Is it a good decision to become a commercial pilot?

Go for it if you have patience and will to get those licenses ASAP. It's glamorous field but needs lots of hard work, patience and money. You will not regret after couple of years when you will start flying your dream machines. But as being a pilot and engineer too I would say that I love flying and love everything about it. Yes, it was hard to get job as pilot and that phase was most depressing one. But today! I love my job and everyday seems like Sunday. About 90/100 pilots love what they are doing. This 40L you are talking about can be seen as your future investment as well. In fact you will end up paying more than 40L. Let's talk about job scenario, well India needs lots and lots of pilots but experienced one like those who got hours on type. There are thousands of pilots out there with just 200hrs and some with type rating. That’s the problem. And getting hours on type isn't easy at all. I think it's more important that to whom you know rather then what do you know? In short, I have seen people with 2o0hrs getting job with good contacts into airlines just because they got recommended by some big shot person out there. And on other side, I would say it's better to get trained abroad & go back to India and convert your license to DGCA. USA, Canada and Australia are among most popular countries.

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