Whirly :
It's not my maths which is wrong, just that I omitted my 150 or so fixed wing hours. That, plus 135 plus 30 on the modular course takes me over the magic 300 TT for entry to the FI course.
My understanding of the UK CPL(H) (Restricted) is that it's 155 HELICOPTER hours required for the modular course - check documents on the CAA SRG web site at
http://www.srg.caa.co.uk/pld/fcl/fcl_information.asp for full details.
As for the finances, although I'm earning well, I've already got a mortgage and large loan so adding another one doesn't seem financially prudent.
P.S. just found the JAR CPL(H) requirements -
http://www.srg.caa.co.uk/documents/SRG_FCL_Gid26.pdf
AND, I've only just seen ( don't remember it being in the document before ) if you have a PPL(A) then it's only 135 helicopter hours including 30 P1.
[This message has been edited by The Nr Fairy (edited 18 March 2001).]