On 7 April 1931, he began his pilot training at the "Deutsche Verkehrsfliegerschule" (DVS—German Air Transport School) at Schleißheim. He and 29 other trainees were part of "Kameradschaft" 31 (camaraderie of 1931), abbreviated "K 31". Among the members of "K 31" were future Luftwaffe staff officers Bernd von Brauchitsch, Günther Radusch, Günther Lützow, Ralph von Rettberg and Hannes Trautloft. Falck graduated from the DVS on 19 February 1932. In February 1933 he attended the Infantry School at Dresden for officer training and made "Leutnant" (second lieutenant) in October 1934. In March 1935, Leutnant Falck became an instructor at the DVS at Schleissheim and in April 1936 promoted to Oberleutnant.