Can an Arts or Commerce Student Become a Commercial Pilot in India?
You chose Commerce or Arts in Class 12. Somewhere between then and now, you looked up at a plane cutting across a clear sky and thought — could that still be me? The answer is yes. And it is more straightforward than most people think by right CPL exam preparation . The DGCA Rule Every Arts and Commerce Student Needs to Know Here is what the DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) actually requires for a Commercial Pilot License in India: Age: Minimum 18 years at CPL issue Education: Class 12 with Physics and Mathematics, minimum 50% in both subjects Medical: DGCA Class 1 Medical Certificate Notice what is not on that list: your stream. DGCA does not ask whether you studied PCM, Commerce, or Humanities. It asks whether you have Physics and Mathematics at the 10+2 level — from any recognized board. That single distinction changes everything. How Arts and Commerce Students Can Meet the CPL Eligibility Requirement The most widely used DGCA-accepted pathway is through the Nat...