Originally Posted by
Robbiee
Sure more experience is generally better. Requiring 1,000 hours to give rides though, when that 200 hour pilot is teaching newbies (a far more dangerous occupation) is utterly ridiculous.
,...but I guess as long as there's a pilot surplus, you can be as ridiculous as you want. A few thousand hours and I won't be flying as safe and leisurely as giving rides!
A student is going into the industry eyes open---they should have done their due diligence. The general public showing up for a helicopter ride has an expectation of higher standard. TOPS operators CHOOSE to operate to a higher standard.
Hey, if you do not like it, do not go work for a TOPS operator...plain and simple. There are plenty of non-TOPS operators out there, no one s forcing you to do anything.