Change From Vfr To Ifr Offshore

[Phil Croucher]

Hours are always good, particularly if they are Captain time - one of the big problems that large companies have is that the FOs have so little opportunity to exercise command - hence the PICUS schemes. If you have money to spend, a twin rating might be an idea - fortunately in Canada you can do the IR on a single.

 

Phil

[kiefk]

Hi All good advice thanks.

 

I am ex british military so looks like I may be a little better off than most looking to get into IFR world.

 

I am thinking of doing my ATPL and IR early next year - after hopefully earning a bit more money this season??!!

 

I have just over 1200hrs multi, a JAA MCC certficate, TC and JAA CPL(H) and 100hrs on instruments.

I had a Military 'green' instrument rating which meant nothing added to any plate MDH/MA. I know this counts for zip but it is stored somewhere back in my 41yr old grey matter.......

 

Are there any good job hunting websites that are used for the offshore market in particular?

[Daz]

I don't know how effective this site is, but you can search companies by machine type or by location -it might (at least) give you some places to start.

 

http://pilotcareercenter.com

 

 

There's always http://www.jsfirm.com too.

 

 

Happy hunting!

 

- Darren

[jamieclipsham]

I've got 900 hrs multi and inst. time from my fixed wing days would that help at all.