Mycontrols Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Hello everyone. I'm a flight instructor who should be hitting my thousand hours around summer time so I'm looking towards next hiring season. Ultimately I would like to get into utility in medium aircraft and was wondering if anyone had suggestions on how to get there? I was thinking about going to Washington and applying to the two companies that use the old Sikorskys to get medium time next summer and then do another year of instruction. Would thirty or so hours in a Korean or Vietnam era helicopter help me get selected to make the transitions to Hueys and such with a utility operator? Also does anyone know of any companies in Alaska that will take someone from flight instruction with 1200-1500 hours for tours and transition them to utility other than Temsco? If you work for such a company and feel like talking about it I'd love a pm! Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippiesdrainage Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 There's a utility company in Alaska that uses R44's called Pollux. I don't know anything about them, but I hear that it's surprisingly good money, but you have to sign a 3 year contract. After that you could easily transition to Temsco with the Alaska time or into a turbine utility operator with 3 years experience. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) In my opinion…. I’d suggest going to the GOM. There, you’ll get time in light singles and maybe transition into a SIC spot in a medium. After that, you’d be way more marketable to a utility operator than attempting to go in with piston only time. Either that or, apply for a heavy SIC spot with the heavy operators…. In any case, just to give you an idea what you’re up against, I’ve been trying to get into a medium myself over the last few years and I have upteen thousands of hours and years of experience…… Next to getting your first flying job, transitioning into a medium is probably the most difficult thing one can do....... Edited February 2, 2015 by Spike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Pig Posted February 3, 2015 Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 I had about 2000 turbine with 1300 or so in MD500s with long line time and couldn't get a single utility operator to even return an email. So who knows what the secret handshake looks like. That's ok..... I'm a happy camper now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mycontrols Posted February 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2015 Thank you all. I appreciate the input. I had thought about the Gulf of Mexico but if I go there I'll probably end staying because of the quality of the job. I know temsco will train people for utility if they stay for a few seasons and work their butts off, but I've heard of smaller operators doing essentially the same thing in Alaska. I'd be happy to work for temsco but I like to go into everything with a plan A,B,Cl and D. I also probably could have been clearer that I realize that turbine, utility, and mediums are all separate steps. Again thank you though and any other ideas are welcomed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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