Flying thousands of feet up in the sky is a dream of many young children, but very few actually end up as a pilot when they grow up. Commercial airline pilots will always be needed, but many people do not even think about choosing this as a career. Pilots have extremely important jobs. They must fly people place to place with no problems while at the controls of thousands of pounds of metal and flammable fuel, not to mention the many passengers. A pilot’s job is very risky, but it is also very rewarding. Before a person can ever be a commercial airline pilot they must fill some qualifications. A person’s eyesight must either be 20/20, or it has to be able to be corrected to a 20/20 vision. They must also have a clean background, which includes: a good driving record, clean drug tests, a good credit history, and no felonies. A person must also be 18 years old to even get a pilot’s license, but commercial airline pilots do not get that position without having a lot of experience. A college degree is needed to become a pilot, but an aviation degree is not needed. To be a pilot a person will need to attend a flight school, but this is not the same as going to college. There is a lot of room to grow in the commercial airline industry. There has been a large surge in the industry that has led to a need for more pilots, and that surge is projected to keep increasing. There is a need for new pilots since many older pilots are now starting to retire, and travel is increasing in the U.S. and to Asia. Once a person becomes qualified and achieves the position of a commercial airline pilot there are many benefits to be received. The first benefit is the salary. On average commercial airline pilots make $36,000 their first year as a pilot, a... ... middle of paper ... ...ny things a pilot should know, but this is at the top of the list, "The last thing you want to do is panic, then all sorts of things can happen." (Roy Murray, flight instructor, who successfully talked a passenger with no flying experience through a landing over the radio after the pilot collapsed.) Works Cited "Airline Pilot Eligibility." ATP Flight School: Airline Pilot Training & Pilot Career Development. ATP Flight School, 7 May 2013. Web. 06 Feb. 2014. Jones, Charisse. "Demand for Airline Pilots Set to Soar." Travel News, Tips, and Guides. USA Today, 21 June 2011. Web. 06 Feb. 2014. Phoenix East Aviation. "Airline Pilot Salary." Www.pea.com. PEA, n.d. Web. 06 Feb. 2014. "Airline Captain Career Overview." Www.avjobs.com. Avjobs, n.d. Web. 9 Feb. 2014. Browne, Clayton, and Demand Media. "Pilot Duties." Www.chron.com. Houston Chronicle, n.d. Web. 09 Feb. 2014.
In 1978, deregulation removed government control over fares and domestic routes. A slew of new entrants entered the market, but within 10 years, all but one airline (America West), had failed and ceased to exist. With long-term growth estimates of 4 percent for air travel, it's attractive for new firms to service the demand. It was as simple as having enough capital to lease a plane and passengers willing to pay for a seat on the plane. In recent news, the story about an 18-yr British...
Pilots are professionals at their jobs. When people step into a plane they should feel safe and comfortable. When flying people are putting their life into the pilot's hands. But don’t worry not everyone can just fly a plane. Pilots need to take many classes and fly for many hours with an instructor before they can get the lowest and most basic pilot license. Pilots also need to log so many hours before they can go through the next stage of lessons to get a high ranked licsons. Just to get a private pilots license pilots need to log over 250 hours. Pilots fly many different types of planes to log their hours before they can fly commercial airliners. When they first step foot into a passenger plane they do not take the controls right away. They must go through the stages of being a co-pilots first and build up their experience. Being a co-pilot builds up experience but also gets the pilots comfortable with their surroundings. Pilots must log over 2,000 hours of being a co-pilot and then go through more schooling and training. When you walk into a plane usually the pilot stands by the door and greets his passengers When ...
Tom Wolfe explains that a career in flying was like climbing one of those ancient Babylonian pyramids made up of a dizzy progression of steps and ledges, a ziggurat, a pyramid extraordinary high and steep; and the idea was to prove at every foot of the way up that pyramid that you were one of the elected and anointed ones who had the right stuff and could move hig...
...ne of training to a qualified airline pilot is $70,000. This would take a colossal sum of money directly out of the airline’s profits. Nevertheless, one’s safety surpasses the economical expenses. Travelers should not compromise the safety and integrity of flight for lower fares. If the airlines and flight departments of America had better standards for flight crew scheduling, they could have saved over
...e in any one of these forces leads to a change in the others” (139). A pilot can use many different controls and means of propulsion to change and manipulate the balance of these forces. By doing this the pilot is able to change their speed and change their direction. The Physics of Flight are truly unbelievable occurrences that create amazing effects. Without the concept of flight we would live in a totally different world.
The main opportunities that the scheduled air transportation will have in the next five years are the possible decrease of TSA agents at airports, technology increasing the safety and comfort of the flights for the passengers and ...
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Air travel has grown in the past decade. Travel grew strongly for both leisure and business purposes. India will have nearly 800 to 1000 airplanes by 2023, it was estimated by Airbus. In spite of growth between 30 to 50 per cent in Indian aviation industry, losses of approximately 2200 crore is estimated for the current year.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA). 2014. Airline Cost Performance. IATA Economics Briefing. [report] IATA, p. 31.
The basic concept of crew resource management (CRM) is to train crewmembers to use all available personnel, equipment, and experience to safely and effectively operate an aircraft. It is used in nearly every facet of aviation from the smallest regional airline, to the largest major carrier, to the various crew operated military aircraft. One aspect of aviation missing from the fold is the general aviation (GA) community, such as the private pilot. This has become a growing concern as many future air carrier pilots and military pilots begin as private pilots. The need for CRM training in this area is there, but the training seems excessive and useless to many in the field as most of these pilots operate single pilot aircraft. Perhaps this attitude comes from the term "crew" and is dismissed by the ...
Aerospace engineers examine, analyze, design, produce, and occasionally install components that make up aircraft, spacecraft, high-altitude vehicles, and high-altitude delivery systems (missiles). Satisfaction with the romantic image of rocket building can buoy many engineers through the highly anonymous work environments that many of them face. Individuals don't assemble rockets; teams do, dozens of teams working in highly supervised coordination. An aerospace engineer plays some part on one of the teams, spending more of her time (roughly 70 percent) in a lab, at a computer, and assembling reports than doing anything else. Not being able to see the "big picture" frustrates some professionals. The path to becoming an aerospace engineer is a rigorous one, but those who manage to survive the difficult lift-off emerge with an above-average degree of career satisfaction.
Evolution of airline industry in India:- Civil aviation took its roots in India in December 1912 with the launch of the first domestic air route between Delhi and Karachi. In 1915, first Indian airline Tata Sons Ltd, initiated a regular airmail service between Karachi and Chennai. In 1953, the government nationalized the airlines industry, by enacting the Air Corporation Act. Subsequently, assets of nine existing airline companies were transferred to two new corporations - Air India International and Indian Airlines - creating a monopoly that perpetuated right up to 1993. In 1994, with the repeal of the Air Corporations Act, private carriers like Jet Airways were permitted to operate scheduled services, subject to fulfillment of certain criteria. However, some operators could not sustain and exited the business in 1997. The operating environment of the domestic airline industry underwent a substantial change between 1997-98 and 2011-12.
For me, this topic hits home and in my pocket. My uncle, retired Coast Guard Captain Brian Murray, flies for Emirates Airlines out of Dubai. Growing up with aviation in our family, I've seen and heard the best stories of flight, but it seems the best are yet to come. Every new dawn breeds a new idea of some component of flight that will lead to the best experiences offered in the passenger aircraft world. Personally, I have been flying regularly for the last ten years.
Lets think about a job that allows you to soar through the air like an eagle, without a care in the world, the job of a pilot is an amazing job that provides you with three things freedom, fully using your sight, and control.
The Career Exploration choice that appealed to me the most was the job of a Flight Attendant. I think that traveling the world would be very exciting and as a Flight Attendant I would have a chance to travel, meet lots of different people and experience different cultures around the world. Flight Attendants do not make a lot of money at first but I think it would be ok to work up to a higher salary, especially since Zarin said that the airline pays for your expenses. The idea of being a flight attendant is a little impossible for me. I don’t think I would enjoy the constant moving around or having to deal with people all the time. However, the idea of spending at least a few years of my life traveling the world as always appealed to me. I think having job security and arrangements would allow me a safe and structured way to experience different environments.