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Old 03-07-2015, 11:42 AM
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Do you have enough fixed wing time for the airlines?
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Old 03-07-2015, 01:57 PM
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I have enough for the regionals, just not enough for a Major. About 250 FW turbine.
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Old 03-08-2015, 02:09 PM
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What regionals will take that much helo time?
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Old 03-08-2015, 03:44 PM
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Many do if you meet their ME requirements as a military pilot. Here is one example that talks about it specifically. This is right from Mesa's website Mesa Air Group"*Mesa Airlines recognizes the skills associated with helicopter flying. Rotary Wing time may be included in Total Time, but the applicant must meet the 100 hour Multi-Engine, Fixed Wing requirement."
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Old 03-13-2015, 06:32 PM
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Interesting, most helo guys don't have multi engine time?
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Old 03-13-2015, 09:29 PM
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FWIW, I'm a helo guy with some Fixed multi, not much. Mesa hired me and currently in training. So far so good. The training department here is awesome. Currently the upgrade time is 17 months. PM me if you have specific questions.
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Old 03-14-2015, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Gilligan13 View Post
Interesting, most helo guys don't have multi engine time?
In a ME helo an engine failure is a performance cut.

In a ME airplane, it's a very large performance cut due to aerodynamic losses associated with rudder/aileron use to offset yaw from the good engine. Get slow (easy with a 90% performance loss) and you'll do the Vmc yaw/roll/spin thing. It is a different animal.

But with that said, 100 hours of routine ME FW time doesn't do anything for your engine out skills.
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Old 03-14-2015, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
In a ME helo an engine failure is a performance cut that is sometimes unrecoverable. If you are outside of your Single Engine Airspeed range, the Nr droops and the main rotor become useless as you fall to the ground in uncontrolled flight.

In a ME airplane, it's a very large performance cut due to aerodynamic losses associated with rudder/aileron use to offset yaw from the good engine. Get slow (easy with a 90% performance loss) and you'll do the Vmc yaw/roll/spin thing. It is a different animal.

But with that said, 100 hours of routine ME FW time doesn't do anything for your engine out skills.
Yes FW & RW are apples and oranges. OEI sux in both, but I'd rather have a V1 Cut than an engine failure in a heavy helicopter coming out of a 7,500' FARP on a hot day.
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I just didn't realize that helo guys had a mulit engine fw rating out of training.
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Old 03-31-2015, 07:50 AM
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Looking for suggestions as I near a 20 year retirement. Which is better (1) go to the regionals for a year and try and get hired by a major/legacy once I get the 1,000 hour turbine time they all seem to be looking for or (2) try to get a FW billet on AD and get the FW mins which would take another 3 years or so. I have just over 4,000 TT all turbine, just mostly Helo with about 150 FW turbine hours. I have all the ATP mins minus the FW total time. Just wanted to see what everyone thinks. Appreciate your time and comments.
Ahcroe, I did 20 and went right into regionals while on terminal leave. I have the FW time but not currency. That's a major issue for majors. Updated apps with currency 6 months ago and am hoping to hear something soon. Regional life isn't great but it should get you where you need to go eventually. BMD
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