Any pilots in here?

Homeslice · 03-30-2011, 06:55 PM

Went up with a chopper instructor once a long long time ago......Seemed fun, but you have to spend about $50K to get trained, and then the only job you could get afterwards is a CFI, making beans........And after a couple years doing that, you would have to find odd jobs with oil rigs, tourism firms, crop sprayers, photographers, etc. And pick up and move every 6 mos. or so. The only chopper pilots who have steady "permanent" jobs with benefits are ambulance, police, and corporate pilots.......And those jobs go to 50-60 year olds with tens of thousands of flight hours.

Or at least that was the story given to me by the CFI's, who probably wanted less competition

03-30-2011, 06:55 PM	#29
Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	Went up with a chopper instructor once a long long time ago......Seemed fun, but you have to spend about $50K to get trained, and then the only job you could get afterwards is a CFI, making beans........And after a couple years doing that, you would have to find odd jobs with oil rigs, tourism firms, crop sprayers, photographers, etc. And pick up and move every 6 mos. or so. The only chopper pilots who have steady "permanent" jobs with benefits are ambulance, police, and corporate pilots.......And those jobs go to 50-60 year olds with tens of thousands of flight hours. Or at least that was the story given to me by the CFI's, who probably wanted less competition Last edited by Homeslice; 03-30-2011 at 07:00 PM..