fly911,
FYI, the mods don't allow direct links to other aviation web forums, so I only tentatively pointed you.
This section is obviously for helicopter stuff, I guess you misunderstood me. The North America section further down is mostly about fixed wing.
Now I can see the thread renamed. Nice.
Sure, I don't care about ERAU either. If this new offering covers PPL, then it's step in good direction, especially if the GI Bill isn't shelved.
(mainly aimed at GT)
Since you're 10k+ hour helo pilot, I guess you don't exactly scrape for newbie CFI jobs.
Else you'd know that with 50-100 hours TT in helicopters as add-on, one can literally do, ehrm, NADA, niente, nichts, rien. Just look at SFAR73 for instructing in Robbies, fact that there's majority of schools out there with R22/R44 and not S300.
Fact that unless one being rare exception, heli schools are unlikely to pick someone with half the flight time in helicopters, as CFI, over 'pure helicopter' 0 to CFI/I graduate. Not to mention things like Pathfinder insurance, asking for 300+ rotary, or schools asking for more hours/experience if they need someone who can teach instructor courses, specialised stuff, or simply having more experience.
SoCal App, just because I'm not American, it doesn't mean I can't keep up with the news concerning US. Been to US twice, will be over couple more times working on more training, etc. Supporting the industry with my non-US funds. Give me 10 years and if (which I doubt) I set it as my priority, I'd be US citizen, too.