Ways to become a Pilot

How To Become A Pilot In The Indian Defence Forces?

YES YOU CAN- ANY ONE CAN BECOME A PILOT

QUALIFICATION

A few Qualification that is expected from a candidate who aspire to become a Pilot as for as Indian Air Force or Indian Navy / Indian Coast Guard / Indian Army or other Central Police Organisation are:-

1. Edn: Upto +2 With Physics and Maths
2. Health: Physical fitness shape - 1
3. Eye Power: not more than 0.5 but correctable up to 6/6
4. Must Qualify in Pilot Aptitude Test
5. Should not be suffering from colour blindness
6. Leg Length from hip bone to heal should not be less than 99 cm
7. Should have qualified Services Selection Board Interview
8. A under graduate Degree in any discipline (First Class)
9. Male candidates are eligible to fly Fighters
10. Female Candidates are eligible to fly Helicopters or Transport Air crafts
11. Age should be between 18 to 26 years( in case of CPL Holders - 26 years)
12. For coast Guard it is upto 26 years

HOW TO ENTER? For Men:->

1. National Defence Academy 3 years at Khadakvasala and then 1.5 years at Air Force Academy

2. Via- CDSE-Combined Defence Services Entry- 1.5 Years at Air Force Academy

3. Via AFCAT- Air Force Common Admission Test 1.5 years at Air Force Academy

4. With out Entrance Test: - Indian Navy and Indian Coast Guard- 6 months at Naval academy - Then 1 year at AFA or IGRUA (Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Academy- This is a commercial Pilot Training Institute located at Rae Baraily. This is may be a stop gap arrangement

5. For Army Aviation- One has to become an officer via, OTA/ IMA, and after a few years of service can opt for flying branch- They are now being trained at AFA and then move to Deolali for Helicopter training. 6. The Navy and Coast Guard pilots will undergo training for 22 weeks in flying and aviation subjects at the Helicopter Training School, Indian Naval Air Squadron 651 (HTS) at INS Rajali.

PROCEDURE FOR SELECTION

a) Written Test --- Either NDA (UPSC) Or CDSE Or AFCAT (for IAF Entrance)

b) Services Selection Board Interview at any one of the following places:-

Air Force

Dehradun, UK 1 AFSB Mysore, KA 2 AFSB Gandhinagar, GJ 3 AFSB Varanasi, UP 4 AFSB Kolkata, WB (Inaugurated in December, 2014) 5 AFSB

c) Pilot Aptitude battery Test after the SSB
d) Medical Exam at Institue of Aviation Medicine - Bangalore Or
e) R & R Delhi
f) Merit list published by Air force HQ

WHERE TO GET TRAINED FOR WRITTEN AND SSB INTERVIEW?

Defence Academy Coimbatore is the best Academy that has all the three experts that would be guiding you to get selected
They offer Hostel facilities for students
visit:
FOR COACHING CLIK

Call:- 094437 20076
Written Test coaching offered for 3 months
SSB Coaching Offered for 10 days
PABT One day
Low Fee and High standard is maintained
228 Selected so far (In just 70 months)

FACULTY

1. Interviewing Officer : Colonel G. Murali
2. GTO Colonel Jayavel
3. Psychologist: Mr. Ashok Kumar
4. PABT: Wing Commander Ramachandran

WHEN TO TAKE EXAMS?

NDA: While studying in class XII, you can take this UPSC Written Exam in the month of Aug. Apply for this in the month of May , is that just after you complete the class XI
CDSE: While Studying in the Final year of UG Test conducted in the month of Feb, apply in October
After Graduation:- Apply for Air Force Common Admission Test- held in Feb and Oct each year Apply online 4 months before the exam
For application please see the AIr force Web site

For Army / Navy / IAF the SSB centres are:- Services SSB Center Location Name of SSB Center Army Allahabad, UP Selection Centre East (SCE) Bhopal, MP Selection Centre Central (SCC) Bangalore, KA Selection Centre South (SCS) Ropar, PB (proposed) Selection Centre North (SCN) Navy Bhopal, MP 33 SSB, SCC Bangalore, KA 12 SSB, SCS Coimbatore, TN Naval Selection Board (NSB), Agrani Visakhapatnam, AP NSB Visakhapatnam Air Force Dehradun, UK 1 AFSB Mysore, KA 2 AFSB Gandhinagar, GJ 3 AFSB Varanasi, UP 4 AFSB Kolkata, WB (Inaugurated in December, 2014) 5 AFSB
The candidates who are declared by UPSC as having cleared the written exam or
recommended by Preliminary Interview Board (PIB) in case of Territorial Army (TA), Or
those shortlisted in Direct Entries are called through Call Letters to appear for SSB, at the Centre allotted to the candidate.
There have been instances when the call-up letter fails to reach the candidate and the onus lies on the candidate to be alert and contact the office after a reasonable amount of time
If the letter is not received when UPSC written has been cleared.
This is similar for service candidates, except that their movement is intimated to their seniors via movement orders.

Pilot Aptitude Battery Test also called PABT

This test is conducted for the candidates who aspire to join flying branch of Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, Indian Army and Coast Guard of Indian Armed Forces.
Pilot Aptitude Battery Test is aimed at assessing a candidate’s aptitude to be trained as a pilot.
It is conducted during Services Selection Board. One can only take Pilot Aptitude Battery Test once in life time.
Newer format of PABT comprises three tests

1. Instrument Battery Test (INSB)
2. Sensory Motor Apparatus Test (SMA) and
3. Control Velocity Test (CVT). Instrument Battery Test

Instrument Battery Test

It is also called INSB is a paper pencil and machine based test.

The Instruments Battery Test (INSB) comprises two parts.

It assesses assimilation of the briefing and the ability of an individual to read and interpret the dials of an instrument panel of an aircraft.

The candidates who score the minimum laid down criteria are subjected to the machine test.

The machine test includes Sensory Motor Apparatus Test (SMA) and Control Velocity Test (CVT).

These tests measure the psychomotor co-ordination skill of the individual. These tests are conducted on a single day and administered only once in life time.

Indian Coast Guard Selection Board

One can also become a pilot in Army, Navy, or Coast Guard

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) is the maritime Para Military Force (PMF) of the Union of India operating under the Ministry of Defence. ICG officers selection is similar to SSB and is conducted in two phases.

Phase 1

It is called Preliminary Selection Board (PSB) which is similar to SSB screening tests
Phase 2

It is called Final Selection Board (FSB) that includes :-

1. Psychology Tests

2. GTO Tasks

3. Personal Interview and

4. Conference

PSB centers are located at

1. Noida

2. Mumbai

3. Chennai and

4. Kolkata

FSB center is located only at Noida.
Candidates are called for screening test at any one of the PSB centers. Shortlisted candidates from PSB are instructed to report at the FSB center for further testing at a later date.