Fixed-wing or Rotary career? (incl Changing licence to Rotary)

[Sir Korsky]

Dual rated ATP guys are quite a rarity. There are only 2222 of them in the FAA system according to the data.

https://www.faa.gov/data_research/av...men_statistics ( 2022 page 3 )

Many years ago I had a positive experience at Tomlinson Aviation in Florida. They operate the H300 and R44. This is a nice mix. You'll need to figure out how valuable the Robinson SFAR time may be to you in the future.

https://tomlinsonaviationinc.com/

[Medevac999]

Originally Posted by lr_pilot

Our fixed-wing flight department is adding a helicopter to the mix. We are looking at transitioning a few of our pilots to the helicopter. Looking for recommendations on flight schools that could do the helicopter add-on training for us.

what country what license?

[lr_pilot]

We're in the middle of the US. Looking to get commercial license. I think we'd prefer to train in a turbine such as an MD-500 or Bell 206 since we'll be getting a turbine for our department.

[Ascend Charlie]

Originally Posted by lr_pilot

We're in the middle of the US. Looking to get commercial license. I think we'd prefer to train in a turbine such as an MD-500 or Bell 206 since we'll be getting a turbine for our department.

Hire some high-time helicopter pilots. Cheaper in the long run than having your 45-hour cross-trained pilots making basic mistakes and bending something. Remember that helicopters are unstable little critters, and are designed to crash. It is only the steely-eyed brilliant pilot at the controls that stops it from crashing.

[SASless]

Take a former military trained IFR rated helicopter pilot and cross train him into a fixed wing pilot.....many airlines went that route and it worked well for them.

[212man]

Originally Posted by Medevac999

what country what license?

Well, his profile location says Oklahoma......