What It Takes To Become A Pilot - inside United's Simulator
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- CNBC got an inside look at United Airlines Flight Training Center in Denver. At nearly half a million square feet, this facility is one of the largest airline training hubs in the world. All of United's 12,000 pilots come through here for initial training and return every 9 months to stay up to date on flight procedures and safety protocols.
The campus has 31 simulators, each costing $15 million to $20 million. And United plans to have a total of 40 in the next 12 to 18 months. Pilots must complete training in the simulators before flying in real planes.
United Airlines operated more than 5,300 flights on the Sunday after Thanksgiving alone.
Watch what it was like for CNBC's Erin Black to fly a United Airlines Airbus A320 simulator.
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Inside United Airlines' Pilot Training Simulator
I wish they would show things like this in school at young ages.... this is inspiring to me an makes me wanna become a pilot as a 33yr old adult .... damn these schools failed us an still are
You can still pursue it at 33!
School are made to form workers, and 33 is still young you can do it !!!
school doesn’t fail you it’s all on you can’t put the blame on school
@@diegomagadan4182 Have you actually done your research? The school system in America IS broken, and when I mean broken, it’s REALLY broken. Students have stress over assignments and tests because in most cases this makes them feel or think like they’re stupid which they’re not. It’s also outdated because the system was meant for children to be factory workers and help the economy. The only “real” way to get a good education is to have daddy’s money. Being rich helps you A LOT. So don’t say “ dOnT bLaMe ScHOol”.
I’m watching as a 12yo and my dream is to become a pilot :D
She shows incredible self control in not immediately executing 360 barrel rolls
Chase Strickland You can’t, its an a320
CarLover21 You could, just turn off the protections
@@Capt.Rankin I somehow doubt that she knows how to do that.
@@AA-or4dt i mean pretty easy just turn of the adirs 1 and 3 and bam now you have no fly by wire
@@AA-or4dt but true tbh
This doesn't even mention the years and thousands of hours of flying required to get to the point to train in those sims.
Devin Graves I’m not a pilot but I’m sure you don’t do 1,000s of FLYING hours before being allowed to use a simulator. Unless flying general aviation and basic planes that you can without a type rating how would you gather these 1000s of FLYING hours generally only achieved commercially without using the simulator first (type rating)?
@@blinded3646 you don't use these unless you have 1000s of hours of experience. They are not available to civilians.
@@blinded3646 you need 1000s of hours to fly mainline. Which is where you train in these so yes you do.
@@blinded3646 You can't fly for an airline without 1500 hours of flight time. You also wont be flying an A320 with 1500 hours as a new first officer. So yes, you need thousands of hours to even get to that point in your career.
@@blinded3646 You really have no clue about the process, training, and hours required before getting picked up by a major airline.
It's painful to see how ignorant so many people are about the job of a pilot.
J VH the video isn’t geared for industry professionals. You shouldn’t expect to come into this learning anything new if you’re a pilot
Aidan McLeod I’m aware of that, but I wasn’t just talking about this video. I was talking in general.
Ikr
Ikr
@@AidanMcLeodProductions If it's not really that informative then what's the point?
Im a private pilot going all the way to my commercial and take my advice the journey is not easy hard studies and dedication you have to put in. When you make to the airlines its like making it to The pros in sports... Its expensive but trust me i hurd when you get to that point its very rewarding.. Flying is amazing you get paid great depending on who you go with its just rewarding..And were having a shortage right now
A pilot who spells heard as hurd.😑
@Shavy Daley You obviously don't know what you're talking about, this is one of the best times to get into the industry.
Bill Russell yeah... they will just about hire anyone with above 1000 hours of flight time...
I’m just 14 right now. But I really like aviation and I’m flying in a bunch of flying simulators. I’m actually looking to become a Captain. But I know, it is hard as hell. But I rally don’t know how I should start my career.
@@bendover2461 I'm in the EXACT same situation as you right now! (Hopefully you'll respond, maybe we can keep in touch!) I'm 14 and just going into Highschool and I'm really interested in becoming a pilot. The majority of the males in my family are involved in aviation career-wise, which makes it even more exciting to break the chains and to become a female pilot.
I have had two experiences with big simulators. Years ago, I was a private pilot, but I realized that as much as I love flying, my skills could have improved. In 1990, UAL had a deal for its top passengers. 500K miles could be exchanged with RT tickets for two to Denver, one night at a hotel, and an hour in a simulator. I knew enough (much more a reader than a flyer) to ask good questions and understand what I had been told to do. I now have more than 3 million miles as a passenger. The simulator was great. A take-off from Denver and a flight to SFO. We finished with the Potomac approach to DCA. Years later, I was in the Alitalia club in Rome, and there was a good simulator (the controls were perfect, but no motion). I was OK. All my fantasies of being a pilot are gone.
Me: I want to be a pilot.
Our Financial situation: No, you won't be taking off.
Not for me. I got daddy to fund me all the way through.
But you don't have to pay while learning I mean you have to pay money but you can pay it after you're a pilot
@@ImranQureshi-mf2gc But you don't have to pay while learning I mean you have to pay money but you can pay it after you're a pilot
hshrvhaiah w beru w Only if you take a loan. The thing with loans is that they have interest which means you pay more than you borrowed.
@@ImranQureshi-mf2gc u are very lucky my dear . You are really living my dream, live it well
Pull up!
Low terrain
Low Terrain
Pull up!
Too low terrain *
The_Gaming_Syndrom WOOP WOOP Pull up WOOP WOOP Pull up. Scariest sound in human history. I have nightmares of all the CVR recordings from plane crashes Ive heard with this.
1,000 -10
Too low
Pull up
Pull up
The plan has despaired from the radar*
Too low glide slope
She forgot to butter
5 4 3 2 10 ouwch bounce
50 40 30 20 10 Butter BOUNCE
butter to Ryanair pilots
*AirFlower69 Approves this message*
*Swiss001 Triggered*
Thankful for all amazing Pilots and flight attendants 🙌
did these people even go to college?
ITS CALLED A SIDESTICK!!!!! NOT A ‘JOYSTICK’!🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
I wanted to pull her eyes out when she said joystick
Wanna see my Joy- stick? Lol
Samer Barakat hey listen not everyone is as knowledgeable as us avgeeks. So cut her some slack. Until you learn this you will never have the people skills to become a pilot
pirozig zigwam yeah I get that, however she is doing a short informative video on pilot training so part of her research when writing the narrative should be the technical terms. I’m not ‘going after’ her it’s the whole media that get such terms wrong. Some more research should be done, and even after that I obviously don’t expect them to know everything but at least the most common terms. I didn’t mean the comment in an aggressive way, it’s just frustrating when you hear it over and over again...
@@samerbarakat8636 Why are people hung up on her calling it a joystick. Look into the history of the joystick. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joystick "A joystick, also known as the control column, is the principal control device in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or side-stick" .
I have so much respect and admiration for pilots 💗
Same.
Anybody notice the master warning light go off at 2:19? Ha ha 😂
Adrian Hernandez lol
Me
That’s the autopilot disconnecting.
Who else wanna try it tho
Cost good amount of money to run it an hour or 2 as these full motion sims are for training
Expensive career :(
Can someone Translate to english please ?
I’ve tried it, won it in an auction
@@nicholasrubianes5368 ???
I didn't even bother watching the video. I came for the comments.
I watched it to see just how moronish United would be ... they did not disappoint. Geez, dipshits.
What you should really be looking into is United's baggage handler training.
All the airlines bag handler sucks..... you have a certain one you like?
i am 17 years old and this is helping me learn become a pilot
the tradeoff for the egregiously high amount of training/high barrier to entry is the reason the safety numbers of commercial flying are as close to perfect as you can get
Being a pilot looks like the most badass job ever
badass job that puts you in $70k of debt
@@pilotvlog youll make it back lol
@@pilotvlogif airlines recognize you have great talent they’ll fund your training
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@@pilotvlogyk how much pilots make 😂
i hate it so much when people say that pilots don't do anything because the autopilot flies the airplane. the autopilot is just a tool that is used by pilots to make their work more efficient and less tiring. Not that it was in this video but just in general
IKR!!!
Does word processor write your essay?
No. Obviously not
Same with the autopilot.
I know I am preaching to the choir but autopilot is a big misnomer
“I’m flying an Airbus a320” *shows b737*
That's United for ya. Dipshits across the board.
@TheShampooDude Flew them extensively last year. Terrible service was the norm from the counter staff to the flight attendants.. Just not customer service-centric. the last 6 months of so I've found them to be worse than the worst domestic carrier - American - and that is saying something.
Dude if you don’t like United, just don’t watch the video. much less make a comment about it.
@@djblanton Have you ever flown Delta or Southwest? My experiences with those have always been awful. United has been pretty easy to deal with, and have had comfortable flights, in my experience.
@@seventh-hydra Delta and Southwest are my 2 favorite airlines, always the best experience with them. I've never flown on United or American. Experiences can always be different depending on the crew.
Her: calls it a joystick
Me: *has seizure*
Him: Has seizure
Me: Doesn't care
One of the best videos ive watched on UA-cam. They should have a tourist center where people can pay to have this experience
I know these comments are old…
Student pilot here pre checkride, “flew” a level d simulator 737-800, logged it in my log book, 1 hr, 6 t/o and landings, zero crashes
Warning!
Best of united jokes below
Akif Ismail actually your comment is quite far down but ok
These guys learning how to fly a plane in real school...PFFF...I leaned to fly in GTA SA flight school
Hope you have a great day! ❤️
"Your not trained as a flight attendant" 5:15 lmao
you’re*
using the word flight attendant and training the same sentence (at least when it comes to United) is a violation of the trades descriptions act. This video is longer than their entire training. Over-paid and under-class. Not a great combination for people working in customer-facing roles.
“Big handle does big things” good one! Thanks
Wow, the media taking a legitimate journalistic approach to aviation? Getting actual expert information? Whaaaaaa
0:26 *SAY WHATTTTTTTTT*
This is very comforting.
My parents raised me to be a United Airlines pilot im looking forward for it until the end.
This just motivates me to pursue my pilot career.
Same except I’m still a middle schooler so I still have many years until I can start pursuing my dreams so for now I’m trying my best in school
@@daychild_ Start saving up. Not to dissuade you but it is so so expensive. The more you save the more your goal will be easy to obtain. Save save save. Good Luck!
@@appalachianwolf1187 orjust take a loan... once you get the jobyoull have it paid off in no time
@Jakob Sins still a risky decision
@@JakobSinsso many things could go wrong in the process though
Pilots are amazing!
2:29 "So tell me a little bit about what you're doing in flight." 😂 Right after they are talking about auto pilot.
My fav Airline
Worst one I have ever flown on. Just horrible customer service First and Business class was crap. attendants were useless.
Pilots could be trained far more quickly ..the actual mechanics of flying a large jet is not that difficult. During WW2 , young guys in their early 20's were flying 4 engine bombers over Germany. The major difference I guess is life priorities were different back then.
The difference is that this plane has more than 200 passengers and the reputation of the airline, but the 20yo with a four engine bomber only has the war-seasoned, 30+ airmen crew and a few bombs on board. One is designed for a safe and smooth ride while the other is designed for destruction.
Young guys in their early twenties are also flying airliners, at least here in the UK. There's no 1500 hour rule so as long as you pass flight school an get accepted by an airline you're basically good to go. Most of the time is spent learning the general factors of aviation and getting licenses on multi-engine, instrument, night, upset prevention etc. Type rating still definitely takes a while though. You're learning how all the systems work and what to do if it all goes wrong. Sure, it's easy at face value, but things can pile up quickly and you need to remain calm with situational awareness
People also frequently crashed and died in WW2.
@@pilotvlogthe issue with the UK is without the 1500 hour rule, pilots aren't paid as much. in addition to that, getting to ATP in the UK costs more than getting to CPL in the US (the point where you can become a CFI and start making a tiny bit of money off your training) if you look at flight schools.
She's a natural pilot and would require very little training to get her up to speed on the A320.:) Can't believe it took me 6000 hrs before I started flying the A320.:)
still flying?
@@Toni-kd3gz No, I took early retirement 6 years at 50.
@@detroitgarage9430 Would you do it again? I'm currently in high-school and looking into becoming a pilot or an aircraft mechanic.
@@javen2125 I think I would.:) I'd choose being a pilot over an AME as the pay and working conditions are far better as a pilot. I could have easily been an AME as well, but decided to be a pilot. It's not easy to get started, but stick with it and don't take no from anyone. It took me 10 years of flying in the bush, then cargo, then finally into an airline that had new aircraft and paid well. The demand for pilots now is crazy and a great time to start.:)
@@detroitgarage9430 How old were you when you first started to learn how to fly if you dont mind me asking
3:54 Ryanair BUTTER
I want to be a pilot . Anyone do not know This . I am twelfe . I admire you
Potterhead S I’m 12 also, and I would like a commercial pilot as my career.
RealyRandomStudio Savage same
I think you should focus on your education if your grammar is like that. Your English can land you a college degree, and you obviously are lacking in that department.
I remember flying in South Vietnam 🇻🇳 1968-1971 made it home. your welcome.......
APPRECIATED ❤
is there a kick people off simulator?
Carlos Castro well it doesn’t look like you have a life if your responding to this comment ,same for me but I don’t really care
He deleted the comment wow
@@CarlosCastro-gt3ir damm calm tf down aviation memes do u not get it?
has to be, its United. Worst airline in the US. Nasty looking employees too. Geez.
Media reporting on the pilot industry is painful. "when do we turn the autopilot on?" People think the autopilot does everything, and we just sit there doing nothing.
It's so annoying to watch and listen to people think pilots do nothing, and their job is easy, but have never flown a plane in real life. When you're up at 2500 feet, with your hand on the yoke and throttle, it gets real very quickly.
@DylanKortman Dude, I'm an pilot. I fly an A330.
@@steve10509Tones of respect man hopefully one day I will be a pilot too.
But how many pilots really turn on the autopilot as soon as allowed and keep it on till just before touchdown? Quite a few really which is why there’s an effort to handfeste when the situation allows you to.
@@bullwinklejmoos not many.
Incredible. United airlines is on the forefront of technology.
All airbus planes have an identical cockpit to this almost sooo a ton of airlines like sas lufthansa American delta United British Airways easyjet airlingus Air France iberia finnair Austrian aeroflot avianca and do much more
Every other airline does this, calm on the american pride :)
I would love to practice in one of their simulators and be taught that way
5:39 United Pilot: we won’t compete on safety
He means that United will not compromise safety to make more sales, as do any other US carrier.
It means that industry and government will openly collaborate and share best safety practices with each other. They may compete in other areas such as service, products, routes, prices, etc, but when it comes to safety everyone is on the same team.
So “we won’t compete on price” means that they won’t offer the best prices right? “We won’t compete on safety” suddenly means we WILL offer the best safety?
They won't compete on the safety of the passengers when a flight is overbooked
This video makes it seem like all we do is takeoff, click on the autopilot and chill lol. C’mon captain, throw some single engine ILS approaches at her, or have her brief an RNAV departure lol
Which is very fantastic and wonderful
❤thankyou for this video
One day ill be a pilot💪
She would be a great Ryanair pilot
Chief Ryanair Pilot.
They said that United wouldn't tell what happened when you crash, the program would freeze and the instructor would reset it
Pilots in here are critical of the lady saying “joystick.” The average American can envision a joystick but may not know what a side stick is. It’s not as bad as when she says aircrafts.
I'm a private pilot and didnt even catch that
She probably tried to make the wording easier for commonfolk.
The last step to become a united pilot...
Drag at least 1 passenger out of the plane
And kick a family of three out of the plane
@Captain Matt just a meme bud
@Captain Matt ;/
@Captain Matt Then why did United CEO apologized?
@@pranaym3859 because that's how PR works majority people do not understand how regional carriers are operate so imagine the public outrage of a cat when it's not our fault it was someone else operating under our name which is true if they're not responsible what they do but PR why is it would have been a disaster.... even more of a disaster
Dude the slide down the plane is so fast LOL
3:52 me and my cfi right now practicing landings 😭😭😭😭
The 30 days of training is nothing. What isn’t mentioned is the college, previous flight training at either flight instructor, Military, regional airline, getting even the call for selection to attend pilot training at any major airline, passing ground school , passing company ground school, getting selected for the specific aircraft, systems, emergency procedures, passing all the training going to the line and doing OJT with a very experienced training Captain, getting the OJT and signed off as a newly minted First Officer. After all that work you get to sit reserve for a few months. Very rigorous process and the simulators that UAL and pretty much every major commercial airline around the world are top notch. They literally can simulate about every scenario, fog, snow, ice, rain, single engine, turbulence, system failures, pretty much anything flight deck related. About the only thing that can’t be replicated in a flight deck simulator is medical. That’s where the cabin trainer comes in and for the flight sometimes the only option is diverting which is of course done from the flight deck. The sim can replicate emergency descent, loss of cabin pressure, The last airliner simulator I visited could even set you up at the gate and set up a full motion flight from pushback to taxi and take off. For a news reporter and not exposed to the pilot community every day I think she did pretty well.
thats so much hard work. I have alot of respect for pilots people overlook them.
I hate when the media covers aviation, they get so much wrong! Sidestick, not joystick!!!
Shut up she knows nothing about aviation stop being buthurt if it was in the middle like a globemaster what would you like to call it a **"MIDDLE STICK LOL"**
CAPTAIN WELLS PILOT AND FIREFIGHTER you’re not the brightest
Lol you hate that?
Aviation enthusiasts are all the same.... Some lame who wanted to become a pilot but didn't.
Now you're on UA-cam getting upset over aviation terminology lol
What
A
Joke
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joystick
@@Andrea-ux6wb Nice
I would love to get into a simulator and see what I can do with no prior flying experience at all
I Always have a desire to come a pilot, even till now i want to make mi dream come true
Is there an eject button for unwanted passengers?
No the pilot will just drag em out
Sometimes I wish there was a system like that. But alas, no.
3:54 Erin should become a pilot for Ryanair.
THATS SO COOL
When I first flew in a simulator, I landed successfully, but 30yards in front of runway.
Then it is not successful that is a crash
haha
"United wouldn't show us what it looks like if you crash a simulator..." Goodness gracious I hate the media and everything about it.
Yup. The gp these days
I know right...why even bother thinking of that
She is fast learner i hope she will archive her dream
I could feel her landing from here... ouch
She didn’t even let the captain sit in the captains seat😂
Sidestick not joystick
it is a joystick, a stick that brings joy to a pilot lol
Just stop...
Ethan Larribeau
Her: joystick
You: sidestick
Me: yoke?
Bruh not everyone is a flight simulator gamer ok? No need to flex about it
How yall talking about the a320 and showing a 737 max? @1:52
it was actually a 737-800 with the new split scimitar winglets as you can tell from the engine.
SJ Navaid lol I didnt even notice that ...good eyes 👏🏾
@@sjnavaid9341 I thought it was a 757
SJ Navaid I thought it was the Boeing a380
Good eyes 😀
Obligatory United joke: Does this simulator, simulate realistic passenger dragging? (Asians are preferred)
Emilio Fernandez this joke is like 2 years old 🙄
Ava Martin Ok?
Dear captain if i could be a pilot under your educating it was my last dreem
White people are best preferred
It was the Chicago Police who dragged him off... not United.
I wish I lived in Denver, am trying to start flight training
Very nice
I want one of those flight simulators.
10, bang, Ryanair pilot, did we land yet?
You guys forgot the 500 other steps involved.
Thank you so much now I know how to drive a plane I'm going to go into a airport go inside of the plant open the cockpit and then drive the plane thank you
I had learn some of the controls from a mobile plane simulator , wish me luck on becoming a pilot in the future :)
Infinite flight?
She called the Sidestick a joystick 🤣
Is united still #1 in Chinese takeout?
😅.
I wanted to die when she said joy stick
Quite an exaggeration.
As long as you can drag someone off a plane your good!
You forgot to teach the proper technique for knocking a passenger unconscious and removing them from the aircraft for no reason
Throwback to when the aviation industry was booming
Where's the part where they rush to join wrestlemania in the back?
4:20 why only once? I want to go a few times! And where is the damn water hose?
Superb 👌👌
Which airline is it
This isn’t what it takes... it takes years and years of devoting your time and money to study and fly. Then you get to do this.
He lied. Most of the time they are on cruise they are complaining about their contract, 401Ks, divorces, and looking outside lol.
Airplanegeek what u talking about
DeeK KayE at 2:30 she ask what do they do while autopilot is engaged? My comment was just a joke I have the most respect for this professionals. I work in the industry my self.
Airplanegeek oh hahaha and what does that 401ks mean
@@DeeK1992 how old are you lol
Cameron Glynn 21, why?
Only after you've done 200 simulator hours and show that you can follow the standard operating procedures to the letter are you allowed to conduct your first real passenger beating.
For that landing, Landing gear automatically went U P
“The plane’s joystick” 😂
Well there are always scenarios which we haven't thought about. For example Cactus 1549 losing both engines after take off in New York in 2011.
Nice landing on the TARMAC
I want to become a pilot, which university do you recommend?
Amazing ❤❤❤❤❤
Very interesting