Commercial Pilot License (CPL)

Commercial Pilot Licence (CPL): This is issued only after the authorities are fully satisfied with the competence of the candidate. In-depth knowledge of four specific subject areas and 250 hours of flying, including 150 hours solo, 25 hours cross-country, 10 hours instrument flying and five hours night flying, are essential.
Medical fitness has to be certified either at the Air Force Central Medical Establishment, Subroto Park, New Delhi, or the Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Vimanpura, Bangalore.
Subject knowledge is assessed through a written test held at the metros three times a year.
Passing rigorous flying tests is vital. The minimum age for certification is 18 years.
The candidate should have procured the certificate of proficiency issued by the Wireless Planning and Coordination Wing, and must have a Radio Telephoning Receiver qualification.
Total training of three to five years would be required to make you a commercial pilot.
CPL holders have to undergo medical inspection every 12 months and PPL holders every 24 months. A CPL is valid for five years and PPL for 10 years. Thereafter, the licences have to be renewed.
The cost of training per hour for each type of aircraft has been fixed by the DGCA. The total expenses to become a commercial pilot may come to Rs. 10 lakhs or more. To be a professional airline pilot, we should have at least 10 hours of multi-engine rating. The total expenses for this would be around Rs. 15 lakhs.

Private Pilot License (PPL)

Private Pilot Licence (PPL): Those who hold the SPL can get flight training by flying along with a qualified instructor. Once the instructor is convinced that a trainee can fly alone, he will be permitted to make solo flights. Fifteen to 20 hours of dual flight would be necessary to reach this level of competence.
Candidates who have passed Plus Two examination with Mathematics and Physics as optional subjects and completed 17 years of age can appear for the objective test conducted by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Office of the DGCA, Opposite Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi - 110 003, Phone: 011-2246 22495).
The subjects of the test are more or less the same as those for the SPL. This test is conducted four times a year at various centres, including Thiruvananthapuram, bangalore. A total of 60 hours of flying is needed of which at least 20 hours should be solo, including five hours cross-country.
A medical certificate has to be obtained from the approved authority. Before a PPL is issued, the candidate has to get the flight radiotelephone operator's licence from the DGCA.

Student Pilot License (SPL)

Student Pilot Licence (SPL): Candidates who have passed the tenth standard and completed 16 years can embark on pilot's training at the first level. Flying clubs would give them some initial tuition in the basics in the discipline before they are asked to attend an oral examination in the following areas:
Air Regulation.
Aviation Meteorology.
Air Navigation.
Aircraft & Engine (Technical): General and Specific.
Candidates should be able to communicate in English. They have to get the stipulated medical fitness certificate. Also, there is the pilot's aptitude that is unique in the sense that a person can undergo the test only once in his or her life. None would get a second chance to pass the aptitude test. Those who clear these hurdles will receive the Student Pilot Licence.

Instrument Rating

What can I do with an instrument rating? Well its allows the private to fly in weather that would otherwise ground a private pilot flying under visual flight rules. By learning to fly solely by reference to cockpit instruments it allows you to fly in clouds and low visibility without ever having to see the ground. During your instrument training you will learn to fly instrument approaches, holding patterns as well as acquire a more in depth knowledge of weather. Along with new maneuvers go new regulations governing instrument flight rules that must be learned in along with flying.
Where do I get an instrument rating? The same place you got your initial private license, almost all flight schools, big or small, can provide the instruction and the properly equipped aircraft for flight under instrument flight rules. Instrument training and flying is considered one of the most challenging but yet most rewarding phases of your flight training. During your training you gain exposure to the real world type of the flying. The type of flying most professional pilots do day and day out.

Multiengine Rating

What can you do with a multi-engine rating? Well, it allows you to break out of the world of single engine aircraft. You get your chance to finally fly what most people consider a real airplane. More than one engine, high performance, fast and usually decked out for instrument flying. Along with the benefits of a multi-engine there are some challenges. Like how the aircraft performs and handles after the failure of one engine. In addition to the non-normal procedures of single engine flying, normal operations can be challenging at first due to the speed and complexity of multi-engine aircraft.
Depending on what type of aircraft you do your multi in, it may be your first exposure to such advanced systems as turbo-charged engines, auto-pilots, ice-protection, weather radar, GPS and more. The kind of bells and whistles that make pilots salivate. All of these are of importance as the aircraft you fly professionally down road are going be equipped with these advanced systems.
By now if your looking into obtaining your multi-engine rating your are well aware of the fact that with an extra engine, more ponies under the cowling, and all those nifty toys in the cockpit your going to have to pay quite a bit more per hour than when you got your private. However it doesn't take 60hrs of flying to get your multi rating.

Training

To become a commercial pilot in india, one has to frist possess a Student Pilot Licence (SPL). To get the SPL those with 10+12 with science and aged atleast 16 years should register at a flying club which is recognized by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Government of India. Registration requires a medical certificate, security clearance and a bank guarantee. An oral examination in subjects such as Air Regulations, Aviation Meteorology, Air Navigation, Engine (technical and specific) follows the registration. Successful completion of the examination entitles you for an SPL certificate.

The second step is the Private Pilot License (PPL). PPL training includes sixty hours of flying of which about fifteen hours are dual flying, that is accompanied by the flight instructor and atleast 30 hours of solo flying apart from five hours of cross-country flying. This makes one eligible for the PPL exam, which consists of Air Regulations, Aviation Meteorology, Air Navigation, Aircraft Engines and Seamanship. The age prescribed for appearing for this exam is 17 years and an educational qualification of 10+12 along with a medical fitness certificate issued by the Armed Forces Central Medical Establishment (AFCME).

A Commercial Pilot Licence may be obtained only after a PPL has been acquired. To obtain a Commercial Pilot License (CPL) 250 hours of flying (including 60 hours for the PPL) is necessary. Besides that you have to undergo a medical fitness test which is held at New Delhi and an examination which consists of Air Regulation, Aviation Meteorology, Air Navigation, Technical, Planning and communications in the form of Radio and Wireless Transmission. With the CPL, a pilot can take up any proffesional as flying in the air.

Eligibility

To join a flying club or a flying school one should complete these requirements in India

Pass in 10+12/Diploma/PD.C/G.C.E. 'A' Level (or equivalent) with credit in maths and physics

Eyesight must be 6/6 is mandatory

Age should be 17 (completed)