P. Chandan Chakravarthy is a Cab Driver Instead of a Pilot in Hyderabad
- P. Chandan Chakravarthy with flying experience now a cabbie.
P Chandan Chakravarthy of the Kondakappu tribel could not deal with to obtain his dreams take wing but the young man undoubtedly possessed an extraordinary level of determination.
A Tribe boy P Chandan Chakravarthy from Hyderabad wanted so to a great extent to become a commercial pilot, he get a bank loan to pay for the training and notched up 267 hours of flying, 17 hours more than is necessary for a Commercial Pilot’s Licence (CPL). But, instead of ending up in the cockpit, he now drives a taxi in Hyderabad.
He enrolled at the Andhra Pradesh FLying Club (now known as AP Aviation Academy) in April 1995. Back then, every hour of flying cost Rs 600. By 2001, when he accumulated 267 hours, the cost had spiralled to Rs 2,800 per hours. A resolute Chakravarthy took a bank loan of Rs 7.5 lakh.
Chakravarthy says he could, at best, meet requirements for CPL renewal, that is 25 hours of flying, which includes 15 hours of solo, four hours of cross country covering 250 nautical miles, five night landings, five hours of instrument flying and tripple test or day, night and instrument test. “It will take me six more months. But to ask for a repeat of entire flying hours is beyond my means,” he says.
