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Pilot License

So ure intrested in becoming a pilot? Want to fly the b737, b747, a380? What are the requirements to become a commercial pilot?
Basically you need:
SPL - Student pilot license
PPL - Private Pilot License Course
CPL/IR - Commercial Pilot License with Instrument Rating Course
ATPL - Frozen Airlines Transport Pilot License Course

PPL - Private Pilot License Course

The Private Pilot License Course is geared and crafted in accordance with the specifications as is presently required by the Malaysian Department of Civil Aviation. It is a minimum continuous 12 week term course designed to train a person to be able to confidently pilot a single piston-engine aircraft on his or her own. A successful completion of this course along with DCA’s theory examinations results in a Private Pilot License. It is an elementary course which is usually undertaken by private pilot enthusiasts or hobbyists to allow them to take up flying solo as a hobby. Incidentally, it also forms an integral part of the CPL/IR course detailed below.

PPL Minimum Entry Requirements

• Minimum age of seventeen
• Pass medical examination of Airline Transport Pilot License standard (Class I or II) with a requisite certificate from a DCA approved medical practitioner

PPL Ground Training

• Radio Telephony
• Navigation and Meteorology
• Theory of Flight
• Aviation Law
• Aircraft General
• Flight Rules and Procedures
• Human Performance & Limitations

PPL Flight Training

Flight School Training consists of 48 hours of solo and dual Single Engine

CPL/IR - Commercial Pilot License with Instrument Rating Course

The Commercial Pilot License with Instrument Rating Course is geared and crafted in accordance with the specifications as is presently required by the Malaysian Department of Civil Aviation. It is a minimum continuous sixty (60) week term course designed to train a person to be able to fly a commercial airplane. A successful completion of this course along with DCA’s and the United Kingdom Department of Civil Aviation’s (UKCAA) theory examinations results in a Private Pilot License, a Commercial Pilot License and an Instrument Rating. It is an essential and fundamental course in one’s path to becoming a full fledged pilot with a commercial airlines.

CPL/IR Minimum Entry Requirements

• Letter of approval from the Department of Civil Aviation, Malaysia medical certificate and their academic qualifications to DCA
• Minimum age of seventeen
• Pass medical examination of Airline Transport Pilot License standard (Class I) with a requisite certificate from a DCA approved medical practitioner

CPL/IR Ground Training

• Radio Telephony
• Navigation and Meteorology
• Theory of Flight
• Aviation Law
• Aircraft General
• Flight Rules and Procedures
• Principles of Flight
• Performance A
• Twin engine Aircraft Type Tech
• Flight Planning
• Radio and Radar Aids
• Human Performance
• Flight Instruments
• Radio Theory
• Airframe Systems
• Loading
• Engines and Electrics

CPL/IR Flight Training

165 hours of solo and dual Single Engine and 35 hours of Multi Engine flying

ATPL - Frozen Airlines Transport Pilot License Course

The Frozen Airlines Transport Pilot License Course is geared and crafted in accordance with the specifications as is presently required by the Malaysian Department of Civil Aviation. It is a minimum continuous six (6) week term course designed to train a person to be commercially viable in the job market for commercial airlines. It is the next and final step to take after one’s CPL/IR Licence. A successful completion of this course along with the United Kingdom Department of Civil Aviation’s (UKCAA) theory examinations results in a frozen Airlines Transport Pilot Licence. A Frozen ATPL is a requirement for a pilot to work in an airlines as a Second Pilot. It is again an essential and final course in one’s path to becoming a full fledged pilot with a commercial airlines.

ATPL Minimum Requirements

• Letter of approval from the Department of Civil Aviation, Malaysia this is secured by the cadet pilot communicating their interest in the applicable course, their requisite medical certificate and their existing and valid CPL/IR to DCA
• An existing and valid Commercial Pilot License with Instrument Rating from any country in the world
• Pass medical examination of Airline Transport Pilot License standard (Class I) with a requisite certificate from a DCA approved medical practitioner

ATPL Ground Training

• Meteorology (Theory & Practical)
• Navigation (Plotting, et cetera)
• Flight Planning
• Instruments
• Navigation General
• Radio Aids

ATPL flying hours

To unfreeze ATPL you need 1000hrs.

source: edited from MFA