Available Options

After you have successfully completed your Class I medicals , its now time to think of where you will be training . Now this can be the first tricky decision you make as a lot depends on this .

Basically you have three main options to consider :

1. Do your flight training from abroad and then give the composite examinations in India for your Indian Commercial Pilots license .

Advantages :

• Flight training can be completed from abroad within a resonable period of time .
• The quality of training is ten folds better than in India provided you choose the right Flight School .
• At the end of the course you will be having Two Licenses which in many a cases is quite beneficial.

Disadvantages :

• The situation gets complicated when one is not able to clear the composite exams . As a result of this many of the important checkrides get lapsed and they need to be reflown and thus it can become a costly affair.
• Many a times i have seen people coming all the way back from US and other countries to renew their medical and also sometimes to try their hand at the CPL general papers . Again a lot depends on the persons current status , often many clear 1 or 2 of the general papers and go abroad so they only require to clear that paper or papers . Again all this doesn't matter if money is not a factor .

2. Complete your flight training in India .

Advantages : There aren't many but i will try to highlight some of them .

• The radio telephony license conversion is not a headache provided that you clear the India RTR exams .
• You can stay in touch with the changing trends of aviation industry in India .
• No running around with your passport and praying to god to grant you a visa .
• The main advantage is that you do not have to worry about your flying hours getting lapsed and the same going for the CPL papers.

Disadvantages :

• Training can be long and arduous .
• Training standards and facilities are very poor .
• No definite time period can be planned to finish the flight training .

3.Finish 50 hrs of flight training in India , clear the Indian CPL exams and then go for training either abroad or continue with it in India .


Advantages :

• Flying experience in two or more countries and their respective licenses.
• More options towards RTR exams .
• The headache of clearing CPL papers back home is eliminated .

Disadvantages :

• In many countries like the US the Indian hours are not taken into consideration for the issue of their FAA CPL . Those hours are required to be flown again .
• The other disadvantage can be the fact that it can be a longer process .
  

Posted by Ethan_Hawx at 5:39 AM