2007 British Columbia Season, Mountain Training & Experience
Mr. Malabo, thanx for the clarification about the advanced flight school in Penticton (Canadian Helicopters is not the same as CHC, got it) and your comments about Chinook, I'm calling them and BC Helicopters tomorrow. I email applied to seven BC (or Alberta) companies yesterday from Abitibi to VIH.
Paco, thanx for the excellent comments about mountain time and the importance of training but they bring up another question for you or anyone:
To fly (US) Forestry/Department of the Interior jobs in the US you must have the OAS card as we all know, which requires 200 hrs mountain/rough terrain time (which I don't have, I'm a Gulf of Mexico pilot). Is there any similar hour-based experience requirement in Canada ? You imply there isn't when you stated "Transport Canada does not require a course to fly in mountains as such..." ie. does Transport Canada or typical British Columbia (forestry) customers require any hour-based mountain or rough terrain pilot experience ?
Thanx