Information on becoming a helicopter pilot...?

Question

I am a senior in college, and am no longer sure that I want to follow the path that I decided earlier in my life. After a year and a half of self-examination, I decided to drop the idea of going to medical school just last year. I had decided to go to graduate school for chemistry in attempts to get a PhD and eventually teach, but now I'm not so sure. I'm really wanting to examine the career field of helicopter pilot, and I have read nearly everything I can find on the web about it. I'm just wondering if there are any actual helicopter pilots who could talk to me about what they do and how they got into the field etc... Like I said, I'm in the middle of my senior year of college, and I will be graduating this May. After I graduate, I have no idea what I'm doing yet, but I'm going to start applying to graduate schools pretty soon. I feel like I should very much consider this career option as realistically as possible before I commit to grad school.

Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

I am not sure what classes you need in school? I do know that you can enroll in flight school and often learn the basics of how to fly outside of school. There is a small airstrip by my home that offers such.

Answer 2

Find a flight school in your area.  Try local airports and look on line.  I was in the Army ROTC and due to already possessing a fixed wing license and some strings my father pulled I was able to get into helicopter school instead of grunt school.  It was pretty cool.  When I was called up from the reserve for GWI I ended up med-evacing a guy I had gone through ROTC with 14 years earlier. You cannot imagine how good it felt to be a part of the operation that saved his life.  Good luck and keep'em flying.

Answer 3

Chopper are getting more acepted everyday and more are being built for both conm and personal use. You need lessone and 1/2 way btween lessons you will do traing for others. Then make up you required hours of flying. Jobs are scatterd across the USA especially Oil Rigs wher you are 1 week on 1 week off. TV studios and PD's neet pilots. Be assured that adventure is waiting for the educated mind.