IIT grad to Programmer to Pilot ft. Rahul Ritesh [Naive No More, EP.02‪]‬ Naive No More

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