Wannabe a pilot! (And I'm too damn lazy to do a search)

I suspect that there are quite a few lurking Wannabes who haven't yet started down the road to becoming a professional pilot and are wondering how to go about it, and are hoping that all the answers are here on PPRuNe! Well, most of them are here, but sometimes it's difficult to collate it all into one place, and then you have to sort the good info from the rubbish.

So, you guys, take a look at this on the GAPAN website: So You Want To Be A Pilot . It's a very well written book covering just about all you need to know, with contact details for further research.

Recommended!

For those who can't see the wood for the trees here on PPRuNe, the very first thread on this forum is a 'sticky' (it's always in the same place). It's called Archive Reference Threads - READ BEFORE YOU POST A QUESTION. It contains a huge amount of valuable information about the process of getting a licence, the schools you might be considering, the job itself, and much, much more. You'll see it linked to many, many times in this thread because this thread is a collation of the many 'How do I become a pilot?' threads.

Please read carefully before you ask a question that has been answered many times before.

Scroggs

scroggs@pprune.org

Scroggs,

This is a truly comprehensive document covering many, if not all aspect of pilots in aviation. A credit to those who helped to produce it

Would it perhaps be worthwhile making this post a sticky one, saving it from the deep realms of the wannabes forum

Just a thought

Funkie

This thread has an excellent description of what to expect

www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...ighlight=gapan

(I hope it links)

I think the Royal Aeronautical Society have a similar publication. If its the one I am thinking there is a picture of Mike Bannister sat on the Concorde flight deck towards the front.

I can also highly recommend the book by Clive Hughes 'The guide to getting a CPL'

Jinkster

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Enjoy the Gatbash Mr Scroggs?

Given all the whingeing from the seasoned pilots on PPRuNe (bad pay, poor rostering, long hours, high divorce rate, poorly valued by airlines...etc) why would anyone want to become a pilot?

Because we've tried and failed at everything else & decided being a pilot will have to do

............because it takes my mind off the amount of debt I am in.

This is why....

Photos speak for themselves....