Hi,

There are two major career paths to being hired as an airline pilot: civilian or military.

If you decide to become a commercial pilot, then you need to attend a flying school to earn your Commercial Pilot License(CPL). Some of the certified and reputed flying schools in India are:

• GRUA (Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi), Fursatganj
• Gujarat Flying Club, Vadodara
• Delhi Flying Club, Delhi
• Madras Flying Club (Chennai)
• Patiala Aviation Club, Patiala
• Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation, Karnal

Aspirants who clear this entrance exam are then scrutinized through a physical and medical exam. After which the final candidates are hand-picked.

At the training school, students get in flight training as well as theoretical lectures.

Or else you can become a pilot in Indian air force through afcat and defense exams after graduation



After 12 th ,UPSC conducts the NDA (National Defence Academy) exam, clearing which you undergo a 3-year training at NDA, Khadakwasla, followed by flying training at Air Force Training establishments. Post this, you will be commissioned as permanent commission officers and may be posted as pilots at any Air Force station.