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What does it take to become a commercial pilot?

Becoming a pilot has been a dream of mine since I was a kid, and it's a career that I am open to looking into. I've looked at the Moody Bible College Aviation Spokane, which to my understanding would teach me to be a missionary pilot. I would love to do this, but one day I may like to switch from being a missionary pilot to commercial airlines, and I don't want to have to take another four years of college to switch. What would be my best course of action there?

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Greg’s Answer

Savannah, if you have a 4 year degree, you wouldn’t need to get another degree. Once you’re a pilot with numerous FAA certifications, you’ll be building your flight time and experience. All of your flight time and degree would be applicable towards a career in commercial aviation.
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Mason’s Answer

To piggy back on what Greg said, once you become a certified Commercial pilot. You can pick whichever flying job you want. While I'm not a pilot myself, I've been pursuing that for a long time. I've learned that a lot of where you can go/what you can do depends on how much flight time you can get.

Once you complete training, college or at a local flight school, the best way that I know of to gain flight time is to become a flight instructor. Then, as you get more time, you can move into different jobs that require more flight time. Be it: airlines, regionals, corporate jets, missionary pilot, EMS, tours, etc.

So it all depends on flight time. The degree can help you get better jobs because it's a competitive industry.

My best advice: research the type of job you want. See how much flight time they desire. Then plan on how you can get to that point. School = instructor = low time job = ?

Hope this will help.

Best of luck!
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