Copter Cody:
I have just been reviewing the posts I have missed over the past month or so and I couldn't help commenting on your rather amusing if not juvinile advice.
You are quite right that a long-line pilot can command an excellent financial renumeration package, however, that only applies to a very few, dedicated and what we in the industry like to call "brain dead" pilots (kidding) called the HELILOGGERS!
Yes they can earn in excess of 200K per annum, but at what cost?
It's basically a 100% Q climb, followed by a flat pitch auto through some of the foulest WX you can imagine and they have to be able to do the turn in two or three minutes. Sound like fun to you?
Long-lining is a very broad term in the helicopter industry and cannot be easily generalized.
I think you have to review you're previous posts and finish High School and then get a life, not a fantasy.
Keep Dreamin'
Cheers
OffshoreIgor
[ 24 July 2001: Message edited by: offshoreigor ]