What are some careers in the avaition (mainly helicopters) industry?

Question

I would like to obtain my CHPL but can´t get financial aid . I want a career that keeps me around this industry. Some day I will have my license but for now I want a degree that I can fall back on while I´m getting the license and have enough hours built.

Answer 1

There are quite a few options for helicopters careers, they are used for agricultural spraying, photo flights/scenic flights, banner towing, and traffic reporting are just a few. The small airport that I worked at had five helicopter operations at it, so the jobs are definitely out there!

Answer 2

An excellent post! I was in your shoes over 25 yrs ago.
I joined the military and they paid for my education. They even taught me to fly. The best part was it was free.
During my career I have had the chance to fly some really cool a/c including the F-18, A-26(civilian conversion), C-130, and now helicopters.
You can usually choose to go directly into Helicopters in most militaries.
Good luck.

Answer 3

Good luck

It took me 5 years and over $70k to get to where I thought maybe someday I could actually make a living flying helicopters.

Most any degree will work. The helicopter industry doesn't care if you're educated or not. In fact, the industry likes us to be stupid and pliable. Otherwise, we might realize how abused we are, and insist on a living wage.

Answer 4

Dear Sir,

Obviously, through no fault of your own, your young, impressionable brain has been poisoned by the superfluous, hyped-up, "Big Money" media portrayal of Chopper pilots. Unfortunately, this portrayal could not be further from the truth. In my experience, I've found most Helo pilots pompous, back-stabbing, momma's boys with inferiority complexes, as well as being extremely over-rated aeronautically. However, rather than dash your budding dreams of becoming a pilot, I offer the following alternative.

What you REALLY want to aspire to is the exciting, challenging, and rewarding world of TACTICAL AIRLIFT.

And this, sir, means one thing - the venerable, workhorse C-130! I can guarantee no Rotor pilot can brag that he has led a 12-ship formation down a valley at 300 ft above the ground, while trying to interpret a 9-line to a new DZ, avoiding pop-up threats, and coordinating with AWACS, all while eating a box lunch, with the engineer in the back taking a piss and the navigator puking in his trash can!

I tell you, TAC Airlift is where it's at. Where else is it legal to throw tanks, HMMWVs, and other crap out the back of an airplane, and not even worry about it when the chute doesn't open and it torpedos the General's staff car! No where else can you land on a 3,000' dirt strip, kick a bunch of ammo and stuff off the ramp without even stopping, then take off again before range control can call to tell you you've landed on the wrong LZ!

And talk about exotic travel-when C-130s go somewhere, they GO somewhere (usually for 3 months, unfortunately). This gives you the opportunity to immerse yourself in the culture enough to give any local population a bad taste in their mouths, not something those strat-lift pilots can do from their airport hotel rooms!

As far as recommendations for your course of study, I offer these. Take a lot of math courses. You will need all the advanced math skills you can muster to facilitate the calculation of per diem rates around the world, and when trying to split up the crew's bar tab so that the co-pilot really believes he owes 85% of the whole thing.

Health sciences are important, too. You will need a thorough knowledge of biology to make those educated guesses of how much longer you can drink beer before the tremendous case of the shits catches up to you from that meal you ate at that place that had the belly dancers in some God-forsaken foreign country whose name you can't even pronounce!

Social studies are also beneficial. It is important for a good TAC Airlifter to have the cultural knowledge to be able to ascertain the exact location of the nearest titty bar in any country in the world, then be able to convince the local authorities to release the loadmaster after he offends every sensibility of the local religion and culture.

A foreign language is helpful, but not required. You will never be able to pronounce the names of the NAVAIDs in France, and it's much easier to ignore them and go where you want to anyway.

A study of geography is also paramount. You will need to know the basic location of all the places you've been when you get back from your TDY and are ready to stick those little pins in that huge world map you've got taped to you living room wall, right next to that gigantic wooden giraffe statue and beer stein collection.

Well, I hope this little note inspires you. All TAC Airlifters know that there are waaay too few women and too little alcohol there to provide a well-balanced education.
Good luck and see you on the SKE scope!

Answer 5

Try "Silver State Helicopters"

Answer 6

This depends on where you live. Here in the Northwest, helicopters are used for firefighting, crop spraying, tourism (scenic tours), logging, transportation (charter), reporting as well as many others. I hope one of these helps you out.

Answer 7

There are several.. Check out Emery Riddle University
http://www.erau.edu/

Have you thought about applying to the military as a pilot? Get your ticket and hours then after you serve you initial term go civilian.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Aerial Photographer....

Answer 10

i have no idea