Skeeter wrote: On the good side, the market in Europe isn't that bad. The offshore operators are ramping up and co pilot jobs advertised now and then.
You have to have your IR ready though.
For this jobs you need an instrument raiting. The requirement in Europe for the IR are:
40h instrument time + 18 hour in a twinengine helicopter, which are at least 1.800€/h (2.800 AUD) x 18 = 32.400 € (50.400AUD) . . . just for the 18h in the twinengine!
And for most of this copilot jobs they are still asking 300 - 400 hours flight time.
havick wrote:You would be better going to the USA doing your instructor rating and stay on teaching. I forgot which visa exactly that is but there’s many before you who bolt up hours this way and then went back to EuropeZ
You need a F1-Visa. Only two flight schools in the US can give the F1-Visa. And I guess they give it only to those students who make the complete CPL program in there school. So that ship has sailed already for me..
To get an other working permit in the States is nearly impossible!
I try only to get some contacts in Australia and to check the situation there, before I start to spend time and money in an Australian CPL and working permit!