An Airline Transport Pilot’s Licence (ATPL) is required to be a captain: this can be obtained in various ways, and is very expensive. There are private training schools, and airlines will sometimes sponsor selected candidates for courses, but nearly always the cost of the training will have to be paid back in part or fully over a period of a few years as a deduction from the pilot’s salary. The other method of entry is as a former military pilot, which up to now means that the applicant would undergo a shortened form of the training course.
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