Work in Brazil

[jimvegan]

Thinking about a move to work in Brazil. Does anyone have any advice regarding the licence requirements and work opportunities for a JAA CPL (H) instructor with around 3000 hours?

[Wrenchturner]

brasil

if there are any brasilians here, i am living in brasil, not brasilian, i am getting my permenant visa and RNE currently, what is required to obtain a maintenance engineer license? Is it possible to have a ANAC license with my visa and RNE?

[twisted wrench]

Wrench turner: How is your portuguese? If you are accepted you will need to at least write air regs in portuguese.

[unstable load]

I stand to be corrected here, but it is my understanding that the Brazilian sector is a pretty closed shop to foreigners. CHC/BHS have foreigners there but only in supervisory slots and strictly hands off.
It will be interesting to follow this through to the end and see whether you get it right.

Good luck, mate!

awaits you, methinks.

[Outwest]

Not sure about engineers.
For pilots, unless you are a Brazilian or Portuguese citizen you can forget about flying the line in Brazil.

[Messerschmitt]

Brazil helicopter licence

Hi there,

Could anyone point out where I can find information regarding brazil licencing and any relevant information to fly in Brazil airspace as a commercial helicopter pilot?

Also anyone has info regarding Australia?

Thanks

[Outwest]

Forget working as a pilot in Brazil. Unless you are a Brazilian or Portuguese citizen it is a closed shop

[blind pue]

a few years ago I worked in Rio flying a Brazilian registered airship under an FAA licence, the authorities don't seem to be too bothered if you are working for them.

I did notice a couple of N reg helicopters around so if you have the licence of the machine you are to fly it is not a problem.

Flying around can be difficult as they only speak English at the international airport I needed an interpretor for the regionals.

As outwest pointed out if you aren't Brazilian or Speak portuguese they can make it very uncomfortable.

[heliporto]

Fly in Brasil

Hi there
I´m an European citizen holder of an Brasilian CPL(H), now convverting to JAA ATPL(H).

Brasil is very good for helicopter training. Price is now less than 200€ p/ hour because of a low exchange rate. They are very professional, and it exists a huge market for helicopter pilots (snd biggest fleet in the world).

In fact the language might be an issue, but if you train ina controlled airport, that should not be a problem has they speak good english.

If you want any contacts about where to train send me a PM.

[Messerschmitt]

Well personally I am looking to do the difference in hours as I already have a Canadian CPL(H) (105 hrs tho), and I seen on Daily planet how Sao Paolo skyscraper have hundreds of helipads.
Since I have yet to find any opportunity in Canada, and a JAA IR rating costs more than what my CPL costed, I am now looking to see if there is any opportunities overseas.

Heliporto, a PM is incoming, thanks mate

[CapBar_Brazil]

Hi,

I'm a retired helicopter pilot and would like you to check the ABRAPHE (Brazilian Helicopter Pilots' Association) link:

ABRAPHE - Associação Brasileira de Pilotos De Helicóptero

As said above, the radio comms are in portuguese language, but all the major and intl airports have english spoken controllers.

For you to fly in Brazil with a brazilian regitration aircraft, you must get the Resident Permit and the brazilian ICAO license or a temporary permition if a non-brazilian registration aircraft is available.

The "N" registrations flying in Brazil are temporary converting to brazilian registration awaiting paperwork or leaving the country in some months.

The Helicopter market was really heatting up till this world financial crisis hit... Only AGUSTA sales for 2009 were reaching 100 helos, but now nothing is cretain anymore.

Good luck.

[HFM]

Flying offshore in Brazil

Hello fellow aviators.

I would like to work in Brazil. I do hold the Brazilian nationality and all the qualifications that are required.
However I don't know what the therms and conditions and salary are If you start as an junior first officer with CHC(BHS) or with Lider(bristow).

I think it is not decently to contact them and ask the therms, conditions and salary. I think it will set of a bad impression.

Is there anybody that knows what the therms and conditions and salary are for an junior first officer?

Feel free to send me a PM.

Already thanks,

HFM

[flyhelico]

helijob in Brazil ?

is it true it 's easy to get a job in Brazil, even with minimum hours?.

some people say there are lot of companies desperate for heli pilots?.

I don't believe so!

[luisf4]

more or less that there are is a lil strug for pilots at the moment
however thet heli school's are full somehow because of the offshore industry the pre salt and etc the usual profile is 500hrs vfr
if you are 2000+ifr you get a very high salary = 16000usd per month for some high company bank etc usually flying a A109 for now or a bell 429 we ll see

[Soave_Pilot]

The Reg says you have to be a citizen..... they only permit foreigner to fly here as an instructor and for 6 months at the most.

Now, where's that brazilian woman?

[Soave_Pilot]

and offshore the last i checked captains make around 12k of our money here wich is about 7k in dollars .

[Aser]

TAM and PHI negotiate offshore joint venture
By Jackson Flores

Brazil's TAM Empreendimentos e Participações is negotiating with Petroleum Helicopters the final details of a joint venture helicopter enterprise dedicated to the flourishing Brazilian offshore market.

While details are scant, market sources indicated that the intention is to start operations at the end of this year with three Sikorsky S-76++ helicopters leased from Louisiana-based PHI, although mid-term plans envisage a larger fleet that would include Sikorsky S-92s.

Brazilian offshore operations have been growing at an annual 10% rate over the past five years, with Brazil's state-owned oil company - Petrobras - accounting last year for 65,000 passengers to and from oil rigs. Brazil's leading offshore operator, Líder Aviação, posted revenues of around $339 million in 2009 and those numbers are expected to rise significantly once work on the Pré-Sal oil field begins in earnest.

TEP - the holding company that controls TAM Airlines - is eager to tap a market that is expected to boom over the next few years, with local market observers forecasting that Brazilian offshore operations will double by the end of the next decade.

Although seen as a major departure from its air transport activities, TEP's initiative is spurred not only by the expected growth of the offshore market, but the profit margins that the segment offers. While local air transport carriers can expect a profit of 5%, profit margins in the offshore market can be as high as 20%.

A stumbling block is the lack of qualified helicopter crews, an obstacle that has raised concerns among Brazil's civil aviation authorities. A local source has indicated that TEP is flirting with the idea of establishing a helicopter flight training centre at São Carlos, home for TAM's maintenance centre. Or it could partner an established helicopter school to address its flightcrew requirements.

Regards
Aser

[Soave_Pilot]

Don't see that being true.. about not having pilots, I personally know quite a few unemployed pilots. Maybe the offshore companies need to lower their standard

[HFM]

Hello Fellow aviators,

I'm searching for helicopter flightschools who fly with a schweizer 300. I'm in the second phase of converting my licence and need to do the flight checkride. does anybody know wiche schools are operating an schweizer 300 near Sao paolo or Rio?

Already thanks,

HFM

""soave_pilo''

I don't think it is the companies that are making al these requirements. It is demanded by the oil companies and the brazilian authority that are making those ruels. A couple of years ago when the market was still good in Europe flying offshore I could remember that the requirement droped from 500tt to fresh from the academy with an IR. Maybe when the new contracts are coming up that they will lower the hours but I don't know that for sure.

[Soave_Pilot]

Hey HFM

There is one school where they operate 300´s, It´s called "Edra Aeronautica" they also have a campus there where you can stay.

Good Luck!