Offshore Jobs - how to get one ?
I´m a low-time (~300hrs) JAA CPL pilot and I´d like to get into the north sea offhore flying business as co-pilot. I already have ATPL/IR theory and since it looks like there is no way without IR rating, I´m planning to do the IR training as next step. However, this is quite a financial challenge and I´m not so sure wether this is really the door opener.
I´ve already looked at the websites of all the major players in the business, but there are almost no pilot jobs posted. And for one of the few low-time jobs I applied I´ve got some anonymous "no thank you, please dont contact us" response. This all makes me think that applying over the internet is not really the way how to actually get a job.
So what do you guys think ? Is it worth to spend the money on the IR with just 300hrs experience and what would be a more successful way of scoring a job ? Thanks for your feedbacks.