Originally Posted by grumpydwarf

I'm with Envoy. The training is rough and doesn't prepare you as well for the line as it could if they would make a few changes. All my friends who went to skywest have said the training there is very good. Mostly for me, there is no job satisfaction and the schedule doesn't work as well as I thought it would, especially since I commute. If you are into the jet-setting lifestyle, go for it. It's mostly the older guys transitioning that have a hard time settling in.

I have about 1500 rotorwing hours which is enough for some contracting jobs, and I'm ok with that. Do you know of any companies looking for helo pilots, preferable west of the Mississippi.