Originally Posted by
Flightsoffusion
Thanks much for the replies. I guess what has me confused is why they would accept my quals three months ago but not now? Also, they own expressjet which accepts all my helo time and SKW doesn't, there the same company and if anything, expressjet is flying much more IFR on the east than SKW out here. Seems like the quals would be the other way around if different at all. It is what it is, and I completely accept it. They can do anything they want. ALLLL Good!
The two airlines are owned by the same company, but they are two separate airlines with different SOPs, cultures, and service geography.
IFR is easy, especially in the east where things are relatively flat. Helo IFR experience is GTG.
IMO the concern is landing skills and low-level aircraft handling skills, particularly the second-nature ability that come with doing a lot of them. SKW operates to small fields with extremely constrained geography, high winds, and potential ice/contamination...that's probably driven the culture to value stick-and-rudder skills as much as IFR. Helo stick and rudder is not the same.