HOW TO BECOME A PILOT

First, you need to decide whether you intend to fly just for fun or professionally. If you view flying as a hobby and nothing more, we recommend getting a LAPL(A) or PPL(A) licence. The PPL(A) licence also serves as a stepping stone to subsequent courses. So, if you decide in the middle of a course that flying is more than just a hobby to you, it isn’t too late to become a professional pilot. If you know from the start that you want to fly for a living, we recommend the comprehensive 0–ATPL(A) programme, which will take you from having zero experience to learning theory for transport pilots.

To acquire a LAPL(A) or PPL(A) licence, you need to have a class 2medical certificate, awarded to you by an aviation physician (the relevantcontact information should be provided to you by your flight school). If youintend to fly professionally/commercially, you need to have a class 1certificate. You can take up a pilot course once you reach 16 years of age,and graduate a professional pilot programme after becoming 18.

All practical courses consist of two parts—theory and practice. There’s no need to worry that an instructor shoves you into a plane and lets you fly when you have no experience. You’ll be slowly introduced to aviation theory, navigation, radio communication, meteorology, and last but not least flight planning and pre-flight inspection.

After completing a basic course, you can gradually broaden your qualifications, e.g. flying at night, instrument flight rules for single-engine aircraft, flying multi-engine aircraft, etc. You can find the complete list of follow-up courses offered at our flight school by clicking the link below. Most of them include the option to do just the theoretical part, separately at our school. This allows you to finish the practical part at any other flight school.