical knowledge Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge.

This will give you a very good idea of where to begin. studying for the DGCA exams should not be difficult if you follow what everyone has been talking around this forum. look up the DGCA website for suggested books too, dont know if they have updated it but the GSP's out there are excellent too.

I like your attitude :cool:

Since, you are in your XIth I suggest you keep aviation related reading to weekends only and read your Maths and Physics for your boards well.
When you have time, you can read what ever interests you in aviation. Watch a lot of Air Crash Investigation Programs on NGC. Get yourself a MS Flight Sim.
Keep yourself fit. Thats pretty much it.

Hi shikhar_joshi,
Well as you are determined to joined this field so I will suggest get the Nav or Radio Aids books and just read it to have some fair idea about the subject.
Keep yourself fit like your BMI, etc, and get your Class II cleared and apply for a date for INITIAL CLASS I in Bangalore or Delhi ( Reason: they are strict and IF there is any issue/ problem they will let you know).

Very wise advise by GE90-115B.Learning aviation is like learning a new language as well.I don't think you need to spend on books yet.Start familiarising with the lingo.Look up the following terms on the net:
VFR,IFR,VMC,IMC,VHF,HF,VOR,DME,ADF,AIP,AIC,AIRAC,CAR,NOTAM,
ISA,QNH,QFE,DALR,SALR,ELR,TAF,ATIS
Maybe others can help with more basic acronyms.

I got my CPL in 2009 and till today I have no job and struggling to pay my loan. I ve virtually lost respect from my friends and family members due to this.many of my friends who wanted to be pilots but took engineering for other reasons are well off nowadays earning in decent job getting married and feeding their parents unlike me. but luckily i am nearing the completion of my degree which i started and planning to find a good job when i complete it and i dont know what ill do with my worthless license.

If you ask me the honest opinion then I would say what you dont want to hear but main advice ill give you is think about the concequences

-first make sure you can afford training, dont take loan!!!this will add extra burden, then have a plan B, to be safe its good to have a degree in hand especially engineering degree, after you get your license then if you dont find job you can fall onto something

just try to talk to as much as CPL holders as you can.and find out the real situation. all the best

From the ground up

flying without formulae

Mechanics of flight

good books for a beginer.

Thanks
 

Thanks a ton everyone for your replies!

As recommended:
1. I did concentrate well on my 10+2 and did well. Also just enrolled into an engineering college for a backup in life.

2. Did talk to a lot of CPL holders in India and patiently listened to them. Most of them are recommending the IndiGo Cadet Pilot Programme ( your thoughts ? )

3. Did watch ALOT of Mayday / Air Crash Investigations on Youtube and NGC.

4. Read two books - QF 32 by Richard de Crespigny and Flight without Formulae . Could not find some books , while plan to buy some and read them now since I'm free from school and entrance exams.

5. Familiarized myself with the lingo .

6. Downloaded Oxford ATPL pdf and plan to read it slowly and steadily.

7. Still have a positive approach towards this career. Have talked to my parents about it repeatedly and personally feel that you should chase your passion because you have just one life to live.

I think he or she wants to be a pilot; not a historian LOL ! :p

This book has been around for a while, and when I first read it, it based on the Boeing 747-200. Now it seems the author has moved to the 777 and it's based on that.

re:shikar
 

Shikar, I think you've got a good attitude and hope it all works out well.

The getting a flight sim downloaded or installed and working on that is good advice that will help in understanding concepts of basic flying and instrument flying techniques that will remain with you throughout your flying career.

Specifically, for airline flying, Handling the big Jets by Davies is a very good book but slightly technical in nature.

I just wish the future pilots of India have the passion and drive to make it in an increasingly competitive market.

All the best, keep us posted.

Masalama :ok:

oh man look at those advice coming by ! learn the lingo's , study "handling the big jets " !! seriously is that the way all of you took your first step into aviation !!!
I might be completely wrong on this but i feel that in another year you should be finishing high school , presumably start your pilot training right after that . Well you should actually be looking at good flying schools ( out of india ) where you can complete you Private pilot certificate , Commercial pilot certificate .
Choosing the right school is not an easy task as a wrong school can really screw you up ( personal experience ) . so get on to the internet and start looking for good flight schools .

I'm a great fan of FSX and i feel you can try your hands on them as i always feel practical knowledge is much more imp than the books . You definitely need the books and knowledge but for now take it in a step by step manner .

Another thing which someone has already suggested is to do your Class2 medical test , the list of class 2 medical examiners is available on the DGCA website .

All the best .

Shikar - walk before run! You might do well to look at the CPL syllabus first before ATPL.

If you are going to study in Australia, there is an excellent initial guide to aviation called the VFR handbook that captures the essence of the sorts of things you need to know to achieve some degree of excellence in the procedural aspects of flying - the laws are all about safety so theres lot of aviation knowledge embedded in them.
It can be downloaded on the Australian CASA website

When you start studying make your learning systematic and not just the minimum standard.

good luck!