How To Become a Pilot (Step-By-Step Guide)

In this video, we’ll cover everything you need to know about becoming a pilot, including a detailed breakdown of the costs involved.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:21 - Step 1
01:50 - Step 2
03:00 - Step 3
04:02 - Step 4
05:07 - Step 5
05:49 - Step 6
07:12 - Step 7
07:50 - Step 8
09:36 - Costs

[corgzy]

This is hands down the best YouTube guide I've ever watched. Great job.

[jamess]

Note: A lot of flight schools, especially 141, prefer you to have your written(s) done before flight training.
Great video

[battery_wattage]

If you have any significant medical history, it can take up to a year to get a medical. I’m a cancer survivor and I had to come up with an extra $3500 for neuropsychological and heart testing, and that included going through referral loopholes so I could qualify to use my health insurance, otherwise it would have been over 5k in testing. Also the neuropsychological test cannot qualify for insurance.
My tests went well and after 8 months I finally got my first class medical with no neuropsychological impairment and no heart issues.

[MuhammedIskan]

I don’t really worry about the jobs because I have citizenship somewhere that practically helps you on becoming anything, the only thing that bothers me is the medical certificate, where to find a good flight school/instructor, and the controls of a plane, but I will try not to worry too much because I have faith, inshAllah I will become a pilot one day and inshAllah for the others that has the same dream as me to become a pilot one day too.

[sub_miat]

I’m 13 and have been in love with planes for many years now, such fascinating works of engineering to thing that hundred-tonne cabins could get in to the air with the use of gigantic jets. I know barely anyone actually gets in to careers with airlines, especially the high reputation ones like QTR or BAW but I dream of flying A320s for British Airways or Easyjet and I spend virtually all my free time on the X-Plane 12 demo using the most realistic mods I can find like the Zibo 737 and I hope to eventually get the ToLiss A320 as I love the A320 dearly. I know it’s super far away but I can’t wait until Christmas as I was told I could get the full version of XP12 and I’ve already planned to do a big 777 flight from America to Taiwan with a connecting flight to VTBS. My grandad and I both love the 777 and EVA Air. I dream of getting the job one day (I would love to fly the 777 and A320) as I love both planes so much. I know the massive sleepover flight with my friends is the closest I’ll get to the real experience as it’s just not something that a normal person like me could achieve, but I hope that through hard work and resilience one day I could end up sat in that seat, 6 curved windows in front of me and another person who tried their best too to achieve such an amazing role. If there’s any airline pilots who are willing to share their training stories, please reply and tell me! Hopefully my passion for airliners never leaves me as I grow up. I had the incredible opportunity to go gliding with Scouts recently and that was one of the highest moments of my life (quite literally!) and hopefully a flying course will appear within my Air Cadets squadron that I could get on. The Air Cadets building is all sort of falling apart and has black mould everywhere but I’m thankful for anywhere that could get me closer to the amazing opportunity of flying. I am so thankful for being able to find such a wide community online that shares my love for planes, albeit with everyone else knowing much more but maybe one day I’ll get to be one of those people. If you have the time, please tell me your stories if you’re an airline pilot!

[CarolyneAli]

I am a grade 8 learner and I would like to became a pilot in future ❤❤❤❤

[balintfoldi]

It's so expensive, never thought it would cost so much especially when I convert that to my currency it goes up to 8 digits.

[karld]

i really like how indepth and direct this video is, weither its studying, practical and oral, down to pricing and how to approach going from a PPL to commercial... in just 11 minutes :) nice!

[alex-]

What about taking the military route? Can you make a video on that?

[dusty_five_]

Nice paint job on that 172 in the background.

[ojoolasehinde]

See you all in the sky thanks for making me able to achieve my dreams

[Merk]

What are my chances of becoming an ATP when I'm starting at 39? Would a major airline hire someone in their mid 40s?

[shafinurrahman]

Sir it will be very helpful if you make a video about flight training in USA for International students. Many student of many countries are interested to get their flight training in USA. Can you give a guidelines for those students?

[alexjackson]

Very informative and well put. Thank you

[imagineworksgreat]

How do people pay for their flying lessons all the way to commercial? Are there federal loans? Anything?

[slice]

This video is very helpful. If I were to pursue the career of a commercial pilot, what degree should I aim to get?

[ClearedForTakeoff]

hello man, I am an aviation fan and every time someone asks me what job I want to do I always answer: "the pilot", but they remember me that I don't have the money to do it. This is my dream, can you help me??? Can you give me some tips. By the way this video is fantastic.

[same]

Very informative video. I had no idea it's so expensive and takes so much time. Better start your training early in your youth and have a rich daddy. Or join the military.

[ezzaAU]

I'm 44 and wish I started at a young age to become an airline pilot. I can only afford to pay my mortgage and currently, I just fly on my home pc simulator with MSFS2020 and some study level add-ons.

Nice video with all very good information. I just subscribed to your channel. 😊👍👍💯👆👆🙏🙏

[PickledWombat]

Do you have any tips to keep motivation up? I am currently learning with your ground school however I feel like I’m studying less and less because I feel like I’m not retaining the information and it makes learning not fun if I’m not actually “learning.”