Heli time count toward Total and vice versa?
 

Say I have 150 hours fixed wing and 151 helicopter (which is pretty close to my current situation). Commercial's complete.

If a jump plane job or glider tow job opens up asking for 300 hours am I qualified? Or are they saying "we want to see that 300 hours in an airplane"?

I have dealt with this infuriating dual rated dance for ~20 years and had to deal with the biases with both sectors (FW&RW) of aviation. The ignorant parts of both sectors have historically disregarded the worth of a category they don't understand/know. The bottom line is that it depends on; the bosses knowledge of aviation, your ability to sell your skills and airmanship, and of course- the insurance company.

My favorite story is applying for a FW CFII/MEI job and having a Part 61 flight school manager looking at my ~2300 hour (1700 RW/600 FW) resume and repeatedly tell me I only had 600 hours... BTW,~1400 of the RW time was in a AH-64A....1/3 was -64 IP time but this guy was dead set on disregarding all of it. really?? I'd taught PVT/Comm/Inst in airplanes before flying RW and I'd taught in the -64. I knew how to teach...grr still amazes me! I passed on the offer of $14/hr when others were paying $20/hr. Oh well, things worked out better for me.

Your best bet is to go talk to the owner and sell yourself. Heck, I'd offer a ride in the 300CBi/R-22 to the boss/owner. I love showing the better side of life to starchwing folks.

Oh yeah, get the CFI ASEL/AMEL/RH!!! It's worth it, not just financially.

Hobbit,
Train me how to fly an AH-64, please.

Thanks,
Martin

I was in a similar spot with fixed wing and LTA-Airship. 400 or so fixed wing and 1300 LTA time. I went the 135 route and thankfully, 135 minimums don't specify that the total time has to be fixed wing, just time.

It really depends on the company, and what their insurance requires. It all legally counts as time. From my experience, a lot of jump plane places wanted X amount of high performance, or 20-30 hours of time in type, etc. And a lot of glider towing places require a fair amount of tail wheel time, 25 hours seems common. If you can meet those 'odd' requirements, they probably won't care that you have a bunch of time in helicopters.

There were two nearby skydiving places I was trying to get work at, and one required 30 hours of 182 time, and the other 25 hours of 206 time. Once I finally crossed the 1000 TT threshold they were finally willing to waive those requirements.