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Friday, December 2, 2011

Yavapai College - Guidance Aviation Helicopter Flight Student Grabs Turbine Transition

Dec, 2011-Excerpt from Robert Ardy's Blog, "Rob Grows Wings"

"I've recently decided to take an opportunity that my flight school has offered with a turbine transition integrated into my commercial rating. Doing this is going to make for a busier semester (17 units), but it is going to do at least two things for me.

For starters, it will give me some turbine helicopter time and secondly, it gives me a heads up on hire ability. Think about it this way...right now flying the turbine is an option for students but if you look at it further and think down the road a bit... there is a chance that eventually the school will need instructors for that turbine helicopter.

Who looks more marketable for that job... the guy who has hours in that type or the guy who passed on it. And if that does not play into the hiring process, what did I lose? Nothing... at the very least, I have turbine helicopter hours in my log book. That can never be a bad thing."

Related links:
Guidance Aviation
Turbine Transition Training at Guidance Aviation
The Robinson R66 Turbine Helicopter
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