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Old 4th Sep 2013, 15:21
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mckpave
 
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All great advice and I echo the comments. While on the surface you may think your mil skills equate to the civvi world, nothing could be farther from the truth.

The best fit for your skills is in HEMS but being fresh outta flight school you gotta long way to go before you can think about applying. Utility world is nearly all guys with civilian backgrounds, there are exceptions but not many. Doing sling loads in a Hawk gives you about 20% of what you need to longline.

And as SAS stated, the civilian world is a bit of "men's freestyle" depending on the area of the industry, especially utility. It can be eye-opening to someone not having any civilian flying experience.

All of this may sound very negative and to be brutally honest, it is. For a guy at your level of experience there are few, if any, options available to you. The RW path to employment is very different from the FW path, where low time guys have a few more opportunities.
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