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05-24-2013 | 05:02 AM
#691
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From: B757 Ca, Retired.
You guys should reconsider your thinking on the rotor wing time. If a well trained guy is flying the C12, with a several hundred hours of time in it, he is well qualified to join any PT 135/121 or 91K operation.
The best pilots I have flown with we're or had helicopter pilot backgrounds.
The best pilots I have flown with we're or had helicopter pilot backgrounds.
05-24-2013 | 06:11 AM
#692
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F224, thanks for the support! It's hard for a rotary wing guy to get any love in this industry (kidding). ExpressJet is one of the only 121 operators that will count 100% of the rotor time, so that's a plus on them in my eyes. I do understand the various reasons behind the fact that most do not, I assume insurance may be the number one reason.
05-24-2013 | 07:09 AM
#693
Holiday Inn Silver Elite
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F224, thanks for the support! It's hard for a rotary wing guy to get any love in this industry (kidding). ExpressJet is one of the only 121 operators that will count 100% of the rotor time, so that's a plus on them in my eyes. I do understand the various reasons behind the fact that most do not, I assume insurance may be the number one reason.
I may be completely off base here so RI will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that insurance is the biggest part of that problem based on what they require for pilots on our certificate. I believe that if counting rotary time was a possibility, the open minded culture of our company would highly consider it.
It's great to see many folks from different facets of aviation becoming interested in EAS! Thank you!
05-24-2013 | 10:17 AM
#694
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From: FAA 'Flight Check'
F224, thanks for the support! It's hard for a rotary wing guy to get any love in this industry (kidding). ExpressJet is one of the only 121 operators that will count 100% of the rotor time, so that's a plus on them in my eyes. I do understand the various reasons behind the fact that most do not, I assume insurance may be the number one reason.
MiGBoy - please take note of RI offering free beer.
05-24-2013 | 12:01 PM
#695
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Given his recent company promotion, he must have a surplus of disposable income he's ready to blow at the bar.
I think we would be happy to help him conquer this endeavor. What great friends we are!
05-24-2013 | 05:57 PM
#696
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You guys should reconsider your thinking on the rotor wing time. If a well trained guy is flying the C12, with a several hundred hours of time in it, he is well qualified to join any PT 135/121 or 91K operation.
The best pilots I have flown with we're or had helicopter pilot backgrounds.
The best pilots I have flown with we're or had helicopter pilot backgrounds.
+1000
It's easier for the basics of helo flying to transfer to f/w than vice versa. There's no opportunity "trim it out" and take your hands off the controls for starters. If Ted Striker had been a helo pilot, the 707 would have probably been ok. If he had still been the Hero of Macho Gande and tried to land a helo...well...it would have been a shorter movie.
05-24-2013 | 07:00 PM
#697
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From: B757 Ca, Retired.
Yet the very skill set they need, instrument flying, the one I have the most of, matters not, because it was in airplanes.
05-25-2013 | 03:19 AM
#698
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No love the other way. Not to much I am interested in doing flying job wise anymore, but EMS helicopters is one of them. My 900+ Army rotor wing was good enough ten years ago, but today, under the industry guidelines, my 12,100+ of airplane time counts for nothing.
Yet the very skill set they need, instrument flying, the one I have the most of, matters not, because it was in airplanes.
Yet the very skill set they need, instrument flying, the one I have the most of, matters not, because it was in airplanes.
In EMS, although some are IFR programs, the majority of the flying is VFR to rooftops (pinnacle ops) or scenes (confined areas) and it's all single pilot.
05-25-2013 | 07:51 AM
#699
Retired Doug herder
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From: Former DC8 73 Capt DHLAirways/Astar. Retired
+1000
It's easier for the basics of helo flying to transfer to f/w than vice versa. There's no opportunity "trim it out" and take your hands off the controls for starters. If Ted Striker had been a helo pilot, the 707 would have probably been ok. If he had still been the Hero of Macho Gande and tried to land a helo...well...it would have been a shorter movie.
It's easier for the basics of helo flying to transfer to f/w than vice versa. There's no opportunity "trim it out" and take your hands off the controls for starters. If Ted Striker had been a helo pilot, the 707 would have probably been ok. If he had still been the Hero of Macho Gande and tried to land a helo...well...it would have been a shorter movie.
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