I have been looking very seriously at going to helicopter flight school and understand the "entry level" process. Get ratings - work as a flight instructor to get 1000 hrs - get a job in G.O.M., tour industry, fire fighting, to earn more time to go on to the next level. This is were I get confused, I mean what are the greatest jobs - corporate? I respect paying my dues and working some not so desirable jobs but would like to end up making o.k. money and sleeping in my bed most of the time, is that possible????
2007-11-14 03:07:30 · 5 answers · asked by speedye750 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Here it is in a nut shell. Instructor spend most of their time at home base but the pay is not so good. Corporate gigs will depend greatly on what gig you get. Oil field work, 7 on 7 off 14 on 14 off. medivac home most times to sleep in your bed but the have a rotating work time so you will be sleeping at night one week sleeping in the day the next. Try to find a small local company that has a helicopter and do corporate work for them. most of the time you will spend you nights a home and you will make ok money but its not going to pay as good as the oil fields or medivac.
2007-11-14 05:00:56 · answer #1 · answered by kb3hmj 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm relatively clueless about the commercial helicopter career options... but I'm thinking it sure beats the daylights out of Military helo flying for a "family-life".
Tour-flying is schedule based, so that sounds terrific, though alittle routine after awhile. Fire-fighting is pretty seasonal, but IS daylight only (at least here in California). Corporate sounds the least "family-friendly" because you'd be on-call.
Of course ALL flying requires crew-rest time.
I flew with the Navy for 15 years... and I spent 9 of those years ACTUALLY at sea... Christmas in bizarre places, Thanksgiving crossing the international date-line, floating in a raft TWICE following aircraft crashes.
GOOD LUCK
2007-11-14 11:26:17 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You could become an instructor. You could also fly commercial, do tours, crop dusting. The sky is the limit to a career and a family life at the same time.
2007-11-15 18:38:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A news helicopter? They get to stay in their local area and go home every night.
2007-11-14 21:11:29 · answer #4 · answered by jetengine767 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
flight instructor
2007-11-18 10:45:06 · answer #5 · answered by GSH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋