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Posted: 8/28/2017 4:50:28 PM EDT
Now I just gotta get a gig where the cash flows the opposite direction!  Our chief instructor is out on vacation for a week, so my app will go in when she gets back. Fingers crossed, but either way, this is the realization of a life-long dream that I wasn't sure would ever materialize.
Life is good! 
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Posted: 8/28/2017 5:11:06 PM EDT
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Congratulations!
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Posted: 8/28/2017 5:21:39 PM EDT
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Congrats!
 I want to do my whirly bird add ons once I've got a pile of money sitting around.
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Posted: 8/28/2017 5:53:25 PM EDT
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Well, done!
CFI was one of the toughest nuts I ever had to crack. Now They pay You to fly 
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Posted: 8/28/2017 7:02:31 PM EDT
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Woohoo! Congrats!!!
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Posted: 8/28/2017 11:18:14 PM EDT
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Which airport do you fly out of?
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Posted: 8/29/2017 1:56:49 PM EDT
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CFI-H = Bravest Instructors Ever. My hat is off to you!
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Posted: 8/29/2017 2:06:07 PM EDT
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is -H for Helo?
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Posted: 8/29/2017 3:20:30 PM EDT
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is -H for Helo? And I'm flying out of KCHD. |
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Posted: 8/29/2017 3:21:05 PM EDT
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CFI-H = Bravest Instructors Ever. My hat is off to you! She does enjoy flying though, and had a blast the one time I've taken her up. She's hoping for another flight soon, but we gotta recover from what training costs us first!
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Posted: 8/29/2017 3:50:55 PM EDT
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Congratulations!
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Posted: 8/29/2017 11:34:09 PM EDT
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Thanks! My wife agrees that us helo guys all have a screw (or ten) loose somewhere! She does enjoy flying though, and had a blast the one time I've taken her up. She's hoping for another flight soon, but we gotta recover from what training costs us first!
Speaking of wives: mine loves to fly, but has resisted learning. Current evil plan is "But, honey, those AME's aren't that great. What if I have the big one? You need to know how to get it close to the ground at least before crashing." And then hope she gets hooked
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Posted: 8/30/2017 4:28:10 PM EDT
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Nice.
I have a cousin who took this path. He spent a couple years building his time as a CFI-H then made the jump to off shore flying in the Gulf. I think he needed about 1000 hours of time doing that to make the next step. He then did a stint as a pilot for a local news channel and then crossed into the medevac field. Now flying buckets to put out fires. Sounds like he has a lot of fun. Spooky |
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Posted: 8/30/2017 6:45:28 PM EDT
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Congrats! Dual given will pay off in the long run so enjoy the ride
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Posted: 8/30/2017 8:23:32 PM EDT
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Thanks! My wife agrees that us helo guys all have a screw (or ten) loose somewhere! She does enjoy flying though, and had a blast the one time I've taken her up. She's hoping for another flight soon, but we gotta recover from what training costs us first!Quote HistoryQuoted:
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CFI-H = Bravest Instructors Ever. My hat is off to you! She does enjoy flying though, and had a blast the one time I've taken her up. She's hoping for another flight soon, but we gotta recover from what training costs us first!Except for showing helicopter pilots as being crazy. That parts true. Murdoch was my hero growing up.
Congrats on passing. My advice is that every time you are flying with a student, constantly ask yourself "What's the one thing my student can do to kill me right now?" And then protect against that. It amazed me how often that one thing was what the student would do just seconds later. |
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Posted: 9/7/2017 7:07:46 PM EDT
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My CFI was hard but staying alive for another 750 hours after was one of the hardest things I've had to do. Learning to keep my foot stiff on the left pedal with students doing autos was something I only let slip once.
Looking back it was a big hurdle for sure. Looking forward I never thought I'd say doing a 180 auto on a 135 checkride with NVG's attached to my head in dark as dark black with only a rotating search light for ambient would be easy but it actually is. Congrats and good luck on the rest of your career, it's a hell of a ride full of all sorts of wonders and heartbreak. |
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Posted: 9/12/2017 7:17:22 PM EDT
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Thanks! My wife agrees that us helo guys all have a screw (or ten) loose somewhere! She does enjoy flying though, and had a blast the one time I've taken her up. She's hoping for another flight soon, but we gotta recover from what training costs us first!
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