1. You must complete your Class XII under the 10+2 system or its equivalent with a minimum of 50 per cent marks in Mathematics and Physics.
2. You must be minimum 16 years of age to be eligible for a Private Pilot License and 17 for a Commercial Pilot License.
3. Your vision in one eye must be perfect. In general medical terminology, it is called 6/6 eyesight. In the other eye, you could have an imperfection of 6/9, which must be correctable to 6/6.
4. General physical fitness is mandatory. You must be free of any disease that can hamper normal function.

The route to being a commercial pilot First, zero in on a good flying club. Then you begin the stepwise training process.

For an SPL (Student Pilot License):

1. You must appear for a written theory examination in Air Regulations, Aviation Meteorology and Air Navigation and Air Technical.
2. You must obtain a medical certificate of fitness from doctors designated by the Director General of Civil Aviation. Only two bodies in India -- Air Force Central Medical Establishment in New Delhi and the Institute of Aviation Medicine, Bangalore -- are authorised to give you a medical fitness certificate.
3. You have to get a security clearance.
4. You will need to appear for an oral examination and an aptitude test.
5. If the medical clearance comes through and you clear the exams, you will be granted the SPL.

Damages: You must furnish a bank guarantee of Rs 10,000.

List of Flying Clubs in India:

State-owned

1. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Akademi, Rae Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
2. Andhra Pradesh Aviation Academy, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
3. Amritsar [Images] Aviation Club, Amritsar, Punjab
4. Bihar Flying Institute, Patna, Bihar
5. Bombay Flying Club, Mumbai, Maharashtra
6. Gujarat Flying Club, Vadodara, Gujarat Government. Flying Training Institute, Bhubaneshwar, Orissa
7. Government Flying Training Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal
8. Government Flying Training School, Bangalore, Karnataka
9. Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation, Karnal, Haryana
10. Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation, Hissar, Haryana
11. Haryana Institute of Civil Aviation, Pinjore, Haryana
12. Ludhiana Aviation Club, Ludhiana, Punjab
13. Madhya Pradesh Flying Club, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
14. Madhya Pradesh Flying Club, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
15. Madras Flying Club, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
16. Northern India Flying Club, Jallandhar, Punjab
17. Patiala Aviation Club, Patiala, Punjab
18. Rajasthan State Flying School, Jaipur, Rajasthan
19. UP State Flying Training Institute, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
20. Andaman & Nicobar Flying Training Institute, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
21. Assam Flying Club, Guwahati, Assam
22. Banasthali Vidyapith Gliding and Flying Club, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
23. Aviation Training Academy, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
24. Delhi Flying Club, New Delhi
25. Kerala [Images] Aviation Training Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
26. Nagpur Flying Club, Nagpur, Maharashtra
27. Jamshedpur Cooperative Flying Club, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

Private

1. Ahmedabad Aviation and Aeronautics, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
2. Academy of Carver Aviation, Belgaum, Karnataka
3. Flytech Aviation Academy, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
4. Garg Aviation, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
5. HAL Rotary Wing Academy, Bangalore, Karnataka
6. Rajputana Aviation Academy, Kota, Rajasthan
7. Orient Flight School, Pondicherry
8. Wings Aviation, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
9. Yash Air, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
10. Frank Airways, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
11. Bangalore Aeronautics and Technical Services, Bangalore, Karnataka

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