I know people who have just "graduated" from the Academy and they are saying there aren't many CFI jobs going outside of the Academy unless you have 300-400 hours and R22 time.

So.. either hope the Academy hires you, or spend £50,00 on an IR and hope the North Sea hire you.

If you shop around for IR, you could be done for about 36,000 euros.

Dennisky Check your pm.
Also any advice regarding doing IR course directly after JAA CPL from past BA students that may have gone that route. Want to get straight to offshore work, and hope to complete CPL Modular course with BA later this year, and possibly do IR with them in England. Whats the feelings out there with regards prospects of getting into offshore work with a fresh CPL and IR. Ive spoke to 2 guys in the last month with their IR tickets in hand who haven't had any joy with work. Perhaps a fresh debate on what exactly the operators are looking for at the minute is in order, and whether or not its better to go the instructor route first for hours before shelling out for an IR when you've relatively low hours? Sorry in advance if I've highjacked the wrong thread for this discussion, but with economy's the way they are I think its pretty relevant.

An full JAA IR for £32,000?

Is it April the 1st?

Billund, Denmark, at Billund air center.

Checked my administration

IR € 36.073,69
Flying a bit more than the package € 1.220,16

Total; € 37.293,85

That's for a full JAA IR

And according my watch it is the 27th of februari 2009 :ok:

Ah yes, the single engine B206 IR. Hence the cheaper price. How will employers view this against all the other applicants with a Multi Engine IR?

Ah yes, the employers. :)
Well, CHC Netherlands didn't have a problem with it. They employed 4 pilots during the last six months with the single engine IR on the B206. All of them coming fresh out of Florida with BHA (+/- 145 hrs total vfr), all of them done the single engine IR on the B206 with BAC and all of them succesfully flying Multi-engine/multi-crew over the North Sea. CHC had more applicants, even with ME IR. It doesn't make that big of a difference I guess....

Sorry to be off-topic, this is my last response on the IR in this topic. :ok:

Are Bristow not axing the 206 now they have two 355s in Glostershire?

Thanks for all the input guys.

Personally, I want to go straight into the North sea offshore work with a full JAA muli- IR from Bond. My only concern is building 1000 hours to the minimum acceptance (Norway). So I'm currently looking into an FAA instructors path.

Any one with past experience, is this the way to go?

As far as I know, last job ad from CHC Helicopter Service the requirement was for 200 hours, and I believe for Norsk Helikopter it was 500 hrs. But of course they might adjust the number if there are more helicopter pilots to choose from.

Instructor is the path I am doing, but these days you might just do the JAA CPL and IR and get hired with 200 hours.

Good luck in Titusville!!

Study books
 

Hi Guys,

Which books do you study from at Bristow Academy for the FAA CPL, IR, CFI, etc (pro course)

Thanks
Jon

I don't know if its still the same but when I was there the ASA prepware books were pretty useful. They contain all the questions that can be asked on the computer tests and theres one for each, PPL, CPL, IR, CFI etc.

Also cyclic and collective by Shawn Coyle was popular.

ok cool,

I suspected it was ASA

thank you

APARTMENT in FLORIDA
 

Hey people!

I have an aparment for rent in Titusville Florida. The apartment is in the Summerhill complex, located only few miles away from Bristow Adademy!

The aparment is 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom.

I have a lot of stuff that i need to get rid of as well, and we can make some deal about that. That includes 2 full size bedrooms, dining table, 4 chairs, big lazy-boy sofa, everything in the kitchen and more stuff.

In the apartment is a BIG cleaner, washing machine, big dryer, refrigerator.

So the apartment is ready!

Most of the people that live here in Summerhill are somehow connected to the school, students, instructors, etc.

If you're interested, send me an private msg, and i can send some pictures, and more informations.

Regards,
ÞOS

invalid JAA ppl to FAA ppl
 

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if you could kindly help me.

To fill you in with my past experience, I've a JAA PPL (H) / 70hours R22 / passed JAA ATPL Theory. But I have not flown for around 7 to 8 years and my PPL beame invalid in 2006 (type rating invalid 2003)

My plan was to arrive at Bristow Academy in August to get up to speed with things again. Hopefully, starting the FAA IR course in September and following through to CFII, to then convert to JAA accordingly via a modular route.

The problem being,
If I revaildated my JAA PPL with Bristow Academy once I arrived. Will I have to wait 3 months before commencing the FAA IR course in order to process the paperwork to obtain a FAA PPL?

or on the other hand,

If I simply started again from the beginning on the FAA PPL course, which probably isn't a bad idea considering I'm quite rusty. Would it be possible to skim through it cheaply considering I already have the hours, or would I have to obtain all FAA approved course training hours?

thank you for your time

Jon

I don't think you will be able to get an FAA PPL issued on the basis on an expired JAA PPL. But i'm not entirely sure. You best check with the Orlando FSDO

North Florida FSDO

Also, I would check LASORS to see how long your ATPL/CPL exam credits are valid for. You might need to resit the exams before being allowed a JAA CPL.

LASORS: LASORS 2008 | Publications | CAA

Also, you might want to look into how healthy the CFI job market is in the USA (ie not very). If the academy doesn't hire you (they don't hire everyone), then you will be amongst TONS of CFIs currently looking for a job in the USA. I know someone looking at the moment and he is constantly being told "we require 400/500 hours". Even experienced pilots are struggling to find work in the USA.

No, I don't think you have to do the "approved course" (FAR Part 141 regulations) for your PPL, you can go the much less stringent Part 61 route. You could still attend the ground school (six weeks) but there's no need to burn money - for example on cross-country flights - you would just do lessons on a "as needed" basis. You fly until you are up to speed and got the minimum requirements down - here are the regs: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations:

The IFR course is also a Part 141 course, so should there be any restrictions for your visa (I assume J-1?!) that the training has to be "structured" (?), this course would meet the requirements.

You can only do the FAA part 61 IR course if you have a certain number of cross-country hours.

Cross post with mine... I don't think that calling the feds will be necessary - if you are still in doubt after reading the regs (again: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations:) call the Bristow Academy.
The FSDO people will tell you exactly what I posted above (meet the regs and you are fine) but they will not be able to tell you if you are maybe breaching Visa regulations with one or the other option.

Hi,

Thanks for all the replies :)

I've just spoken with Bristow and they said my best course of action would be to skim through the FAA course, for filling only the requirements that my JAA PPL lacks. ie night rating, etc

JAA ATPL exams are still safe for another two year, thank goodness :)

As for the Job market. Gotta just painfully "bite the bullet" and jump in otherwise you won't get anywhere.

Thank you everyone.

Jon