Originally Posted by
Lurcheroo
...What are your thoughts on getting an IR rating on a ME heli....or even hold out and apply for jobs and be willing to pay for the MEIR if somewhere is willing to offer me a job that requires one ?
It is often the case when an operator needs to hire a new pilot the phone call goes something like this: 'We need somebody yesterday, when can you start?". That is not the time to start an IR course, either self-sponsored or with the operator, because time is then your enemy.
Don't think too much about all the various options now because it's all hypothetical. Find somebody they have made the same promises to and verify that they have delivered on those promises.
HEMS/SAR/POLICE. Ya' dreamin' All those career paths are 10+ years away for a newly minted CPL. Offshore is what you should have in mind and do a few years of co-pilot time.