Pilot’s License Privileges & Job Opportunities
A PPL holder with a FRTO License can fly as pilot-in-command and carry passengers throughout India and also abroad with proper permission. Further a PPL holder can undergo training for CPL to become a professional pilot and join as a pilot officer and work with one of the employer companies like Air India, Indian Airlines, Vayudoot, Coast Guard, O.N.G.C., agriculture aviation, flight services of state governments and major companies, private airlines and of course hundreds of foreign airlines. Still a pilot can find jobs of aerial photography, aerial survey, Air patrolling, aerial display/advertisement etc., or become a Test Pilot, Check Pilot or a Pilot Instructor and other Non-Flying relevant positions like Airport Manager etc. throughout the aviation world.
A survey article published in the “Asian Aviation” magazine, February 1993 issue, states “India is currently experiencing a sudden explosion of domestic airlines activity under the new domestic deregulation policy. This kind of growth has naturally created a large demand for pilots. According to official estimates, the two government carriers, Air India and Indian Airlines, will need about 500 pilots through the end of the 90s; 100 of them over the next couple of years. The start-up airlines may very well need another 100 pilots in the short term. The problem for India is that it is not producing enough new pilots. Thus, unless the number of new CPLs increases India's perennial commercial pilot shortage can be expected to get worse!”
As aviation/air transport is an ever-expanding industry, a prospective, deserving client can find a job without much difficulty. Upon request from the candidate, The Skyline Aviation Club can provide “Worldwide Aviation Employment Information Service”, the most invaluable up-to-date information on job vacancies for Pilots, Mechanics and other non-flying positions available with more than 1000 different Govt./Private Prospective Employer Companies in about 150 countries of the world including the USA, UK, Australia, Canada and India.
As The Skyline Aviation Club is functioning as Aviation Training Institute, it does not provide or guarantee any employment in the Fields of Aviation, Aeronautics or Telecommunication. However students will be provided with all necessary information and guidance related to Employment Opportunities in the fields of Aviation, Aeronautics and Telecommunication in India and Abroad.
Job Oppurtunities
The Airline Boom has resulted in the demand for pilots skyrocketing. But can our training institutes churn out so many high fliers every year? TIMES OF INDIA investigate:
The Times of India, Mumbai June 21 2006 New Article by: Manju V.
* Sunil (name changed) joined the Andhra Pradesh Flying Club in December 2004. He has done only 32
hours of flying in the last 14 months as the institute has no chief flying instructor.
* T P Manoj joined Trivandrum Flying Club in April 2003 but still needs to clock 150 more flying hours before he can apply for a Commercial Pilot's License (CPL). The situation is bad, he says; it took him 11 months to log only three hours of flying even when there was a Chief Flying Instructor(CFI).
With only about 10 CFIs and 50 training aircraft, the wait before you can get a CPL and hope to fly is getting longer by the day. And the plight of people like Manoj should have taught others to steer clear of our flying institutes, you would think.
But the situation is vastly different. About 2000 students are embarking on mission impossible this year; after
appearing for their ground training examinations in April, they will train for a CPL. About a half of the 300 - odd CPL holders that India produces annually train in institutes abroad. And the rest knock the doors of the 29 flying schools here. It's another matter that 15 have shut shop, as they don't have a CFI.
“About 1, 200 students have enrolled in these flying schools despite the capacity being only 300,”an aviation
industry insider said. Admissions to these schools, unlike medical and engineering colleges, are not controlled by the government. And this leads to a situation where, on an average, 25 students fight for every
training air-craft; the global average is one aircraft for eight students.
The situation in the skies is vastly different from that on the ground and this goes a long way to explain the race to become a pilot. The airlines and chartered operators are extremely pilot-hungry now as they are looking to add 500 aircraft to the Indian skies in the next five years.
“Conservative estimates put the demand at 4, 000 pilots though the flying schools, even with enhanced
infrastructure, will be able to churn out about 2, 000 in that period,” an industry insider said.
Moreover, there will be a spate of pilot retirements in 2008 as there have been no retirements since 2003, when the government raised the age of retirement from 60 to 65. That's where foreign pilots enter. India
now has about 300 expatriate pilots who get paid about $ 10, 000 a month. But aviation observers warn that
airlines in the Middle East, Europe and Far East Asia will also be vying for pilots because of their own expansion plans.
“The expat pilot's salary packages will not only be increasing but there could also be a situation where Indian pilots could get wooed by foreign nations with lucrative deals,” the expert said, predicting turbulent times ahead |
