In the USA, there are NO REQUIRED courses one must take in secondary school or at the university level to become a commercial pilot. Your formal education and the subjects you take have no bearing on your becoming a pilot save that the airlines prefer (and many require) at least a bachelors degree of their pilot candidates.

Math, science, physics ect are ONLY required to the extent the school requires for graduation. People that say otherwise (like you must take advanced math, engineering ect ect) are plain wrong. That is simply not true in the USA. (Heck, in Europe, a formal degree isn’t even required at some airlines.)

The only REQUIRED “courses” you must take would be the ground schools (or it can be one on one tutoring as well) for the various pilot certificates and advanced ratings during your pilot training. Subjects such as:

Airplane and aerodynamics

Airplane systems

Federal Aviation Regulations

Airports and airspace

Airplane performance

Aeromedical factors

Weather

Navigation

Cross-country flying

Flight Operations

Airplane Performance and weight & balance

More info – http://flightinfo.com/learntofly.htm

As an aspiring airline pilot, you can find out all you need to know and more about the career and how to get started at these sites:

http://www.pilotcareer.info

http://www.jetcarers.com

http://www.flightinfo.com

http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com

Why does anybody think of it is so bloody puzzling to fly an airplane? there is not any intense-point math or physics or technology preparation required! in case you canchronic a automobile with a handbook transmission and study an hassle-free 5th-grade straight forward college textual content e book, you have each and all of the abilities which you like. something of that’s basically gaining understanding of which button to push or lever to pull, and whilst to do it! confident… in case you prefer to stumble on a job as an airline pilot, a college preparation is a competent ingredient of have, in spite of the shown fact that it does not ought to be in an aviation or engineering self-discipline. there are a number of enterprise majors accessible flying airplanes too.

courses: english, math, physics, chemisry are mendatory if you are becoming a pilot because being a pilot reaquires you to have some arithmaric skills