Expert: Ismar Avdic, Eng. - 6/24/2008

Question
Sir,
     I am Sahil Gupta & i have done B.E (Mech) but now i want to become a pilot is there any course for me to become a fighter/commercial pilop. If any then giove me details of it with its fee structure

Answer
Sahil,
I am based in USA, all information provided down are based on USA FAA requirements.

Of course there is courses that can get you an commercial pilot license. For the fighter pilot, well that is different story.
But for the begging you have to find an local flight school and try to get most information about local flying and as well get aquinted with few pilots that can get you more information. But generally, your first license will be Private Pilot License and will require at least 40 hrs of flight experinece and 20 proximatelly on ground to cover all objectives that you need to know in order to pass your final flight exam. Average flight students complete trainin and get Private Pilot License within 65 hrs of flight time bsed on USA statistics. Your next objective will be getting an instrument rating to your Private Pilot License and that will give you chance to fly in different and chellenging weather conditions and flying airplane referencing only onboard instruments. Average hrs to acquire instrument rating is proximatelly 40-60 flight hrs. At this point you will have proximatelly around 120 hrs of flight time, your next objective is acquiring all hrs to get an Commercial Pilot license. Before you apply for an Commercial pilot License flight exam you will have to have at least 250 hrs of flight experience. Paying structure is really depends what kind of airplan you will fly through your training. I mean the most economical way is choose an smaller two seater because the fact thay are most economical and cost least for rent. Your average fee structure will be between $45-65,000 in order to get all required flight and ground hrs.

The best of wishes
Ismar