tigerpic:
Answers to your questions.
Maintenance: Depends on the company. Aviatún (my personal experience) runs a superb maintenance (being a Robinson dealer with no shortage of spare parts at all). Who will you be flying for?
Dynamite: That’s true… and illegal, but once you are there you will understand why it’s done. So, if you are not prepared to do it, don’t even start. If you say that you won’t do it when you are 5 days away from the shore (when fishing usually starts) you will damn a crew of 24 people for another 5 days while the boat goes back home to kick you off and pick up another pilot. 10 days at sea for nothing… they won’t be happy chappies.
ATC: Doubt you can get in touch with anybody if you are 300nm away from the nearest land at 300’.
I superb experience, not for the rest of your life though!
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