Inspired by the heroic biography of the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, you can forever be infected with the dream of a career as a pilot. Making a dream come true is a feasible idea.

Average salary: 194,000 rubles per month

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Perhaps, many in childhood dreamed of the profession of a pilot - they wanted to fly a passenger, cargo, military, or even a small private two-seater aircraft. But the reality, of course, is not as cloudless as it seems to us in childhood.

Story

To fly like birds, people longed for a very long time. IN ancient Greece Many myths have been created about human flight. Until now, many are sure that especially enlightened Indian yogis and Tibetan monks are able to levitate, i.e. take to the air without any aircraft. And, of course, in the fairy tales and legends of many peoples there are flying characters: the Russian Baba Yaga, European witches on broomsticks, oriental peri. The greatest Italian scientist Leonardo da Vinci developed a project to create artificial wings with which anyone could fly.

Later, he abandoned this idea and began to develop the design of an aircraft, which, according to the description, is very similar to the first airplanes. The founders of the profession "pilot" can be considered the Montgolfier brothers, who made the first successful flight in a balloon. But the first pilots in the modern sense of the word should be called the Wright brothers, who, after decades of testing and calculations in 1903, made their debut flight in the history of mankind on an airplane.

Description and characteristics of the profession

A pilot, with the exception of racing drivers, who are also called so, is a person who controls an aircraft for any purpose. This profession is more than responsible: situations often arise in which the pilot has no right to make a mistake, because too much depends on his actions - the integrity of the cargo, the aircraft itself, the lives of passengers and crew members. It is also considered to be one of the most technically complex, since the pilot must control the readings of a huge variety of instruments and, focusing on them, make decisions. At the same time, he needs to coordinate his actions with the co-pilot, airport controller and pilots of other aircraft in the vicinity.

The crew, as a rule, has two pilots - the commander and assistant. In the event of unforeseen circumstances, the co-pilot must be prepared to take full control of the aircraft.

The assistant, like the commander, must know everything about the structure of the aircraft, its behavior in any conditions and safety rules during its operation. Immediately before the flight, the pilot carefully studies the route of the upcoming flight, consults with specialists, checks the results of maintenance, and adjusts the operation of radio communications.

Like any profession, being a pilot has its pros and cons. Official employment, high salary, good social security, early retirement - these are not all the advantages of the profession. It allows children's travel dreams to come true. You are guaranteed to see many countries. Pilots on international flights usually have time to walk around the city, see the sights, and have a good rest. Rest is a separate plus: airlines scrupulously control the physical and moral condition their pilots, because in order to make the right decisions, the pilot must feel impeccable.

The list of cons is small, but they are significant:

First, pilots are extremely rarely at home. In this sense, they are like long-distance sailors.
Secondly, constant emotional stress: to control such a huge and complex apparatus, to keep in mind a lot of numbers and data, realizing that you have passengers in the cabin, whose lives are in your hands - this requires great mental effort. Therefore, pilots have to undergo comprehensive medical examinations more often than many other people, including communicating with psychiatrists.

Directions, specialties and educational institutions according to the profile of training

In the Russian Federation, you can become a professional pilot by getting an education in flight school or one of the following universities:

Saint Petersburg State University civil aviation(UGAvSP). The term of study is at least 5 years.
Ulyanovsk Institute of Civil Aviation named after B.P. Bugaev (UI GA), also known as the Ulyanovsk Higher Aviation School of Civil Aviation. The term of study is four years.

For admission you will need USE results in physics specialized mathematics and Russian language. In addition, applicants pass physical training standards.

Specialties that give the right to be a pilot:

aircraft testing,
aircraft operation and air traffic management,
aircraft control systems,
the use of aviation complexes and flight operation,
air navigation.

However, becoming a pilot is not easy. The main document that gives the right to fly an aircraft is not a university diploma, but a flight certificate. Profile education is only the first stage of its obtaining. Next, you will need to pass theoretical and practical exams, pass a medical examination and fly at least 150 hours.

Professional responsibilities

The main duties of the aircraft commander are:

Organization of crew preparation for flight;
Ensuring flight safety;
Flight in adverse weather conditions, in case of failures of the automatic system and in other non-standard situations;
Fuel level control;
Analysis of the meteorological and ornithological situation;
Prevention of actions of passengers that threaten safety on board;
Filling out documentation;
Flight debriefing with crew members.

Co-Pilot Responsibilities:

Flight preparation;
Selection and study of flight documentation;
Studying the flight plan, informing the crew about it;
Checking flight and navigation equipment;
Flight performance using automatic systems;
Performing the duties of a navigator in the absence of one.

Who suits

The profession of a pilot is not suitable for any person, but only with the following qualities:

iron restraint, the ability to control oneself, not to panic in any situation;
cold, clear mind, a tendency to analytical thinking;
high intelligence and good memory;
impeccable health, one hundred percent vision and color discrimination;
attentiveness, pedantry, rationalism.

Of fundamental importance are visual acuity, a deep eye, the ability to perform monotonous actions for a long time, emotional stability, and accuracy.

This work is contraindicated for violations of the organs of vision, the vestibular apparatus, for nervous, mental and cardiovascular diseases, for diseases associated with loss of consciousness, and for impaired coordination of movements.

It is also not allowed to have a criminal record for intentional crimes and administrative penalties for the use of narcotic substances.

Wage

Pilots in any country get very well. In the USA, at Delta Air Lines - $212 per hour with a mandatory flight time of 65 hours. In the Russian Federation, it is an order of magnitude smaller, but by our standards it is also excellent. Aeroflot pilots net, excluding bonuses and bonuses, earn 290,000 rubles a month with a mandatory flight time of 85 hours. With an excess flight time, the pilot's salary increases significantly. So, for 90 hours, Aeroflot pilots are already charged 340,000 rubles.

How to build a career

As for the career, the fate of a pilot is guaranteed to almost any graduate of the relevant university. True, it is unlikely that a young pilot will be immediately accepted into a serious company, since his flying time will be minimal. You can gain experience in small firms, on commercial routes and in light aviation. It will take no more than two years, and it will be possible to apply for the position of aircraft commander. In the future, there will be quite a few opportunities to move up the career ladder: from the position of the chief pilot to the head structural unit airlines.

Prospects for the profession

In our country, transport as a branch of the economy has long been in a dilapidated state. Its restoration requires more and more personnel, so the pilot profession has good prospects.

University of California test.

1. The professor goes to bed at 8 o'clock in the evening, and the alarm clock starts at 9 o'clock in the morning. How long will the professor sleep?

2. Can a man marry his widow's sister?

4. Mamed has 10 sheep. All but 9 died. How many sheep are left?

5. You are a pilot of a plane flying from Havana to Moscow with two landings in Algiers. How old is the pilot?

6. Usually the month ends on the 30th or 31st. What month has the 28th?

7. You enter an unfamiliar room that is darkened. It has two lamps: gas and petrol. What will you light first?

8. One train goes from Moscow to St. Petersburg, and the other from St. Petersburg to Moscow. They left at the same time, but the speed of the first train is three times the speed of the second.
Which train will be further from Moscow at the time of their meeting?

9. Father and son were in a disaster. The father died in the hospital. The surgeon comes to the son's room and says, pointing to him: "This is my son." Can these words be true?

10. Archaeologists have found a coin dated 35 BC. Is it possible?

11. There are 10 fingers on the hands. How many fingers are on 10 hands?

12. The stick must be cut into 12 pieces. How many cuts will be required?

13. How many animals did Noah take into his ark?

14. The doctor prescribed the patient three injections every half an hour. How long will it take to do all the injections?

15. How many digits 9 are in the series of numbers from 1 to 100?

16. A lone night watchman died during the day. Will they give him a pension?

17. Burned 7 candles. Three went out. How many candles are left?

18. A brick weighs 1 kg plus another half a brick. How much does a brick weigh?

19. Under what bush does a hare sit in the rain?

Count the number of incorrect answers and determine who you are:

O-1 genius
2-4 intellectual
5-6 normal person
7-8 ordinary idiot.
9-10 ordinary idiot with side effects
11-12 absolute idiot
14-15 unable to think
16-19 isolation from society is necessary

Right answers:

1. One hour (the alarm clock does not understand where the morning is and where the evening is).
2. No (since a widow is one whose husband has died).
3. Yes.
4. Nine.
5. You are an airplane pilot (the pilot is as old as you).
6. In all.
7. Match.
8. The same.
9. Yes, if the surgeon is the boy's mother.
10. No.
11. 50.
12. 11 cuts.
13. Each creature - a pair.
14. 1 hour.
15. 20.
16. No, he died.
17. Three (extinguished, and the rest burned out).
18. 2 kilograms.
19. Under the wet.

Tests::: Are you a complete idiot?

1) You are the pilot of an airplane flying from Havana to Moscow with two transfers in Algiers. How old is the pilot?

2) Seven candles are burning, three are extinguished. How many candles are left?

3) How many nines are between 1 and 100?

4) Can a husband marry his widow's sister?

5) One train goes from Moscow to St. Petersburg, the other from St. Petersburg to Moscow. They left at the same time. The first two hours of train movement were at the same speed (60 km/h), but then the first train increased the speed to 80 km/h. Which of the trains will be closer to Moscow at the time of their meeting?

6) Mahmed has 10 sheep. All but nine died. How many sheep are left?

7) You enter an unfamiliar and dark room. There is a gas and kerosene lamp. What will you light first?

8) One brick weighs 1 kg and another half a brick. How much does one brick weigh?

9) How many animals did Noah take on his ark?

10) The doctor prescribed the patient 3 injections every half an hour. How long will it take to do all the injections?

11) Archaeologists have found a coin dated 35 BC. Could this be real?

12) How many times does it take to cut a stick into 12 pieces?

13) The professor went to bed at 8 o'clock in the evening, and set the alarm clock for 9 o'clock in the morning. How many hours will the professor sleep?

14) There are 10 fingers on the hands. How many fingers are on ten hands?

15) One night the night watchman died. Will they give him a pension?

16) Under which bush does the hare sit during the rain?

18) Some months end on the 30th and 31st. Which month has the 28th?

19) Father and son got into a disaster. The father died, the son was in the hospital. A surgeon enters his room and says: "This is my son!". Could it really be?

". And many people who have passed it are sometimes surprised by their result and ask themselves questions: “Where did I go wrong? What is the correct answer and why? In this we will now step by step and figure it out.

1. A professor in 1920 goes to bed at 8 o'clock in the evening, and the alarm clock starts at 9 o'clock in the morning. How long will the professor sleep?

Correct answer: 1 hour.

Unfortunately, not all people remember or know that once everyone had analogue alarm clocks that had to be constantly “wound”, not only the watch itself, but also the alarm clock. The time was set with a separate hand, besides, such watches do not know morning or evening, respectively, if the professor sets the alarm clock at 9, and goes to bed at 8 o’clock, then he will sleep for only 1 hour. (It was impossible to sleep with such an alarm for more than 12 hours).

2. Can a man marry his widow's sister?

Correct answer: No.

If a woman is a widow, then her husband is dead, and, accordingly, this man Well, he can't possibly marry anyone, including his widow's sister. (at least in our country, marriages with the dead are impossible).

Correct answer: Yes.

Australia has the same calendar as Russia and many other countries, and November 7 is also present in their calendar.

4. Three painters had a brother Ivan, but this Ivan had no brothers. Is it possible?

Correct answer: Yes.

Yes, this is possible if these painters were Ivan's sisters.

5. You are the pilot of an airplane flying from Havana to Moscow with two transfers in Algiers. How old is the pilot?

Correct Answer: As old as you.

It's simple - the answer lies in the question itself. Since "You are a pilot ...", then the pilot is as old as you.

6. Usually the month ends on the 30th or 31st. Which month has the 28th?

Correct Answer: All.

The question is not “What month ends on the 28th?” but “What month has the 28th?”. Only care is needed here. This number is in every month.

7. You enter an unfamiliar room that is darkened. It has two lamps - gas and petrol. What will you light first?

Correct Answer: Match.

Of the proposed answers, if you don’t light a match, then you won’t be able to light the lamps either. This does not take into account the fact that you can have a lighter, a torch or a flamethrower with you.

8. One train goes from Moscow to St. Petersburg, and the other - from St. Petersburg to Moscow. They left at the same time, but the speed of the first is three times the speed of the second. Which train will be farthest from Moscow at the time of the meeting?

Correct Answer: The same.

It doesn't matter how fast they go. If they met, they would be at the same point, at the same distance from Moscow.

9. A father and son were in a car accident. The father died in the hospital. The surgeon comes to the son's room and says, pointing to him: "This is my son." Can these words be true?

Correct answer: Yes.

They may well. The surgeon may be the mother of this son.

10. Archaeologists have found a coin dated 35 BC. Is it possible?

Correct answer: No.

How could a coin minter know when that very “our era” would come? It will not be written on it “35g. BC.". Yes, and with such accuracy to determine the year of minting a coin in order to date it, it is beyond the power of modern science.

11. The stick must be cut into 12 pieces. How many cuts will be required?

Correct answer: 11.

Note that the last cut will give us two parts of the stick, respectively, there are 11 cuts to be made. (Those who do not believe can try cutting a strip of paper into 12 parts and count the number of cuts)

12. On the hands - 10 fingers. How many fingers are on 10 hands?

Correct answer: 50

Each person (with the exception of special cases) has 2 hands with 5 fingers, i.e. only 10 fingers on the hands (as indicated in the problem). And since there are 5 fingers on one hand, 50 fingers are obtained on 10 hands.

13. How many animals did Noah take on his ark?

Correct answer: Each creature - a pair.

Here you just need to know the story about Noah from the Bible.

14. The doctor prescribed the patient 3 injections every half an hour. How long will it take to do all the injections?

Correct Answer: One hour.

There is no need for any math, forget about it for a while! If you give the first injection now, then the second injection will be given in half an hour, and the third injection in an hour.

15. How many digits 9 are in the series of numbers from "1" to "100"?

Correct answer: 20.

Here you just need to count the number of nines in the numbers: 9, 19, 29, 39, 49, 59, 69, 79, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99. Although it probably should be some other mathematical technique for faster and more rational calculation (who knows, share in our group

Intelligence is the ability to quickly find the right solutions to various problems. This trait can be developed in oneself by constantly training the mind with appropriate tasks. The more solutions you find, the more you develop this trait. In order to determine your current indicator, you can take an intelligence test.

Intelligence Test

Specialists have developed a large number of psychological tests for ingenuity. We suggest turning to the popular American version, which is offered to applicants at the University of California. The main condition is to answer without consulting anyone. Write down all your answers on a piece of paper, indicating their serial number.

The professor went to bed at 8 o'clock in the evening and set the alarm for 9 o'clock in the morning. How much will he sleep?
Can a man marry his own widow's sister?
Is there November 7th in Australia?
Mamed has ten sheep. All but nine died. How many sheep does Mamed have left?
You are the pilot of a plane flying from Havana to Moscow with two transfers in Algiers. How old is the pilot?
Almost every month ends on either the 30th or 31st. What month has the 28th?
You enter a dark, unfamiliar room. It has two lamps, one gas and one petrol. What will you light first?
One train goes from Moscow to Yekaterinburg, and the other - from Yekaterinburg to Moscow. They left at the same time, but the first developed a speed 3 times greater than the second. When they meet, which one will be further from Moscow?
The father and son had an accident, and the father died in the hospital. A surgeon came into his son's room and said, pointing to him: "This is my son." Can the surgeon's words be true?
Archaeologists have found a coin with the date “35 BC” on it. Is it possible?
How many cuts does it take to cut one stick into 12 pieces?
It's no secret that there are 10 fingers on the hands. How many fingers are on 10 hands?
How many animals did the biblical hero Noah take into his ark?
The patient was prescribed three injections, one every half an hour. How long does it take to make all the injections?
How many digits 9 are in the series of numbers from one to one hundred?
The lone watchman died at night. Will they give him a pension?
There were 7 candles burning in the room. Soon 3 of them went out. How many candles are left?
A brick weighs 1 kg plus another half a brick. How much does a brick weigh?
Under which bush does a hare sit when it rains?