IIT grad to Programmer to Pilot ft. Rahul Ritesh [Naive No More, EP.02] - a podcast by NNM Podcast
from 2020-05-11T09:45:01
In this episode, we welcome Rahul Ritesh, Senior first officer at Indigo airlines. Rahul graduated from IIT Guwahati in 2013. He then worked as an android developer for a year at Y Media Labs, after which he decided to become a pilot and started his journey to become one. In this episode, we’ll be taking an interesting flight through Rahul’s journey, the aviation industry, a pilot’s life, and much more. You can find him on Linkedin using the Link below.
Links -
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulritesh/
- https://twitter.com/naivenmp
- https://twitter.com/Rakshitiwari10
- https://twitter.com/jollyshashwat
0:00 - Introduction
0:55 - When did you decide to become a pilot
4:58 - Process of becoming a pilot
10:40 - Becoming a pilot or becoming an engineer
16:08 - Any specific training required for international flying
21:37 - Commercial pilot or an Air commando
22:46 - Life struggle to become a pilot
27:50 - Was spending 4 years at IIT was a waste of time?
28:52 - Duties as a commercial pilot
30:56 - Fees for becoming a pilot
32:52 - Upsides and downsides of being a pilot
36:38 - Responsibilites at different levels
39:50 - Pricing of commercial flight tickets
45:20 - Revolution in pricing
46:50 - Crises in the aviation industry
53:00 - The aviation industry and Covid
54:48 - Will the industy come back to normal?
57:38 - Cultural changes in flights
61:40 - Optimism is everything
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