r/Pilot

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Hello all

I am 20, a psych graduate with an interest in aviation

Although I haven't completed my 12th from science i read I can appear for maths and physics through nios and then begin my training

I am a bit skeptical as I do have interest but I am not a math person everyone has till now told me you need maths to become a pilot

I am determined to study hard to understand concepts pass papers but does it require a lot of math? And the 5 papers u need to study for later like meteorology etc is it doable for someone form arts field

I would be thankful for any guidance

Bases or countries where one can realistically save a massive chunk of money without chasing the competitive or heavy top tiers of the US or the UAE

Hii! Im an industrial design student.

For a class my team and I are working on a project to create a pen specifically designed for pilots and their needs (we know now people do almost everything digital but i mean homework is homework right? HAHAHAH) so we would really love your imput :)

We’re trying to understand how, when, where, and why pilots use pens, and what current pens get wrong in aviation environments.

A few questions:

1. Where do you usually use a pen, and what for?
2. What are you usually writing?

* Checklists
* Flight logs
* Notes
* Clearances
* Calculations
* Signing documents
* Backup if digital systems fail
* Something else????

3. Where do you keep your pen so it’s easy to grab?
   Shirt pocket, clipped somewhere, flight bag, cockpit compartment, loose somewhere, etc.

4. What annoys you most about pens while flying?
   Examples:

* Ink stops working
* Hard to write during turbulence
* Slippery grip
* Hard to find quickly
* Falls into impossible cockpit gaps
* Doesn’t work well at altitude / pressure changes
* Smudges
* Hard to use with gloves
* Too bulky / awkward

5. Have you ever had a pen fail at the worst possible moment? and what happened?

6. What cockpit conditions make writing hardest?
   Low light? Vibration? Turbulence? Small writing surfaces? Gloves? Temperature? Needing one-handed use?

7. If you could design the perfect pilot pen, what features would it have?

Examples we’ve been considering:

* Pressurized ink cartridge
* Anti-roll shape
* Better grip texture
* Glow-in-the-dark / low-light visibility
* Built-in light
* Quick-access clip
* Works with gloves
* Lightweight but durable body
* Retractable tether
* One-click deployment

8What do current pens completely fail to solve for pilots?

Any stories / frustrations / random details are supersuper helpful. We’re trying to design something based on real pilot experience instead of guessing(also our teacher got kind of strict with guessing and stuff)

Thank you all so much!!

So my friend who aspire to become a pilot but she has a tiny inconvenience, she is 4'9.( She's 16) Can she become a pilot? And also she has a skin allergy and sinus.

Also should she keep a back up option..a plan b in case things don't work out? Do you think she should give the same importance to her second option....which is prob engineering.

This may be a silly question but do you think it is? Is it easy if you practise a lot?

I’m 20 from the UK and planning to start my PPL in Spain soon. Long term I know for a fact I want to live in either Australia or America permanently, so I’m trying to figure out the smartest route from the beginning instead of doing everything twice.

Originally I was thinking:
- Do full EASA training in Europe
- Build hours/get into an airline
- Convert to CASA later

But the more I think about it, the more I feel like once you’ve built seniority at an airline and settled somewhere, you probably don’t want to move countries and restart.

So now I’m wondering whether it’s smarter to:
- Do PPL in Spain first
- Then move into CASA training relatively early
- Build my entire career in Australia from the beginning

The thing I’m trying to balance is:
- avoiding conversion costs later
- not losing seniority later
- but also not making early-career hour building/job hunting harder than it needs to be

For people who’ve actually done this:
- Would you still recommend EASA first?
- Or if Australia is the end goal no matter what, would you commit to CASA earlier?
- How hard is it realistically getting that first flying job in Australia as a low-hour pilot?
- If you could restart your career knowing you wanted Australia long term, what would you do differently?

Would appreciate honest opinions from people already in the industry.

I know I have to do flight school but then what? I would like to hear your thoughts on what flight school is like and what you do from there and so on. I am very passionate about this career path and I want to fly airplanes. I was also thinking about joining the air force, but that’s also something I wanted to learn about. Does it cost money to learn how to fly a fighter jet? Will they just let me into the Air Force? So many questions, and I would like to hear what some of you who are pilots have to say.