Becoming an Airship Pilot?
 

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....

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

Piloting the Goodyear Airship

Interested in Becoming a Blimp Pilot? - Associated Content - associatedcontent.com

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.