hoongji.... i continue a little from where you left out..


PILOT...
that's the PAY in SIA.

in thsoe REALLY WELL Established airlines like Cathay or Qantas...

you can easily make RM60,000 permonth or more... the highest i've heard is RM120,000 per month...

as for the eyesight requirement...

my doctor tells me.. for MALAYSIA...
Initial Medical Checkup Mustn't Exceed +/-5D
Renewals, once u have experience, they don't care anymore....

BTW... doing LASER or not.... they will still look at your eye-sight before u do the laser

MAXIMUM right now is 60,

they're planning to increase to 65........

if u plan properly... by the time you're 60, all yours kids would have grown up and working.. and u would have few million in your bank./. then jsut enjoy life or start business...

BTW..... Aeroplane is the SAFEST transport available.. lol... i would say LORRY driver and BAS driver is more dangerous than a pilot....

the chances of plane having accident is very VERY VERY VERY VERY LOW!

ikeken, you may be wrong here...

PILOT is not just, Get on the plane, start it and fly it...
there's many many considerations and problems that a pilot wil;l face on a daily basis...

dicafa... i sugesst if u want to pay for your own training, do it in malaysia.....

i know a couple of instrutors who is holding a foreign license having difficulties to enter local airlines... and DCA gives lots of problem in conversion

about that company,


don't trust so much..... because honestly, i haven't heard of any of those from people in the aviation, i might be wrong, but be careful...

dun simply spend your money....


the best way is still CADET program, but of course not everyone can get in,...

if u Fail to get into the CADET program, and can afford your own training, got 3 schools:

MFA - Malaysia flying academy(Malacca)
HMA - HM Aerospace(Langkawi)
APFT - Asia Pacific Flight Training(Kota Bahru)


difference between SPONSORED and SELF-Sponsor

SPONSERED by MAS or Air Asia or SIA - when u finish, you are guranteed of a job

SELF-Sponsored - You have to look for a job once u graduate and may end up jobless.....

so weigh the risk.......

in malaysia... ground school(study only), got 4 phase

PPL - 1 month
DCAT - 2 months
UKCAA CA 6 - 3 months (this is the most difficult phase.... )
CA 2 - 1-2 months

flying about 200 hours

....
here's a brief guide from me

if u want to fly in malaysia.. TRY TO AVOID overseas license...

DCA malaysia will give a lot of problem to Foreign-license holder

supazta..

hmm, you're flying for which carrier?

btw.. again for those who consider foreign license.. think again.... you will have a

hard time in malaysia,in fACT a VERY vERY VERY hard time if u hold UKCAA, CASA, FAA license -trying to find a job in malaysia...............

This post has been edited by fillet: Oct 22 2006, 09:23 PM

deathwing, any idea what is the new MPL????

regarding the eyesight question, it's a very very common one.

ok. Basically, Malaysia's DCA doesn't advertise the medical requirements in details. only the doctors know them.

according to the new AIC 09/2004

eyesight requirements is
"6/9 or 6/6 in each eye with or without correction."

funny....? yes.. funny to me too, they didn't mention about the uncorrected visual acuity. it used to be 6/60.

ok, i'm in a flying school as a private cadet. my school 80% is MAS cadets. there are many of them who need spectacles.

my own batch mate, 3 from MAS need specs.
1st, 150degrees each eye.
2nd, 250 degrees each eye.
3rd, 300 degrees each eye.
all of them got into MAS. and passed their medical.

1 of my seniors,
375 degrees in each eye with some degree of astigmatism,
also MAS cadet.

me,?

425 degrees each eye, and 150 degrees of astigmatism each eye.
i got my class-1 medical. and now training in one of the flying school in malaysia.

so.. What is the requirements????
i cannot answer you this, because i myself don't know, i've been searching for it on the net, but couldn't find the malaysia's requirement including DCA's website. Only the doctors will know

for you, u said about 400 degrees, i say, you should pass with no problem. but even that, i cannnot gurantee anything, a doctor will decide.

According to MCAR 14th Schedule,

"an apllicant who meet the eyesight requirements on the first medical, shall continue to do so unless there is a reason to suspect otherwise"

this phrase roughly means, if you met the requirements on the first test, you should pass your renewals even if your eyes have gotten worse and gotten outside the limits UNLESS your eyesight cannot be corrected back to 6/6 or you have some eye disease

This post has been edited by fillet: Jul 23 2007, 02:34 AM

i assume u went to Dr. Pall Singh? Dr. Pall Singh did not PASS me for Class-1 ...............

tell u what, you Visit Dr. Kee and consult him first. Tell him bout your condition, show him your eye test result, and well.. let him advice you. He may pass you for class-1.
i'm a self-spomnsored pilot.

I don't really recommend you to do LASIK. They will always look at your eye condition before LASIK.

JAR in the europe haven't approve them. when they do, others will follow

my eyes are worst than yours.

R: -4.25D -1.50D(Astig)
L: -4.00D -1.25D(Astig)

Uncorrected(Both better than 6/60)
R: 6/50
L:6/40

Corrected
R: 6/6
L: 6/6

This post has been edited by fillet: Jul 24 2007, 01:31 AM

ok liberator.. Dr Pall singh is a bit hanky panky.....
i suppose you are not a bhai .........

Don't worry.. just go to Dr. Kee and talk to him.
Liberator..... i'm not sure how they know... but if they want, they can find out. and if they find out u didn't declare................. then i don't know what will happen.

This post has been edited by fillet: Jul 24 2007, 02:35 AM

try to visit Dr. George Thomas in Tun hussein ONN. maybe his judgement is different form dr. pall.maybe he will pass u.
Maybe only.
Dr. Kee only said australia medical? means he can do the local medical for u la.

For the australia one,
Ask CASA to write u a letter on the eysight requirements.

Last time i went to Dr. Pall, he also fail me for AUSTRALIA CASA. but i double check3ed with CASA. they told me they don't care how powerful is your specs, as long as u can see.

This post has been edited by fillet: Jul 25 2007, 12:56 AM

AUS and Malaysia is a little bit different.
I did my check-up with Dr.KEE

for AUSTRALIA CASA, ASK them to send you an official letter on the requirements.

As i said, the doctors here told me that CASA got EYESIGHT LIMIT. BUT CASA EMAIL ME SAYING THAT there's no limit...

So the best thing is , ASK CASA send you something official... then show the doctor.

Right now, AS of April 2009,
there are jobs for private cadets... just don't be picky.

this thread looks like sudah mati..
all the pilots here never post anything.
i've seen a lot of new post asking the same thing about "Pilot"

bump bump bump bump

can the Tech Crew reveal themselves?
it would be easier for the aspiring pilots to ask questions.

quite a few of the forumers who replied here only know half the story. sometimes they give the wrong information to the aspiring pilots.

crp-5 .... lol.. never used it at all.. it has always been in my bag.. hahaha

possible..

for Senior First Officers.

SFO and FO got different payscale.

vinesh22

how's capt. michael?

i'm from B13 ... currently, a drebar-bus
enjoy your time in langkawi.. minus the accomodation, it aint that bad.

enjoy your flying in langkawi.. that'll be the only time when u get to 'Actually' fly..

haha... yea seriously.. have fun in langkawi.....

but when you're under radar.. don't do stupid things la.. *ahem* *ahem*

This post has been edited by fillet: Jan 19 2011, 08:06 PM