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

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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 -



  1. https://www.linkedin.com/in/rahulritesh/


  2. https://twitter.com/naivenmp


  3. https://twitter.com/Rakshitiwari10


  4. 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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