It's easy to become a pilot, but not in the airlines. That's why I always advice those young ones aspiring to become a pilot that they need to love flying planes and not focus about flying in the airlines. Many aspiring pilots are getting stressed out and lose hope because they're too focused about that airline thing. I told them to remember their dream. That childhood dream of becoming a PILOT. Airline pilot doesn't just define what a PILOT is. Flight instructor is a PILOT, charter pilot is a PILOT, medevac pilot is a PILOT, air force pilot is a PILOT etc... Some licensed pilot are getting blinded with being a pilot for the airlines not knowingly they already fulfilled their dreams. Once you get into that airplane cockpit, I don't care what kind of plane that is but you already fulfilled your dream of becoming a PILOT. Just enjoy flying planes, enjoy being a PILOT whether you're in the airlines or not.

Well the film is great, I know now that I have 3 things missing: 1. Money 2. More money 3. Much more money

Good luck to everyone!

Step one: pull out $300,000 dollar loan

I wish I could like this more than once. After a couple weeks ago when an 11y/o said it was a dream to become a pilot and everyone had nothing more to advise than work hard in school

Just brought this up with my parents and they laughed at me just now so im Officially deciding right now as of 19 years old i will be a pilot catch me in 10 years mum

The other option is to have the government pay for flight training and get enough flight hours for free to get an ATPL. And when you get promoted out of flying or otherwise decide it's time you can go get an airline job. There are drawbacks to this, as there are drawbacks to plans of 'I'll borrow $200,000 for flight school", but it's a real option.

Petter, why can't you just go and fly in flight school and get your license? Why do we need one more company (APC) for that? Do APC have negotiations or agreements with airlines to get employment after getting the license? What about the funding? Do trainees still need to secure loans with their property? My questions are honest and it would be great to hear the honest answers. The main is: Why do we need the APC? Don't take it personally. Thanks

Great video. Gave me some pointers I was wasn't previously aware of. With the state of things currently it might be a couple of years before it's wise to take the plunge as it were. But for now I have my PPL and so I'll continue to gradually build my hours and spend this time to get the process all planned out. My biggest hurdle is financial. But when there's a will there's a way!

Yay you're linked with Afta I'm so happy

Modular is perhaps the best way to go atm. I'm currently undergoing my commerial license training. No point rushing into massive debt. Lufthansa forfeited their cadetship program for a few years now.

For those who already have the ppl and the great will to continue, then continue progressively by building hours / passing your atpl theory and save money by working at the same time even if you don't like what you do. Spred your modular training over a few years waiting for the aviation industry to recover. And in order to save, do a job in accordance to a bachelor diploma that you previously got or an advanced technician's certificate otherwise you'll endanger your health at the factories and other shitty jobs, that's why if you don't have any other diploma than highschool, continue w/ 2 or 3 years of school, then save and train yourself.

This is a great program especially for those entering the aviation industry during a time like this. The concept would be good for other industries as well as getting jobs right out of school is hard across the board. I know this was a lot of work for you guys, but what it will give to the future of pilots is well worth it. Kudos to you!

Thanks for this video, it’ll really help me with my future and help many other people so thank you.

Thanks to MentourPilot I’ve realized that I don’t have a fear of flying. I’m just a control freak and hate to be a passenger in any mode of transportation. I need to be in the driver’s/pilot’s seat or nowhere

This is great information! I’m currently going through the process of becoming a career pilot. I’m documenting my journey on my KZfaq channel. I love your content!

Thank you for your help

Well, I guess I had an easier time than most as my dad was an executive pilot with a major business in the mid west US and therefore ATP and CFI. They gave him his own Cessna 210 Centurion for personal use so that was the airplane I trained on. The boss really liked me and encouraged him to bring me along with them when they wanted him to fly them to vacation spots, hunting and fishing trips or whatever they wanted to do. I was very young when I started riding in the right seat. Long story short, because of my particular circumstances I got my PPL and instrument rating when I turned 16 and all of it in the 210, which was super charged, fuel injected, 3 blade hot prop, de ice boots, retractable gear, King Silver Crown avionics, DME, and fully IFR/ILS capable. Then worked my way up to multi engine (on their C-421 Golden Eagle) and then FINALLY received my ATPL from my dad by the time I was 22. The beauty of it all was that 1. I got all of my training from start to finish with my dad and on a REAL airplane, not simply a "trainer" such as the Cessna 150 or 152 with lackluster performance, fixed gear, a wimpy little normally aspirated 4 cyl engine without turbo or supercharging, just little fair weather, daylight only rattle trap, rickety rivets. And 2. It didn't cost me or my family one cent, in fact, my dad was actually getting paid by the company because IT WAS HIS JOB! I was just lucky that his boss considrred me the son that he never had.

Best of luck with APC! Love the direction you are going!

I am going to work for this it’s a goal better than any other I could think of

Well explained. Thanks 🙏

THIS IS A MUST SEE VIDEO

Some of the airlines must be secretly glad because of the pandemic, as that takes out some of their competitors and therefore not as much pilot recruitment is needed as previously predicted. ATO's would not have been able to meet demand otherwise and most airlines want ready-made pilots they don't have to pay much for.

I absolutely loved my first few light aircraft flying lessons but unfortunately I wasn't in a position to be able to afford to continue. I was also diagnosed with dyslexia while studying at uni, which, I'm guessing would disqualify me from commercial pilot training 😔

Cool stuff! The whole process is so confusing. Glad to see it broken down into multiple forms! Thanks Mentor!!

LH just closed down their own flight school. Basically told their student pilots to go pound sand. Take that as a broad hint about demand for pilots in the near and mid future...

I am só thankfull to recive this advice. I Will follow those steps...

If i ever won a massive amount of money, an i mean massive amount,, i would pay as much as it took to learn to fly a jet liner just for fun.. I am a massive aviation enthusiast and would love the challenge.. Ive had a few sessions in a A320 simulator but at around £200 a session sometimes more its not cheap... Great video

ive been watching a lot of these videos for my future and i swear...im going to explode my brain cant take it anymore idk which one to chose how to convince my parents. oh god

We don't need a night flying certificate in the U.S. Also, we usually get our instrument rating after the private pilot license. Thank you for the amazing content as always.

Thank you for the well illustrated and easily explained video mate!! So any other noises not mentioned in this video, I will be watching out sweating bullets😊😊

i always wanted to be a pilot but i think i really have to think with my head rather with my heart. im going to do my Bachelor of Science in Paramedic Studies . might think about getting some flying lessons though. this program is going to really open the door for prospective pilots out there though.

The only advantage to an MPL I see is if you really hate flying small planes, but you really like flying the big ones

Your program sounds highly professional. Thought I’d ask Mr.O’Shea .....I’m an O’Shea by birth with both grandparents from Cty Cork....can’t help but wonder about your ancestors!

Hi Peter, as somebody who is halfway through training ATPL modular training is there any point in joining the ALP club? Or is it just for complete the “Ab Initio” category..

In my country there are only 2 schools that compete against each other and as such the prices are very high. One day i will resume my fight training

not relevant in current situation, me and most of my cadet friends are stuck with passed ATPL having bit more than 200 hours while more experienced pilots are being fired. And it looks like world is not going to be like before for at least 5 years or more because of economic crisis that definitely will happen following a corona. Also there will be changes in business aviation because companies found out that every meeting could be done via skype or similar without being present spending thousands on accommodation and transfer. Mentour, with all respect you shouldn't make that video without saying that we won't get our first job in years and years. Better make video how we should live without any chance of employment and where our knowledge could be useful !

Petter, you have done a fantastic job presenting all this information in a very logical and easy to understand video. Well done.

I was really looking forward to this video. Clicked right away when I got the notification.

Thanks for the video! The most difficult is to build the first 1000 hours, especially the first 500.

Is there a limited number of Indicative Assement results/outputs for a period of time? I suppose simply paying for it doesn't guarrantee you'll get instant results, no? What I'm asking is: should I be rushing to get it sooner rather than later because of the risk of the line of people wanting the IAs getting too long backed up!?

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Im a private pilot and my nephew just graduated hs in the US and wants to become an airline pilot. Unfortunately he has very slight colorblindness. He can tell colors apart without a problem but struggles with the ishihara plate test on 2 plates. We talked to the FAA and they said if he fails the ishihara test he can take a fansworth lantern test as an alternate which he can pass no problem. The question i have is, do airlines have their own health screening/medical in addition to the faa class 1? He really wants to be an airline pilot but is worried about spending all this money and get rejected by airlines when it comes time to get hired due to them only accepting/administering Ishihara...any advice from active ATPs with a US based airline would be greatly appreciated!

Yes

I don't believe that it has been stated earlier, however Andy O'Shea was the former head of training with Ryanair. Great guy. Irregardless, now is not the time to start flight training.

I know everything about playing I want to be a airline pilots so much I’m training

Since everyone here is sharing thier stories, I would like to share mine too. Last summer I went to Poand for an internship an I met a flight academy student who was training for his CPL. He explained to me how to achieve my dream and I was inspired to pursue it. I was already making plans on how to save enough money in a few years, where to take my PPL, build flight hours and get the CPL at the lowest possible price. I also got the news that the local airport in my city is going to be restored by 2023 so I was already dreaming about having it as an operative base. Then Covid happened. Now, knowing that a lot of pilots are being let down, students discharged and that lots of companies will start working by remote, I don't think It would be a wise career choice anymore. Right now I just finished studying as a 3D printing and composite material technichian, which gives me a lot of career options even in this trying times and I guess that If I get a good job there won't be a reason for me to give up all I gained in order to become a pilot. I was also thinking tha becoming an helicopter pilot would be cool as well, but while for planes the road was paved and I just needed the money, for helicopters It's a bit more difficult.

Mentour pilot what do you say to people who are putting their training off for a few years because of the shape of the industry at present because of the pandemic?

I have a question, do you have a higher chance of being hired if you’ve been in the military or Air Force? And you still have to go flight school and get your licences even if your a military pilot? Just curious... Great vid btw Mentour 👍🏾

Military is always an option for hours

The thing about pilots is that there are hundreds of different types of pilot types. If the airline industry is bad due to coronavirus then other alternatives is perhaps joining the military

What I like the most about a pilot career is their is no "I just did it because my dad told me to do it"

Excellent information, thank You so much!

Which ATO in Germany is good for Pilot training according to APC ?

Thank you soo much for the information I was looking forward this video . I really enjoy your videos and I have learnt some things

3 questions Whats involved in the assessment Do you have to do your assessment and the cut - e one Can you be a member without doing the assessment yet I have an idea of where I need help

Please also make an video of aviation management also

At 7:10 and 9:40 - it's so strange seeing Petter delivering information whilst STANDING UP. No sofa? No cushions? NO DOGGIES? ;-)

Let the airlines look after their own pilots first before recruiting more and making a bags of it all

Congratulations on the launch.

Step one, change your name to Auto. cheers from Canada

Okay with respect with the future so bleak why would you want to invest in such a future atleast for next couple of years🤔. I wanted to start my flight training here in Melbourne Australia this year however I have intentionally delayed it by few years and I am 30yrs and instead trying to further establish my other careers (surprised why pilots are having hard time finding employment!??🤔 Because as disciplined etc etc pilots are reality is the biggest skill they lack in is customer service apart from many others) I hope all people particularly take hints and do not destroy their happiness nor their lives atleast for few years by going through becoming a pilot at the moment ! Wait atleast few years!

I need to know one of your flight schools

During flight school how do I provide for my family? Financial aid?

START BY don't pick this time where country to country has a serious lockdown. there is no one allowed to fly to different countries travel or study

Missed out the UPRT element

Such a shortage of pilots rn but it costs so much just to become one so I wonder why at the same time there are other reasons to this

Me, hour building in a cessna with a six pack and no gps with only a map and onboard compass: Interesting

what about getting your training through the air force? do military pilots earn some licence that can be useful in becoming an airline pilot? is it a good way to acumulate flight hours for free?

We all have that one childhood dream,

See you up there in 2 years, pilots

Brilliant information thank you, I will watch a few more times to get it. could anyone direct me in a free way or the cheapest way to obtaining my pilot licence ? I haven’t got that money but What I do have is time & can make a few things happen, I am willing just need to find the most efficient route

Amazing you can learn to do literally anything on KZfaq these days

I’m an airline pilot, but thank goodness I’m also a registered nurse. Honestly, aviation has always felt like a hobby-job to me. It’s so unstable and unpredictable! I’m really proud that I did it. It took me 15 years and probably around $250,000, but honestly, I wouldn’t recommend it, as a career. Not unless you’ve got a very strong plan B.

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What is the average to become pilot Spl + ppl + cpl + atpl

It's a pleasure to be so early on my favourite pilot's channel

Can you become a domestic and international airline pilot at once

Hi! I want to become a pilot someday but I have no money for to pay of tuitions is there for free?

Is it possible at 34 years old. To take pilot formation and succeed as a comercial airline pilot ?

His mic is so good I can hear his tongue sliding back and forth

I hope one day I will be the best pilot in the world🌎✈️👩🏻‍✈️Inshlh I’m form somalia 🇸🇴

Good morning, Hello dear Sir 🌞Would you please vguide me to become an AirLine Pilot???

Do it modular

I used to dream of becoming one, but the tuition expenses is just-:00

Unfortunately I didn't pass the medical class I due to duane syndrome despite being able to do everything like a normal person :(

What age do you need to be

If any seasoned pilot would like to help me take the first step of becoming a pilot I’d really love the help I’m 19 and extremely interested

I heard the demand I’m coming

Is it possible to become a pilot after you had the Coronavirus (because of your lungs...) ??

How do I learn for cheap

Is a COVID vaccine required?

*im 3rd Comment!*

How to become an airline pilot.. step 1.. bring your cheque book 😅😅

Do you go to a university or a flying school

Pretty poor Mentour, releasing a video like this in the current climate - British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) have recently put out a "Do not train" to become a pilot message. Also, why was the modular element dragged out so much? Perhaps to encourage people to take the more expensive and profitable integrated/MPL routes?

military only

so noone is going to mention the fact that the background-music is played over itself?

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Is it ever too late to become a pilot?