Originally Posted by swingwing
Also interested in the diversity of views around starting on FW vs starting on rotary. As well as the fact that I think a Cessna 150 / Skyfox etc would be a much easier ask to start with, I simply looked at the cost delta per hour for instructional time between FW / RW.
I'd also point out that was (is?) the way that it was done by the UK Mil training when I went through. The issue of "instilled reactions" not transferring between FW and Rotary is not one that I have ever come across, nor one that has affected my flying for some years now
As I mentioned, it is enormously easier to learn to use radios, read maps, etc., in a FW than in a helicopter, which makes the learning curve much more efficient.