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LIGHT SPORT LICENSE (LSA) RECREATIONAL /

LEISURE PILOT LICENCE

Light Sport Aircraft Tailwheel endorsement

REMAIN CURRENT, FLY SAFELY FOR FUN AND CONSIDER:

Regular upset recovery training / spin training in a properly certified GA aircraft Regular crosswind training Regular hover taxi / strip run training emphasizing slow flight skills

REMAIN CURRENT, FLY SAFELY

FOR FUN AND CONSIDER:

Regular spin training

Convert Light Sport License to Private Pilot

GENERAL AVIATION GA FIXED WING - PRIVATE PILOT

AVIATION UNIVERSITY / COLLEGE / ACADEMY / PART 141 SCHOOL

REMAIN CURRENT AND FLY SAFELY FOR BUSINESS. In addition to the above consider:

Regular practice or training in real IFR weather Regular night exercise training

REMAIN CURRENT, FLY SAFELY FOR FUN AND CONSIDER:

Regular upset recovery training or spin training Regular crosswind training Regular hover taxi / strip run practice or training emphasizing slow flight skills and awareness. Formation endorsement to develop precise flight skills Mountain flying course Bush flying course Floatplane endorsement

GENERAL AVIATION PRIVATE PILOT -

HELICOPTER

PRIVATE PILOT LICENSEHelicopter

TURBINE ENDORSEMENT

HelicopterPRIVATE PILOT LICENSE

Tailwheel aircraft

IF YOU: lose your GA medical or, wish to fly smaller, less complex aircraft or, fly something different consider soaring or LSA

A320 OR B737 TYPE RATING

Build hours instructing

Turbine endorsement and build turbine time

MULTI ENGINE COMMAND INSTRUMENT RATING (MECIR)

Build twin hours instructing or flying charter, freight, parachute drop, bank runs, etc.

ATPL (Airline Transport Pilot Licence) F-ATPL is frozen until you accumulate 1,500 pilot in command (PIC) hours and fulfill all the requirements for an ATP.

College Degree in any field - Regional airlines in the US will usually require a minimum of

an Associate Degree. Major airlines in the US will usually require a minimum of a four year

Bachelors Degree. Major airlines in many other countries also prefer their flight crew to

have a degree.

Consider non core aviation fields such as Elec / Mech Engineering, IT, & Bsc Teaching degree etc. to broaden

your job prospects in the event of not securing a cadetship, being furloughed during a downturn, or you

lose your medical etc.

ATPL (Airline Transport Pilot Licence) after accumulatin 1,500 PIC hours & complying with

all requirements for an ATP

Twin turbo prop FO position with regional airline

FO position with regional or low-cost airline

Regional or low-

cost airline Captain

Major Airline First Officer

Major Airline Captain

Sailplane / Glider

Bush Pilot Course

Light Sport License

Trike / Paraglider License

Regional airline twin turboprop Captain

FLY SAFELY FOR FUN IN YOUR SPARE TIME!

Seaplane / Float Endorsement

Aerobatics Endorsement

Tail wheel endorsement

FLIGHT ACADEMY

(MPL) MULTI PILOT

LICENSE

MODULAR / PART 61 FLIGHT

SCHOOLTypically a smaller

Flight School

BACHELORS DEGREE IN ANY

FIELDConsider non core aviation fields such

as Elec / Mech Engineering, IT, &

Bsc Teaching degree etc. to broaden

your job prospects in the event of not securing a cadetship, a

downturn, or you lose your medical

etc.FOCUS IS ON SCENARIO BASED (CRM) TRAINING

EMPHASIZING CREW RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

Extensive use is made of flight simulators. Before commiting to a MPL program consider:

1. Whether your particular MPL program is airline specific

2. What options you have if the airline releases you before you

have accumulated 1500 hrs3. Whether you are qualified

to fly charters, bank runs etc if you lose your FO positionBuild real world Pilot In Command (PIC) time

and develop experience before considering instructing (To be fair to your students,

then only if you have the right attitude & aptitude). Build hours flying sight seeing /

charter / freight / glider tug / parachute drop / traffic report / bank runs etc

Possibly build hours flying a sailplane / glider tow plane. To do this you will most likely require a tail

wheel endorsement and a glider / sailplane license. COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENCE,

IFR RATING MECIR RATING ATPL SUBJECTSATPL is frozen until

you accumulate 1500 Pilot in

Command (PIC) hours, and fulfil all

the req. for the ATPL

CADETSHIP REGIONAL / LOW COST AIRLINE

Build hours Consider how many hours in the RHS can be logged as Pilot in Command (PIC) hours. Depending on which country you fly in

you may need a Check & Training Captain in the LHS in order for you to be able to log all you time

as PIC. Check this detail very carefully.

Aerobatics Endorsementor Emergency Maneuvers /

Upset Recovery course

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RETRACTABLE UNDERCARRIAGE

ENDORSEMENT AND CSU ENDORSEMENT

Required in order to hire & fly complex aircraft safely,

and satisfy insurance companies minimums

COMMERCIAL PILOT

LICENSE (CPL)

A320 OR B737 TYPE RATING

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR

RATING

Instrument Flight Rating

and Night Vision Rating (if required in your country)

EMERGENCY MANEUVERS/

UPSET RECOVERY

COURSE

INTEGRATED / PART 141

FLIGHT SCHOOL

Typically a larger Flight School

GLIDER / SAILPLANE

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