New Helicopter CFI seeking employment?

Question

I am a new helicopter CFI with 212 total rotorcraft time,

172 hrs in R-22 and 40hrs in Schweizer 300 cbi. I am looking for job opportunities in my chosen field. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

ps. please don't say check out justhelicopters or verticalreference thanks

Answer 1

Putting a question mark after a sentence does not make it a question.  You need to send out some resumes, and perhaps make some contacts.  Aren't there other websites for helicopter jobs?  I know there are for fixed wing.  Perhaps the employment section of Trade-A-Plane?  I've even heard of people finding flying jobs on Monster.com.  How many things like this have you already tried?

Answer 2

My day job is airborne geophysical surveys.  While we don't hire pilots directly, we do rent helicopters constantly, from companies such as:

http://wendakehelicopter.com/

http://www.gatewayhelicopters.com/

http://www.fourseasonsaviation.com/

Answer 3

There's only one thing to do: apply for jobs with every flight school you can find until one hires you. It's going to be tough, especially with several hundred ex-SSH CFI's out there also hunting for jobs, and many of them have more hours. Start with the schools closest to you and work your way out. Visiting them in person will greatly improve your chances, and will likely be worth the expense. You're going to have to get aggressive and you may have to accept a job and/or location that is less than ideal.

Hunt through phonebooks and the internet for schools that may not be listed on JH or VR. Don't hesitate to send anyone a resume or visit them just because they don't have an job opening posted somewhere. Talk to people at your flight school too. They may know of opportunities through the grapevine. Keep attacking until you find something that works. It may happen sooner, or it may happen later, but it WILL happen if you are determined enough.

Good luck!