Long Enough to Know
If you have been following this thread from its start you would know that it has been about giving interesting work to helicopter pilots who want or need it.
I am a helicopter pilot who has had interesting work. I am also one who has needed it. I know what it is like to dream of that marvellous job. Unfortunately now, here anyway, they stipulate minimum hours on type, even for co-pilots.
This minima comes from the major world oil companies. Mostly, American. The major helicopter companies, becoming exclusively, CHC, have the resources to train and build hours for their pilots. CHC now dictate.
Fortunately for me there are enough experienced pilots in the world who do not want to work for this Canadian Union of National Travel (C.U.N.T.) and I can still find decent people looking for employment outside of the C.U.N.T.
We are getting fewer though.
For those of us outside
Don't take on the Smell of those.....
Airytoad