How hard is it to become a helicopter pilot?

This portion of flight school is known as ground labs, meaning courses you take on the ground before gaining flight experience. You will learn the basic procedures for operating and flying a helicopter, as well as the laws that govern the aviation world.

Your introduction to actual flight will still be regulated to the ground at first. You need to pass many flight simulator tests before you can get up into the air.

Next up, you have to obtain flight hours with an instructor. To become a licensed helicopter pilot, you need to have 150 hours of instructed flight time. This can take a considerable amount of time to obtain because flight sessions in a helicopter don't last as long as those in airplanes due to the lower amount of fuel a helicopter can hold.

At first, learning to fly a helicopter can sometimes be overwhelming. There are many controls and instruments that dictate flight in a helicopter. You also have to learn a significant amount of advanced maneuvers.