I live 30 mins away from where that “accident” happened. And I’ve actually met the guy who did it too.. (not on purpose, he booked a hot air balloon ride with the company I was working for).
Personally, as a student pilot who has gone through ground school. Fly before you take the written, it’s a big deal, and you don’t want to fail it, you’ll beat yourself up on the waste of money if you do fail.
@@declank9380 That’s gonna my key to success, been studying the prepware for a while now. I find the hands on experience has helped me as well in understanding. Everyone is different and learns at their own pace. Thanks for not being a D about it 😁
Do NOT take the written test before training. Having flying experience will help you get a better understanding of the questions, even if you have the knowledge.
Kind of, but not really. The private written has very little to do with the actual flight, as silly as that sounds. As a commercial pilot/CFII/MEI, I can tell you that when I got started I took the private written before I set foot in an aircraft and got a 98. The FAA written tests are incredibly easy to score well on if you put in the effort of studying. Sadly, it comes down to rote memorization for the written. You learn what you’re actually doing in the air!
I disagree I took my PAR IRA CAX FOI before i started flight training for those specific ratings. Depending on the speed of the flight training program you are in it can be beneficial to take it before.
Nope, you can take a ground school, watch videos and get familiar with all the info and take the written test. Once you start flying you can now start reading a book like the Jeppesen Private Pilot or PHAK to start getting deeper knowledge for the oral test and to understand things in general. I did the way you say and I actually won’t recommend it. When you start flying you should have idea if most of the theoretical stuff and basically do a deeper review once you start flying. It will initially be hard but you’ll get through it just fine!
Flying is easy. Theres only 4 fundamentals to flying. Taxi Ascend Descend And bank (turning) Everything you need to do in the air is based on accelerating and decelerate. If you decelerate, your aircraft will start to decend, i.e., the nose will drop, and if you accelerate, your nose will lift, and you will increase altitude. Maintaining a straight & level exercise will be taught to you. Visual flying comprises the "lookout" you will need to keep observing of any threats around you when in the sky prior to doing any monouvers. Once you've done your grounds, do your exams, then fly solo. And soon you will be a pilot.
I seen someone comment got it you have to be white”. Something ridiculous like that. I am Nigerian American and come from a 3rd world country. I have been a commercial pilot/ Flight instructor for a little over 2 years. This world is for everybody and as long as you have faith in our God and yourself and have the passion for this profession it is a million percent possible. Stop holding yourself back if you think you have to come from money or be a certain standard. This life is for everybody!
Was going through the comment section, and yours got my fancy. I am from Nigeria and I have always wanted to train as a pilot but don't know the flying school that would be suitable for me..pls I need your help🙏🙏
@@kingsart4875 Art my man I am adopted and was raised in the United States. So I had axis to a lot of flight schools. Graduated from a 141 flight school in Oklahoma 2018. My advise I can give is look for, loans, pell grants, scholarships or low interest loans. Here in the U.S training can be from 80-100k to get from PPL-CFI. Now the best way to go through training with zero payment is the military of course, but take note that pilot slots are hard to come by so be honest in what your intentions are with your recruiter if you choose that route. Good luck and God bless you message me if you need anything else.
@@kingakingz1596 I really appreciate your comment sir. My intention from onset has been to train as a pilot in Canada although there has been some discouraging stuffs like the fees to complete it to CFL level. My budget can take me from PPL down to the Night Rating. Pls what would you advise me to do?🙏
Private pilot here. Everything he said is great and correct, but to tweak it a bit as everyone has said.. you definitely want to get that medical out of the way after you get your discovery flight. Getting a medical certificate will give you the clearance to make sure you are fit mentally and physically to fly according to FAA regulations. Without this you cannot fly. There are different types of medical certificates so it will all depend on what you want to do with your flying career. For example, if you just want to fly for fun and don't plan on being compensated for it you can get a third class medical. And yes, you can have glasses for corrected vision! Then once you get that you can begin the ground school and the flight training. You can take online ground schools. I've taken Kings School online and so far it has been great. Saves you some money and time with a instructor. I truly believe anyone can be a pilot, but it will not be easy! Don't give up it'll be worth it. Good luck!
Thank you for posting this, becoming a pilot is a dream of mine, but i always felt like there was a huge economic barrier that prevented me from acting on this desire sooner. When i did research it always seemed like becoming a pilot was going to cost 6 figures, if you complete all the necesssary training, which just seemed unfair and like a way to block other people like myself from pursuing our passion. But i looked up kings school and it seems legit. Thanks again
I had no interest in pilots until my first every flight to Hawaii. After that trip, aviation is now on my radar. I think all it takes is a persons first flight
If you want to know I took PPL then the Atpl exams and did good enough near 89 percent then I took a instrument course then I got a night rating then I had hours building. After that I can't remember exactly but I think it was mpl and cpl now I am in simulator training for the a330. I can't remember all the things in order all I know is trying to get more hours
Yea if some one like me who is slightly color blind and don’t know until they go through medical they would get their hopes up just to have em crashed down
@@frankr2584getting a license has many prerequisites including passing a 1st class medical , before investing a big sum into learning it’d be best to take the medical to see if you meet the criteria to be able to obtain a licenses.
The absolute smartest and game changing advice I can give as a pilot…. Get X-Plane…. Get the airframe you plan to learn in… go to gleam and get the PPL learn to fly “game” and do that with an Xbox controller (do not use flight sim equipment, it will develop bad habits). So now that you’ve passed your ground and you are completely mentally familiar with all the procedures necessary to get a PPL both through knowledge and through SIM practice, schedule your actual flight lessons…. You will save SO many hours and SO much time because you aren’t fumbling around and trying to completely learn the basic mechanics behind every step of your course. This advice is 1000x more helpful for instrument rating… because instrument is essentially a flight simulator with real world consequences.
I agree with him in part. Discovery flight, then get the medical before you start spending real money. But no point in getting a medical if you go for the discovery flight and decide its not for you for whatever reason. If your good with the discovery and the medical then proceed
This guy didn’t touch on it, but I HIGHLY RECOMMEND getting a medical certificate first. I went to get my medical and I got deferred because I have a lazy eye (monocular vision). Luckily, I haven’t started any training.
A little tip: you can do ground and flight school consecutively. But taking the ground course prior can save you lots of money by not having the CFI explain everything in the air when you’re spending 200ish/hr. I’d recommend at least taking a few flight lessons before taking the written just so you have more of an understand about what the book is talking about.
If you’re a hands on learner, then it’s best to take lessons before signing up for ground school and taking the FAA Written Exam. I started ground school and took the written after my first solo flight. That’s how I easily passed.
Sure, but it makes no sense to have a down payment on an aircraft if you can’t fly it. One step at a time! You’re also looking at somewhere between 3000 and $6000 a year for annuals. Nobody said aviation was cheap!
Step 1: Book a discovery flight Step 2: then if you decide you like flying then get a FAA medical exam from an AME to get that out the way and to see if you're healthy to fly. You don't want to spend your money then to find out you're not healthy to fly. Step 3: ground school and prepare to take your written exam to get the pressure of the test off your shoulders because they're going to ask you the same 💩 in your oral exam and your check ride, and it pisses me off that the FAA requires a CFI to endorse you to take the exam. Step 4: once you past your exam get an instructor and learn how to fly. The scholastics and flying in the real world is two different animals, (not knocking ground school) but last I checked no one ask what your score was when you took the exam nor do they put your score on the PPL license, to be a good pilot you have to constantly fly...just pass the test. Step 5: it's good to relook at the ground school info without the pressures of an exam.
Oh and not to mention, after finally obtaining your PPL and kissing $12-$15k down the drain, you need to rent planes if you don't already own one, pay exorbitant fuel costs, landing fees, and if any damage or undue maintenance comes up while renting, you pay for that as well. You need to fly regularly to stay current. If you don't, your license lapses and you're back to square one without a refund. Also if you're a bigger built person, you may not even pass the medical. If you do, your insurance rates might end up being too high to even rent a plane much less buy and insure one. If you crash and burn while flying, life insurance also will not pay out to your family as aviation is considered taking a known unnecessary risk. Happy piloting!
Step one is to be wealthy. Aviation has priced itself out of reach for the average person. After you spend all that money to get a license, you still have to either buy an airplane or rent them, both of which are very expensive. Been there, done that, had to give it up.
He's talking about your private pilot license which he should have mentioned. Not an actual commercial airline pilot license. Where you are licensed to fly commercial airplanes with or without passengers on board. BIG DIFFERENCE and in $$$ as well. More like 70k-100k average
8k-12k is realistic for the Midwest probably…. Anywhere else where it’s a big enough population, meaning closer to bigger cities, you are looking at closer to $16k-$22k …. Fun fact I spent about $40k on my Private Pilot certificate cuz I went to the school that milked hours and money outta me! So make sure to do your research on the school and check to see if you know someone or can find someone on online local aviation groups that can help you!
What I do is take kids, as young as seven, take them to my local strip, have them take a ride. Won’t have an issue with homework for years! There’s also Civil Air Patrol
Well, taking into consideration everything that has to be done and the total cost, I think step one is , to be completely dedicated to be coming a pilot. The time, money ,and hard work requires dedication.
Imagine paying between 8k-12k by the fucking hour for an instructor to sit beside you. Ridiculous industry. At that point, I don’t even want to be a pilot, let me be an instructor, damnit.
I disagree, but only in the order of things… There’s nothing wrong with reading up on pilot jargon, procedures, operations and those sorts of things…But hold off on trying to pass the written exam before you dive into the hands on logistics of operating the airplane. Start flying with your instructor and about midway into your training and you’ve been studying for it, you’ll be amazed how easy things come to mind for the test that you’ve been practicing real time for a month or so now in the plane. Trying to take the written before anything else will feel like trying to learn Mandarin Chinese. Spend a little time in country so to speak. Hear and watch the language and procedures in use. You’ve got plenty of time for the written before your check ride. The less stress you put on yourself, the better. Blue Skies and Tail Winds Good Luck!
And this is just to get your PPL, in order to even make money flying you need to spend even more to get you CPL, then after all that..you make the same as a garbage man, then you spend more on training to graduate to bigger aircraft then you start making pretty good but not amazing money
Get a real Ground with a real instructor .. no those ones that give you a book and tells you, study it yourself 😂… you will end up believing that an airplane flight bc there are 2 molecules traversing the wing profile, one travels along the upper surface faster than the second one that goes underneath to meet at the end, or that the high pressure below a wing profile pushes the wing upwards, generating lift."😂😂😂😂… funny grounds around
Step 1A, Go ask a flight instructor where to find a FAA certified Fight Surgeon (Medical examiner) and get the Flight Physical and Medical Certificate before you do anything else!
Yea no. Sure take a discovery flight first. Then get your medical. You may not be able to get your certificate. Then take flying lessons while studying the books. This will help integrate the learning. Do not just study the books without flying. That will lead to frustration for most people.
I did mine back in 94 and it cost 5k private pilot license in 40hrs...after 9/11 the world turned upside-down in the private aviation business. Prices tripled and i couldn't aford it anymore...3 hrs on the hobbs was 150.00 for 8hr(cessna 150) rental, i dont even want to know what it is today
To me the best flight school ever is L3harris in Sanford Orlando …. Trust me it’s the best you can find . And second is skyborne in Vero beach, they connected to British airways directly after training with them as first officer position with BA ….. and other partner airlines …. You can get FAA and EASA/ ATPL Done in both schools…. Highly recommend L3 or SKYBORNE. If you don’t like these schools, you are the problem .
Taking a big risk going through school because I'm 39 and two kids, I flew as a kid and getting this dream done. Never ever lost my love for the sky. That's 🗝️#1 money is #2. Instruction is 3 but find the cash by working hard and taking a risk you never dreamed of coming true until you are in the air. 12,000 is easy my people!!! Fly safe.
I truly wish you the best. I’m a high schooler right now who wants to become a commercial pilot. I’ll check back in with you in the future and ask how it’s going for you
In other words, it's expensive. I just looked up the prices just to get started with a local flight instructor and it's $240 an hour. Yeah it's going to take me years just to have lessons from my first instructor just to fly😂
Hi! I hope u reply. How do i start becoming a pilot? Is there any "bachelor degrees" for becoming a pilot or do I just need to look for a pilot "training"???
Is there any issue with having a beard as a pilot. I see various things about this online. I even saw a flight school with "grooming rules" and they didn't want beards. I don't plan on working for a commercial airline, but I am definitely interested in becoming a pilot. Some sites even claim that the FAA has regulations because of oxygen masks.
Nice video. I would say step one should be, make sure that you can pass the medical exam. It would suck to spend all that time and money to find out that you are medically unqualified.
The general consensus ive seen is take the written test while in cross country phase so that by the time your doing checkride prep your not completely re learning material that the dpe may ask you in your oral.
the first thing you do is see if you can even get cleared medically. there are lots of medical restrictions unlike other medicals for other industries. they rarely allow people with a history of mental illness to fly.
I am looking for loans and or scholarships for any schools in CT or Mass. If any one could refer me to a great school in these 2 states please let me know.
