How to get started ?
When the decision to pursue a career as a profesionnal pilot is taken, the easy part is out of the way. Yes I said easy. Because now ahead of you lays a few questions, choices and options to which the answers you will provide will determine the most suitable path for you to follow in order to achieve your goals and subsequent success in the industry. Without any guidelines or help from experts, you might find, like I did, that it can be difficult to know what to do, who to ask or where and what to look for to jump start your training. In reality, you can't just show up at a flight school, say I want to be a pilot and hop on an airplane. It is a bit more complicated than going to the DMV to get your driver license. Beside taking more time and more money, It requires more preparation and research. In the next few pages, you will see why the different types of training, of flight schools or of financing are all important subjects of thoughts. You will also read about medical certificates as it is an important document required to be a pilot and finally for the non U.S. citizens, a little bit of information about what is asked by the government in order to pursue flight training. Hope you will find everything usefull !
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