ClearBlueWater
If I got it back in 18 months it was because it only cost me about 28,000 USD to get CPL/A IFR, ME plus 36.5 hrs. in an R22 which got me a CPL/H Add On to my license.
Having a CPL/H even with only 36.5 hrs. in helicopters, I was elegible to work as a copilot in PROTEXA (GOM/Mexican operator) on a Bell 212, needles to say when I got in the 212 for the first time, having only flown R22's, I WAS ABSOLUTELY IMPRESSED BY THE SIZE, THE NOISE, I COULDN'T BELIVE THE SIZE OF THE BLADES! I remember they wanted to see if I could't at least hover the thing, keep it straight and level, so "yeyo" said once we were airborne . . . . "you've got the controls" When we landed I was soo tense, I was sweating, and I couldn't fold my knees from being soo tense.