Pilot eligibility

Dear Kiran,
Eligibility Criteria for CPL (Commercial Pilot Licence)
Candidate must be aged at least 18 years.
Able to understand, speak, read and write English for Commercial Pilot License.
Must have acquired Private Pilot License or must fulfill its requirement to obtain it.
200 hours of flying along with PPL 60 hours is required.
Medically fit.
Entrance Exam:
Candidates must have to clear the entrance exam before joining the course. Candidates must passed Bachelor's degree like Engineering with Physics and Maths subject of 55% marks along with 10+2 examination. Pilot aptitude test will be conducted during entrance exam. After clearing that, direct interview will be conducted by an Interview Control Board.

Basic prerequisites to becoming a pilot:
You must complete Class XII under the 10+2 system or its equivalent with a minimum of 50 per cent marks in maths and physics.
You must be at least 16 years of age to be eligible for a Student Pilot License, 17 for a Private Pilot License, and 18 for a Commercial Pilot License.
Alternatively, you could directly enroll for the Private Pilot License once you have cleared Class XII and are 17 years old. This involves taking an exam conducted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation* consisting of theory papers on air navigation, aviation meteorology, air regulation and technical aspects.
Your vision in one eye must be perfect. In general medical terminology, it is called 6/6 eyesight. In the other eye, you could have an imperfection of 6/9, which must be correctable to 6/6.
General physical fitness is mandatory. You must be free of any disease that can hamper normal function.
You need to complete the requisite number of hours, clear written papers and the medical examination. You need 70 percent marks to pass in each of these papers. You can keep appearing until you clear them.
Note: The application form is available at all flying clubs. You can also write to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation. Send a self-addressed envelope, requesting them to send it back to you.
Regards.

As long as your vision can be corrected to 20/20 with glasses or contacts, you will be eligible for a 1st Class FAA Medical Certificate, which makes you eligible to fly as a civilian professional pilot. This is much less restrictive than military pilot vision requirements. Military Pilot eyesight requirements:
To become a military pilot/Navigator, candidate's vision can be no worse than 20/70 (correctable with glasses to 20/20) in each eye. Normal depth perception and color vision is required. Effective May 21, 2007, applicants who have had PRK and LASIK eye surgery are no longer automatically disqualified from flight training. Regards.

Educational qualifications required to join CPL training programs-
To become a Commercial Pilot, one must possess CPL (Commercial Pilot Licence). This Licence is issued after a candidate clears the training program from an Institute recognized by the Civil Aviation Authority of that particular country (DGCA in case of India).
But to join CPL training program, a candidate has to meet certain minimum Educational qualifications requirements. Here they are-
* The candidate must have cleared 10+2 Science stream schooling with Physics and Mathematics as the main subjects (age of candidate should not be less than 17 years when the course starts).
* The minimum marks required is 50% (may vary from Institute to Institute) aggregate marks.
Fitness (medical) standards to be met-
A Commercial Pilot has to be fit- physically and mentally. That's why, during the selection process, lots of emphasis is laid on the medical status of the candidate. Here are some medical standards set by authorities, which interested candidates have to satisfy in order to get selected into CPL training program-
* Eye sight specifics- one eye has to have perfect eyesight, without any defects (6/6). It is allowed to have certain imperfection in the eyesight of the other eye (6/9). But this imperfection should be correctable to 6/6.
* Candidate must not have any serious physical deformity. Also, he/she should not have any kind of mental disorder, or any history of having such mental illness.
Becoming commercial pilot after 12th science (process)-
In case you have passed 12th Science, you may join a CPL training program if you meet the above mentioned educational and medical standards. You may approach private institutes, fill forms and get started.
Most institutes have a Pilot Aptitude Test, which a candidate must clear, in order to get selected. The Aptitude test is a 3 stage process, comprising of- written examination, Interview and the Aptitude Test.
The written exam deals with subjects like- Mathematics, Geography, General Knowledge, English skills etc. This is followed by an Interview.
Candidates who manage to clear these two stages are called for the third stage- Pilot Aptitude Test. After the final stage, medical examination is conducted. Finally, a merit list is prepared, based on the performance of candidates in each stage of the selection process as well as the medical examination. Based on merit, deserving candidates will be selected and trained to become Pilot.

* To become a pilot:
-You need to first possess a Student Pilot License. You must be over 17 years of age and have completed 12th in Science (Physics and Mathematics) with 50%.
-Your vision in one eye must be perfect. In general medical terminology, it is called 6/6 eyesight. In the other eye, you could have an imperfection of 6/9, which must be correctable to 6/6.
General physical fitness is mandatory. You must be free of any disease that can hamper normal function.
-You need to register at a flying club which is recognized by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Government of India.
-Next is Private Pilot License which includes sixty hours of flying. A Commercial Pilot License may be obtained only after a PPL and 250 hours of flying.
* Some of the institutes offering Pilot training are:
-Academy of Carver Aviation Private Limited, Pune
-All India Institute of Aeronautics, Dehradun
-Center for Civil Aviation Training (CCAT), Delhi
-Glorietta Aviation, Ghaziabad
-Fly wings Aviation PVT. LTD., Mumbai