A very happy Friday flying friends and welcome now you've always wondered about
the steps it takes to become a private pilot well if you're new to the channel
welcome my name's Stefan I'm a private pilot here in Australia a youtuber bit
of a travel junkie and this is the first in a series of videos that I'm calling
flying on Friday. No I'm not. Which I'm calling Flyday facts. Just before we
start remember I am a private pilot I do have a commercial pilot's license but I
am NOT an instructor so remember the golden rule of all of these videos if
you see something here and you're not sure then always remember to ask your
instructor yeah I'm gonna do I'll do a better graphic so today we're talking
about the steps required to become a pilot especially here in Australia but
this is relevant all across the world let's get straight into it and let's put
60 seconds on the clock and then it actually no let's do it a bit more
aviation themed let's put 600 feet on the altimeter much better okay here we
go. To become a pilot here in Australia and
in many countries in the world it really takes two key stages the first
of which is being a student pilot. The best thing about being a student pilot
is you can find an instructor hop in a plane with them and you can be the one
doing the flying right now which basically means you're already a pilot!
Now you can start your navigation trading as a student pilot but only with
your instructor onboard so if you want to go further than your aerodrome you're
going to need to choose either your recreational pilot's license or the full
private pilot's license. The recreational pilot's license requires 25 hours of
flying time five of which you need to be pilot in command and you will need to
pass an RPL flight test and exam. With the RPL license you can also carry one
passenger and you can do basic navigation flying if you want to go
further though carry more passengers and do more cross-country flying you'll need
to go for your private pilot's license. After your navigation training to take
your private pilot's license theory test and exam you'll need 40 hours of flying
of which 10 need to be as pilot in command but if you pass your check ride
you're a private pilot. You can of course continue to your commercial pilot's
license Air Transport pilot's license night VFR intrument rating whatever you
want but we're running out of time and that's how you get your pilot's license.
Alright now you know the steps involved here are my top three recommendations
for what I think you should do if you want to become a pilot right now.
Step one is call your local flight school and book in what's
called a trial instructional flight or a TIF and this is where you'll get to sit
in the aircraft with an instructor and they'll let you fly the plane. This is
normally a short lesson around 30 minutes and you'll get to know how to
climb the aircraft to descend the aircraft some basic handling and sometimes they
might even let you land the plane but it's the all-important first step. It
might not be the flying school that you end up flying with but it's the flying
school that you do your first flight with and the first step is sometimes the
hardest step so get out there and take it and then you're already on your way
to becoming a pilot. Tip number two is go out and buy the theory book for the
license you want to have what I mean by that is if you want to get the RPL
license then go and buy the theory book for the RPL test if you want the PPL
then going by the theory book for the PPL test. There'll be a lot of
information in those books which you don't understand yet but it doesn't
matter it will come with time what's important is you're starting to immerse
yourself in that information and you're kind of starting to talk that pilot
lingo which will start to become really important when you're actually in there
learning how to fly the aircraft. And tip number three is use the internet but
asterisk with caution. There is a lot of content out there on the Internet look
I'm guilty of making some of it on this channel there's YouTube Twitter
Instagram forums so many people saying so many things about aviation and
sometimes that information is contradictory. So use the internet for
inspiration and to get motivated to become a pilot but if you have any
questions don't answer them on the internet answer them with your flying
instructor. I hope you found that interesting if you've got a question if
your own that you'd like me to answer let me know in the comments below I'd
love to hear the kind of thing you'd like me to talk about on this channel
Now if you're into your flying and travel do make sure you subscribe to the
channel as well there is a new video that comes out at least every week. I
have more flying videos as a pilot flying around Australia there's also
travel videos as I make my way around cool destinations around the world and
it'd be great to have you onboard but meantime thanks very much for watching
Have a happy fly day and I'll see you next week.