&tThanks for the reply guys, that link was very useful.
From what I see so far, it's pretty much the same over there regarding first jobs, with the exception that some low time pilots are lucky enough to get picked up for off-shore work.
So far I haven't seen anything mentioned about the equivilent JAA rating to the FAA CFII. Does this mean that you are automaticlly able to teach Instrument with a FI rating and an Instrument Rating?
Thats really all you are able to do over here in the US for your first hundered hours of instruction because ;Pathfinder", the most popular insurance company won't cover sub-300 hour instructors with student pilots.
I'm not that bothered about getting work in Ireland as such, but do you not need the local language to work for helicopter companies in non-english speaking countries.
I'm a little torn between 2 schools that do distance learning courses. 1 is Bristol GS, the big 1 and what seems to be the obvious choice. The other is Caledonian Advanced Pilot Training, who seem to be smaller but have been very helpful in answering some of my questions, whereas Bristol GS just tell you to look at their website when you try to have a telephone conversation with them. Has anyone on here had any expirence with Caledonian guys? - website;
www.captonline.com
This forum is a wealth of information, keep up the good work guys.
Darren.