Originally Posted by
Turbine
So CBP will hire fixed wing pilots and possibly immediately train them to fly helicopters ? Is this a rotor craft add on to their ATP?
I'm curious what this training program would be like, length, difficulty/success rate etc. Is the training similar intensity to 121 airline training ?
I know of fixed wing only guys that was send to helicopter add on. And I know of helicopter pilots that were sent to flight school for a fixed wing type rating straight out of the academy. AMO doesn’t really do any “initial” or “basic” training. Type ratings and initials are done by private companies. All In house training is job specific. Such as, search and rescue, NVG’s, mountain flying, maritime patrols, air to air intercept, surveillance.