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HOW TO APPLY FOR A PILOT COMPUTER NUMBER(PCN) AT DGCA INDIA.

Aviation, how to / foxfoster / June 9, 2021

WHAT IS COMPUTER NUMBER? For the people who don’t know what is COMPUTER NUMBER is, many aspiring pilots are not familiar with this term. COMPUTER NUMBER is basically a unique ID which is allocated to you (aspiring pilots) by the DGCA. It is a permanent ID you get in order to appear for the DGCA examinations. For getting COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENSE there are two things, first is flying and second is examination. Flying has nothing to do with the COMPUTER NUMBER but if you want to appear for all DGCA examinations you need to have a COMPUTER NUMBER. To know more about commercial pilot visit here..-https://foxfoster.com/blog/ HOW TO APPLY FOR COMPUTER NUMBER? To get COMPUTER NUMBER there are certain mandatory requirements, there are certain procedures. There are certain criteria, steps that you need to meet, there are certain documents you need to have before you apply for COMPUTER NUMBER. To get details about procedures, documents, steps visit here::- https://pariksha.dgca.gov.in/PDFViewer.jsp?pdf=470067 There are candidates who do not read the manual which is given up and just send the documents to DGCA for COMPUTER NUMBER. So, before applying for COMPUTER NUMBER must read the instructions thoroughly and then apply for COMPUTER NUMBER because DGCA go through your all documents, they will verify and they will find the slightest of mistakes in your documents and if any found they will straight way reject your application. But it has no worries, you can still apply again and again. Please go through the user manual which is issued by DGCA for understanding what are the steps and what are the prerequisites that you will require before applying. There are some documents which need to be uploaded while applying for COMPUTER NUMBER Details About the documents to be submitted for COMPUTER NUMBER to DGCA https://pariksha.dgca.gov.in/PDFViewer.jsp?pdf=470067 You will need hard of these as well as soft copies. I am also listing the documents needed one by one here:- 1. PHOTOGRAPH 2. SCANNED SIGNATURE 3. 10th CERTIFICATE 4. 10th MARKSHEET 5. 12th CERTIFICATE 6. 12th MARKSHEET If you are from a board which CERTIFICATE and MARKSHEET in one single sheet then you are not require two different things or two different pages, but if you are from state board then you will be required MARKSHEET and CERTIFICATE each. 7. BOARD VERIFICATION CERTIFICATE FOR 10th 12th, It is a unique thing that DGCA requires, it’s that the certificate that you already have from your board after clearing your examinations, DGCA basically needs a verification again from your board that all your CERTIFICATES are true and the board has records of these. You can get this CERTIFICATE from whichever board you belong to. If you belong to AND the state board then you have to visit their regional office, request them for the VERIFICATION CERTIFICATE, and they will provide you within 10 or 12 days. For CBSE again you have to visit their regional office or you can now also verify it online. For BOARD VERIFICATION for 10th and 12th CBSE:: – https://www.cbse.gov.in/ For BOARD VERIFICATION for 10th and 12th ICSE..- Instructions_for_Verification.pdf (cisce.org) This BOARD VERIFICATION thing is the only thing which you will not have with you, you have to get either by your board’s office or online. 8. PASSPORT It is an important document but not mandatory for COMPUTER NUMBER. You can also apply for COMPUTER NUMBER without having PASSPORT. But it is advisable to have PASSPORT because PASSPORTS acts like an address proof as well as photo ID. In the document list you have to fulfill the documents till number 13. The remaining things between 13 to 19 are not required for COMPUTER NUMBER. Maximum sizes of each document are mentioned in the instruction pdf. Your documents files while uploading online should not exceed those numbers given for every particular document as given in picture 1. picture 1 These sizes which are mentioned in picture 1 are basically soft copies. Do not exceed the limits else your document will not go through and you can be rejected. To reduce the size of your documents you can upload the pdf. file here in this link and it will reduce the size as per requirement..-https://online2pdf.com/reduce-pdf-file-size To reduce the size of your documents you can upload the jpeg. image here in this link and it will reduce the size as per requirement..-https://compressjpeg.com/ Remember do not reduce the size too much that the things are not visible, it needs to be visible and it needs to be within the specified limitations. Another easiest way to reduce your document size is to forward your documents on what’s app and what’s app will compress your files or images. After collecting BOARD VERIFICATION and all other documents you should make a folder so that you have everything ready at one place and you do not have to search for any particular documents. After this next step is applying for COMPUTER NUMBER on Pariksha website. Website to apply for COMPUTER NUMBER..-https://pariksha.dgca.gov.in/ As a first step you have to visit this pariksha portal site. On entering the pariksha portal site through the upper link you will get a homepage which will be like picture 2. picture 2 You just have to read the upper portion and then click on “click here to proceed” then your screen will look like picture 3. picture 3 In picture 3. You can see one is for AME and one is for FLIGHT CREW. You have to go for the flight crew part. Under flight crew part you have to you have to chose new candidate registration because you are a new pilot and you do not have a COMPUTER NUMBER and if you have an old COMPUTER NUMBER which is not yet registered on Pariksha then then you can go for old candidate registration. You cannot get a new COMPUTER NUMBER if you already have one. After getting through this step, you get a page of instructions which is like picture 4 which you need to read and need to

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STAGES TO BE FOLLOWED TO BECOME A COMMERCIAL PILOT FROM BEGINING– There are some steps which need to be followed thoroughly while pursuing an airline career. Some limitations and some requirements needs to filled in aviation which includes our PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS, MENTAL, THEORETICAL and obviously PRACTICAL REQUIREMENTS. The stages are listed further in a sequence. It will give you an easy pathway to go through in meeting all the requirements. 1. MEDICAL CLASS 2::- Everyone who is willing to start his/her career in aviation should take the CLASS 2 medical test as their first step. Getting medically examined by the authorised DGCA doctors is the first step to get into this field. Candidates just have to go to DGCA website, there DGCA has listed the doctor’s name with their contact number and email Id, you have to take a suitable appointment, approach the clinic for the test and get the CLASS 2 medic test done. After testing you as per requirements, if you meet the DGCA requirements then the doctor will provide you a CLASS 2 medical certificate. To get the list of DGCA approved doctors for CLASS 2 medicals. List of doctors who does CLASS 2 Medic test 2. APPLY FOR COMPUTER NUMBER::- After completing Class 2 medical, you have to apply for COMPUTER NUMBER. To know what is COMPUTER NUMBER visit here..- How to become a commercial pilot in India?| What is Conventional pilot programme? You can apply for COMPUTER NUMBER through PARIKSHA PORTAL. It is an easy process of registering yourself and then you will get an unique ID, through which you will be able to login further pages for further formalities. After logging into it you have to submit the documents as per DGCA requirements. Submitting documents is a little bit complicated as DGCA has limited the size of documents files. Then DGCA will scrutinize those files and if your documents are found correct as a next step you have to send those documents physically to DGCA office at Delhi through a speed post. Then DGCA will take even a month tk scrutinize your documents and after that they will issue you a ID which is known as COMPUTER NUMBER. 3. CREATE eGCA LOGIN::- This is a digital step which can be done easily. It is the easiest step to do. It is just logging yourself on the eGCA website. It is a registration website. You have to submit some documents as per requirements and register yourself there. 4. GROUND CLASSES::- There are some subjects to be read thoroughly and of which you should have thorough knowledge. You need to have knowledge about many topics and subjects related to your career before getting a license. The subjects are:- ● NAVIGATION ● METEOROLOGY ● AIR REGULATIONS ● TECHNICAL GENERAL ● TECHNICAL SOECIFIC You have to take ground classes of these subjects to clear the DGCA exam easily. Some people stay at home and study by themselves and they do clear the examinations, but preferably you should take ground classes of these subjects. There are many coaching institutes which teach these subjects. You can go to any institute and get thorough knowledge about these important subjects. 5. CLEARING EXAMS BY DGCA::- As soon as you are done with your ground classes, you should apply for DGCA examinations which are conducted online in almost every city by DGCA every three months. Almost all the main cities have centres for this examination. There is a certain amount of fees which you have to pay to sit in this examination. There are no limitations on attempting this examination, you can apply for multiple times. 6. MEDICAL CLASS 1::- This is the highest and toughest level of test you have to clear in medicals. It is the highest level of certificate in reference of which you will get your COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENSE. After done with CLASS 2 medical and all of DGCA examinations you have to apply for CLASS 1 medicals. This is only done at AIR FORCE HOSPITALS and some PRIVATE HOSPITALS. To get the list of DGCA approved CLASS 1 medical doctors visit here::- List of doctors or organisations who do CLASS 1 Medical test This is a little bit complicated, you have to make an appointment with the approved organisation or doctor and you will get the date on which you have to present there for the test. But here is a cache, you could get a date of even a month or two ago. CLASS 1 is a tough medical examination to clear, in this your full body, heart beat, pulse rate, blood pressure, TSH, ECG, urine test, blood test, eye, will be tested deeply. Your full body structure will be checked by doing an X-ray. If you meet all the requirements then only you will be given CLASS 1 medical certificate 7. FLYING TRAINING::- Only after getting the CLASS 1 certificate do you go for flying training. It is unreasonable and foolish of them to first do their flying training and then apply for CLASS 1 medical. Remember you can be a pilot only when you have a CLASS 1 medical certificate and flying training costs approx. 40 lakhs INR, so after done with your training if you fail in meeting the requirements of CLASS 1 medical then you will not be able to become a commercial pilot and your whole money will be wasted. So after getting CLASS 1 certificate you have tk go for training as per DGCA requirements. You have to fulfill all the requirements to fly for 200 hours in which there are many categories of flying which you have to meet. To get the details about flying requirements of DGCA visit here..- How to become a commercial pilot in India?| What is Conventional pilot programme? – Fox Foster 8. SIMULATOR SESSION::- After doing the flying training you get your COMMERCIAL PILOT LICENSE. Now you have to apply to the airline vacancies. Once you are selected in a certain airline you have