Becoming an Airship Pilot?

[_Walker_]

SO what are the chances someone on here happens to be an airship pilot, or happens to be working for a company operating LTA machines? how would someone with ~1300hrs fixed wing (instructing, bush, survey etc) go about changing career paths to lighter than air? Do the handful of companies that still fly airships higher/train solely from ground personnel? Any input would be VERY much appreciated....

[green granite]

You probably have already found these , but, if not, some help may be gleaned from these two sites :

Piloting the Goodyear Airship (http://www.careersinaviation.org/page.cfm?pid=140)

Interested in Becoming a Blimp Pilot? - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com (http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/65433/interested_in_becoming_a_blimp_pilot.html?cat=12)

[Uncle Wiggily]

The airship industry is mainly hiring cadets at this point. Currently the airship hiring boom is over (thanks to that darn Hindenberg accident a few years ago); therefore there are a lot of P2F airship schemes being run by unscrupulous people. I hear EagleJet is currently offering 500 hour line training program on airships.