Hi Rino. My Two cents. Take it slow and easy. The best pilot in Alaska is a comfortable pilot; one who is cool, calm, and collected. "Bush flying" really means two things up here. The "Bush" is the outer villages (mostly west and northwest). The rest is backcountry (gravel bars, glaciers, lakes, tundra etc). Each have their own dynamic and special set of skills. Most pilots up here (including company chief pilots) don't give a #%^$ about how many students you trained or that you can recite the V-speeds of your superchicken or that you flew in the snow once. Come up here, be humble, cut your teeth on the little stuff like instructing and flight seeing and let your experience come at its own pace. Cocky gets you killed, weather it be by crashing your airplane or by one of us with a 2x4 behind the hangar. Most of us will welcome you, but we have seen many come and go. Most fail. Some stay and get the privilege of flying in this beautiful and unforgiving place.