diethelm thanks a lot for the gen , mate, I will look them up right now.
Thomas coupling Looks like the quals you need would be the kind of thing you get during a relatively long stint at a good school that operates both single and twin helicopters (turbine)
offers courses like long line and mountain flying etc, and after that flying for a tour? or 137/5 operator?
read a thread on
www.verticalreference.com and looks like this a long term goal, like 10 years or so in the making...