so does anyone know if theres a site or something that can tell me the average wage they get,how to actually become one , the hours involved stuff like that?
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Helicopter Pilot
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All I know is it takes a crap load of study. You better really enjoy maths and science because you're going to be doing a lot of it.
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Depending on which country you are in, the flight rules and costs of training can be very dynamic.To become a helicopter pilot (Or rotary wing) you have to have your fixed wing licence first (aka, Private Pilots licence) which in the end will ding you about $5000-$8000 plus. You will also have to ensure you take IFR (instrument flight rules) as well as VFR (visual) and be sure to get your multi-engine and night rating too. Over-all it will be about 100 hours (give or take) of training until you get that licence. After that, you have to have flown around 50 hours VFR, and around 50 (or less) IFR before applying for rotary wing training. At which point you'll be looking at about 40 hours or more for ground school, and around 50 hours for your actual flying time...the average cost of that is around $15,000-$25,000Remembering that those licences are PRIVATE (meaning you can only fly for recreational purposes, you can't be hired) to get a commercial pilots licence (for small aircraft) it's around $30,000+, and a commercial helicopter licence will be around $50,000+The wages can be enormous, especially if you're a pilot for the police or other emergency service...but in reality you'll have to put in hundreds, if not thousands of hours before you get anywhere near high-profile stuff or carrying passengers.If you're still young, try to find either a air cadet squadron(in Canada) or a JROTC, or (I can't remember the exact name) JCAP or YCAP (A youth program set up by the Civil Air Patrol) in the USA and try to work your way into a licence there. When I was in cadets here, we had free ground school, free ATC, Glider Pilot, and Private Pilot training. Otherwise, the military is the best option; and is probably the best way to get real experience anyways.
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To add on to this: The math component is pretty heavy because of navigation; so it's not ADVANCED, but you need to know enough to punch up stuff on a calculator to figure out course corrections etc.The science part is mostly theory; IE How the aircraft works, the mechanism of lift/drag/thrust/gravity...and how it all relates to your flying.
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Exactly; oddly, the best flight experience one can get would be flying transport aircraft, or SAR aircraft (including coast guard helicopters) as they would mimic the real-world flying conditions in civilian life (IE; By flying a transport airplane for the military, you'd have nearly all of your required hours down to become a passenger commercial pilot [Jumbo jets] and any courier would gladly snatch you up for cargo commercial [once again, jumbo jets)BTW: THAT is the sweetest plum (to be a courier pilot) they make a massive wage, have lots of time off; don't have to worry about upsetting passengers or having ANY passenger related problems.
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And you have to be single, or married with less than two kids, lol.
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ok so helicopter pilot might be outta the question then unless i join the coast guard to become a pilot there, because honestly i dont want to be the one doing the killing unless its absolutely necessary,as well as im not that strong of a swimmer though ive never learned that much but thanks for the info
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Well, when you get into the air force, you all have to go through the basic flight training; after that they evaluate you and also speak with you to see what type of aircraft you wish to fly; they really aren't going to be too bothered if you don't want to fly a combat aircraft...a lot of hot-heads want to fly combat craft and will get in.You can go for medical/transport helicopters, which in a lot of cases can be more valuable than any apache. Becoming a Navy pilot might be your best case, and you'll be on patrol around the carrier group; or doing a bitch-load of transporting. Seriously, talk to your recruiter in the area and see whats what.
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oh im going to but only after i get my diploma, there complications so its going to be a little late here,but after im definately going to look into coast guard or something, i like the idea of rescuing people even if im just the one flying
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http://www.bestaviation.net has a lot of good resources, even though the page layouts are kind of confusing. What kind of helicopter pilot do you ultimately want to be? Do you want to fly recreationally or professionally? Like everyone said, the military would probably be your best bet if that's where you want to be. (I personally don't want to end up in the military) However, you could go the college route and go to a school that offers a helicopter flight degree and get internships during the summers to build up flight experience and hours. Then get a job and work your way up the ladder there, then possibly transfer over to a different company with higher pay, more benefits, etc. and spend the rest of your career there. Flight isn't an easy career to get into. It takes years of training just to get an okay job with very little pay. Then you have to work your way up from there. I want to be a commercial pilot (possibly minor in helicopter flight) and I've been told that I'll be barely making enough money to live off of until I'm in my 30's, with my out-of-college flying being with pretty crappy airlines unless I get lucky. Good luck. I'm interested in knowing how this all works out for you.