Major Chimera Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 Wondering if anyone can help me out... In Texas now, but looking to move back to Colorado soon, and wanted to do some flight training up there. I'd heard that Rotors had some helicopters that might have been repo'ed and were just wondering if there was any truth to that...Is this a good school or should I look elsewhere? 4 Quote
HeliTed Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 Mountain One Heli. Great location(KEIK), ships, and people. You should get around to all the schools to check prices and a good fit. Colorado is an amazing place to fly! Check them out. www.m1heli.com They get my vote. 4 Quote
RagMan Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 Stay away from Rotors, period. They did some shady business in the past (within the last few years.) Check out Colorado HeliOps; You won't be disappointed 3 Quote
Major Chimera Posted June 20, 2011 Author Posted June 20, 2011 Mountain One Heli. Great location(KEIK), ships, and people. You should get around to all the schools to check prices and a good fit. Colorado is an amazing place to fly! Check them out. www.m1heli.com They get my vote. Stay away from Rotors, period. They did some shady business in the past (within the last few years.) Check out Colorado HeliOps; You won't be disappointed Thanks guys! I'll check out both those places, and I appreciate the advice. I had heard some things here and there so.... 4 Quote
beckwith Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) Stay away from Rotors, period. They did some shady business in the past (within the last few years.) Calling BS on this.Major Chimera PM sent. Edited June 20, 2011 by beckwith 2 Quote
RagMan Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 There is nothing worth calling BS on, Beckwith. Send Dennis Pierce a PM and I'm sure he could fill you in on what I'm talking about, and what you probably don't know. Good day! - Ragman 1 Quote
MileHi480B Posted June 20, 2011 Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) Calling BS on this.Major Chimera PM sent. Beckwith, I'm always interested in the truth. I also heard that a bunch of helicopters were removed from Rotors due to some unhappy owners who were on "lease-back". I've also heard from people who had money on account there and lost it. If you are calling "BS" and know some facts that can shed light on this, why not publish it here? It may help Rotors if you know stuff we don't. Have you flown there? When? How familiar are you with their operation? I have no ax to grind and have heard they are nice people. I also have friends who have worked there. Thanks for any info you can share. Edited June 21, 2011 by MileHi480B 2 Quote
beckwith Posted June 21, 2011 Posted June 21, 2011 MileHI,I have been flying with Rotors off and on for a few years now and consider myself a current student. I am not a spokesperson for them but the information you have is at least partially inaccurate. Helicopters where removed but they where not lease backs they where owned by a business partner who had an opportunity to make himself a lot of money. I have the deepest respect for the owners of Rotors and I'll be continuing to fly there. RagMan,I'm hesitant to get involved with with a fight that seems to exist only here and on JH, I don't want to be construed to be attacking HeliOps I am not commenting on their operation and I think a perspective student in Denver should check out all of the schools in the area. Still I think the rest of your statement was BS born of either bias and the understandable desire to give support to a friend or of an ignorance of the larger context. There is always at least two sides of a story I've heard about four sides of what you are referring to and I was around when it happened. I have met and talked to Dennis many times. I don't know what your personal knowledge about that same event is and since the primary participants have for the most part remained silent I'm not going to go into it nor do I think it would be appropriate for anyone to do so at this point. 3 Quote
Dodo Posted July 8, 2011 Posted July 8, 2011 Any news on this topic? I'm about to start training in Colorado. Thanks! Quote
beckwith Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 There are two S300's and one R44 at this point. 1 Quote
cocoflyer Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 I'm not sure about Rotors of the Rockies for a school, but I do know that one of their helicopters was repo'd and its owner transferred it to Mountain One. I don't know anything beyond that. I trained at Heliops and just switched to Mountain One and I'm planning on taking my checkride soon. Heliops was much better before employee changes. And the previous CFIs had much more hours than the ones now (my instructor there also had a lot less hours (250) than my new instructor at Mountain One who has over 1,000). It got stressful to fly there and students keep leaving. I'm the 5th person to leave Heliops and move to Mountain One in the past couple of months. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with the training at Heliops, I'm just happier with the move to Mountain One to get my commercial and instrument after my private. Theres also the difference of at Heliops you train in a controlled airspace (towered Class D) whereas at Erie you don't. I think it keeps you more situationally aware when you are in less controlled environments coz the tower isn't always looking out for you which you get used to! You have to look out for yourself and it makes you pay more attention to what is around you when you learn at airports like Erie. It's making my skills sharper. 2 Quote
TimD Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 Hey Coco, which ship at Mountain One are you referring to...? I'm not sure about Rotors of the Rockies for a school, but I do know that one of their helicopters was repo'd and its owner transferred it to Mountain One. I don't know anything beyond that. I trained at Heliops and just switched to Mountain One and I'm planning on taking my checkride soon. Heliops was much better before employee changes. And the previous CFIs had much more hours than the ones now (my instructor there also had a lot less hours (250) than my new instructor at Mountain One who has over 1,000). It got stressful to fly there and students keep leaving. I'm the 5th person to leave Heliops and move to Mountain One in the past couple of months. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with the training at Heliops, I'm just happier with the move to Mountain One to get my commercial and instrument after my private. Theres also the difference of at Heliops you train in a controlled airspace (towered Class D) whereas at Erie you don't. I think it keeps you more situationally aware when you are in less controlled environments coz the tower isn't always looking out for you which you get used to! You have to look out for yourself and it makes you pay more attention to what is around you when you learn at airports like Erie. It's making my skills sharper. 1 Quote
Trans Lift Posted July 20, 2011 Posted July 20, 2011 I'm not sure about Rotors of the Rockies for a school, but I do know that one of their helicopters was repo'd and its owner transferred it to Mountain One. I don't know anything beyond that. I trained at Heliops and just switched to Mountain One and I'm planning on taking my checkride soon. Heliops was much better before employee changes. And the previous CFIs had much more hours than the ones now (my instructor there also had a lot less hours (250) than my new instructor at Mountain One who has over 1,000). It got stressful to fly there and students keep leaving. I'm the 5th person to leave Heliops and move to Mountain One in the past couple of months. I'm not saying that there is anything wrong with the training at Heliops, I'm just happier with the move to Mountain One to get my commercial and instrument after my private. Theres also the difference of at Heliops you train in a controlled airspace (towered Class D) whereas at Erie you don't. I think it keeps you more situationally aware when you are in less controlled environments coz the tower isn't always looking out for you which you get used to! You have to look out for yourself and it makes you pay more attention to what is around you when you learn at airports like Erie. It's making my skills sharper. Hmmm...second post ever and you seem to mention Mountain One a lot....trolling/advertising/grievance with Heliops perhaps??? 2 Quote
Shaun Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Maybe you want to tell us your name coco? I feel like users should be required to have at least some post history before they drop bombs. We have an anonymous forum for those shenanigans. If someone really has legitimate beef with a company by all means, but this isn't high-school ffs. 5 Quote
gary-mike Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 Maybe you want to tell us your name coco? I feel like users should be required to have at least some post history before they drop bombs. We have an anonymous forum for those shenanigans. If someone really has legitimate beef with a company by all means, but this isn't high-school ffs. I believe his name was mentioned in another thread... Can you find it before it gets edited? 1 Quote
Shaun Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 (edited) Not Carlos, must find more clues Holmes. Edited July 23, 2011 by Shaun 1 Quote
5280andup Posted July 22, 2011 Posted July 22, 2011 Hello fellow VR forum members, I am currently a student pilot in the Denver, Colorado area approaching my Private Pilot checkride. I have a very friendly relationship with the entire team at Colorado Heli Ops at KBJC and can attest to the quality program they operate. Recently, I have been flying with the guys at Mountain One at KEIK and I am very impressed with their operation as well. Both schools and both airports have a ton to offer and I am glad to have gotten a taste of each. Prospective student pilots can rest assured that Colorado is an amazing place to learn to fly helicopters. This is my first ever post in the VR forum. Perhaps even more so than Shaun, gary-mike and Trans Lift, I am very curious about the true identity of "cocoflyer". My name is Carlos Garcia and I have gone by the nickname Coco Garcia for most of my life. I would like to make it clear that I am not cocoflyer. Despite the coincidences, any posts made by cocoflyer are expressly NOT MINE. Any help with clarification you guys can offer would be much appreciated. I would like to think there is a simple and innocent explanation behind this coincidence. Perhaps cocoflyer didn't intend for the confusion and simply wanted to accentuate their Colorado (CO…CO) identity. Or maybe they're just a huge fan of Conan O'Brien. cocoflyer, if you're are out there, please provide some clarification. Best, -Carlos Garcia 5 Quote
gary-mike Posted July 23, 2011 Posted July 23, 2011 Not Carlos, must find more clues Holmes. Damn, Sorry Carlos. It was an honest mistake that came from a different thread. Quote
Shaun Posted July 23, 2011 Posted July 23, 2011 Damn, Sorry Carlos. It was an honest mistake that came from a different thread. But clearly someone was trying to frame Carlos, the name coco is too unusual, something fishy is going on here, we need McCarthy on this one. 1 Quote
heli.pilot Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 [quote name='Shaun' timestamp='1311210965' post='107171' If someone really has legitimate beef with a company by all means, but this isn't high-school ffs. Maybe he's legitimate chicken? 2 Quote
gary-mike Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 +1 my friend, this forum needs more humor. I agree, I enjoy some humor, it is much better than the posts that people make just to argue or try to make themselves look better than the next person. I have deleted or edited many of my posts due to the apparent lack of sense of humor on here. There are plenty thin skinned angry people around. 1 Quote
beckwith Posted July 25, 2011 Posted July 25, 2011 Well I for one will not rest while people are wrong on the internet! 3 Quote
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