Helicopter Pilot Licenses - What Do You Need & Costs To Be A Pilot?

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Interested in becoming a helicopter pilot but have no idea what you need to start? Then this video describes all the licenses!
For a more detailed article on every pilot license type please check out:
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0:55 Private Pilot Certificate
2:10 Private Pilot Certificate Cost
4:40 Commercial Pilot Certificate
6:45 Commercial Pilot Certificate Cost
7:50 Airline Transport Pilot Certificate
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Whether you are a student pilot, a pilot, or just an aviation enthusiast, this channel and the website are for you. Be sure to check out some great articles about helicopters and all aspects of aviation at PilotTeacher.com
My love of aviation began at a very young age and the fascination of everything that flies still lives to this day. This RU-vid channel is a mix of aircraft doing their thing or answering questions to some of the most commonly asked aviation questions.
My day job as a full-time helicopter pilot allows me to dive deep into the topics and bring you up close and personal with many aircraft and the more questions I get in the comments the more videos I can create for you to answer those questions.
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@PilotTeacher 3 года назад

Save Big $$ on Flight Training! ARE YOU WANTING TO BECOME A PILOT? See Over 100 Ways To Save BIG Money On Flight Training!  Find Out More at PilotTeacher.com

@crunchied8 2 месяца назад

my question is can you fly fix wing and helicopters as well

@leoneugene7456 3 года назад

Thanks for the information

@PilotTeacher 3 года назад

If you would like to know how much it costs to become a pilot check out this article from my accompanying blog: pilotteacher.com/cost-to-become-a-pilot-all-the-licenses-compared/

@storytimedavidcollins2897 10 месяцев назад

I just subscribed as I should have years ago because I’ve been watching your channel for years and I have always really enjoyed and appreciated all of your knowledge about helicopters 🚁 that you have provided and passed along. Thank you much

@PilotTeacher 10 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoy the videos!!

@ADobbin1 Год назад

Can't make money as a private pilot, but most can't afford to put in the hours as a private to get a commercial job. And governments wonder why there is a shortage of pilots!! They've made it too expensive and too hard for anyone but the rich.

@PilotTeacher Год назад

Yep is it tough but when you compare it to the cost of earning a college degree it comes out very similar.

@ryanduran3003 3 года назад

Thank you, really thinking about becoming a helicopter pilot.

@PilotTeacher 3 года назад

Hey Ryan! Its a great career so if you are still on the fence have a watch of this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Hnj_YWfAsCc.html

@PilotTeacher 2 месяца назад

Yes you can however you need a pilot certificate for both.

@levinahmwangi526 Год назад

Very informative and interesting

@PilotTeacher Год назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@wearealight81 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for the information and Vedio

@PilotTeacher 6 месяцев назад

You’re welcome

@gardenchamp1658 3 года назад

Great video very informative and interesting 👍 God bless.

@PilotTeacher 3 года назад

Thankyou Jonathan! Your comment is very much appreciated!

@gardenchamp1658 3 года назад

@@PilotTeacher Thanks again for your video!you da man!!!! 🚁

@helicopterovirtual-msfs6254 Год назад

Magnífico 👏 👏

@isingomampagi1110 2 года назад

hi ,since childhood have loved to be apilot but due to funding ,could not do it.But the video is really helpfull.

@PilotTeacher 2 года назад

Yes learning to fly a helicopter is ridiculously expensive! Im glad you enjoyed the video!!

@MarioPishere 4 месяца назад

Hey Rick. I’m interested in getting my license to work in medical transports. I’m interested in a school called Helistream in Costa Mesa, Ca. Is this a school you would recommend or are there schools in California you would recommend?

@pepperpeterpiperpickled9805 2 года назад

What if I use my personal licence to take clients out for a spin? can I write it off as a marketing expense while also not legally profiting from it?

@Acidokk 6 месяцев назад

good morning captain. Im a Venezuelan 36 year old man right now, but next year ill go to Canada specificly Alberta. And i want to study this career, do you thing its too late for me? Do you have any website to know wich heli pilot school would be better and less expensive for me in that city? Greetings!

@mohammadmazen5723 3 года назад

Plz a question, if someone who is 38 years and has enough money to take an accelerated helicopter training would it help to save time to be more employable person for a commercial purpose, like any helicopter pilot job that you mentioned in one of your previous videos on the channel ? Sorry it’s a kind of complex question but it’s my case and I want to change my career 🌹

@PilotTeacher 3 года назад

Hi Mohammad. I have worked with a few pilots that did not learn to fly until they were in their late 40's & early 50's. It can be done but you may have to be prepared to work away from home for long periods or move home as you will be starting at the bottom of the ladder and will be up against younger guys and gals who are keen and have lots of energy. Your age, maturity and life experience will help though. It may be a tough first 5 years unless you are really lucky, but if you want it bad enough then go for it! It is a great career to have!

@mohammadmazen5723 3 года назад

@@PilotTeacher Sir can I have a contact with you it’s necessary for me plz, here is my what’s app really I need your help +962797065914

@Hug_life 2 года назад

I’m 33 and recently single, no kids and $30,000 in the bank and have decided that this is 100% my career change! Good luck to you! See you up in the sky!

@bradendean4956 Год назад

Does anyone have any opinions on SUU I think it’s my top choice but I want to make sure it’s a good school. Main reason I’m interested is because my GI bill will cover almost all of my schooling

@PilotTeacher Год назад

Hey Braden, Ive not heard anything bad about them. If you’re in the stages of picking a school you will definitely benefit from my course! I can make a big difference not only to the wallet and the extras you could get but also help steer you in the kind of career you wish to undertake after school! Check it out at PilotTeacher.com

@jfeeble Год назад

If there is another school in the US offering full GI Bill flight school I haven't found it and I've looked far and wide. I'm considering them for the same reason you are. I hope the training is up to snuff because as a vet they are the only option. I've not found anything negative on the program since they split with upper limit aviation a few years ago due to some financal scandal. The ULA guys were apparently contractors doing the schools flight program and there was some mishandling of government money but I don't know all the details. That's history though and has no bearing on the current program.

@PilotTeacher Год назад

@@jfeeble have you spoken with Hillsboro Aero Academy as we had a ton of vets there using their GI bill when I was there?

@stefanopasseri5716 2 года назад

Where to do the course? Which school?

@PilotTeacher 2 года назад

Thats a tough question as there are so many great schools! If you keep an eye on pilotteacher.com i will be releasing my course soon on how to pick a flight school and how to save money too!

@Definitely_not_the_CIA. 2 года назад

hi, I live in the UK and if i go to the USA to get my license and i get it, will it be valid to fly in the UK and Canada? also how long does the private pilots license take to complete and how long does the commercial pilots license take?

@PilotTeacher 2 года назад

Hey DPF, If you get your licenses in the US you will only be allowed to fly with them in the US. If you move to Canada you will have to do a pilot certificate conversion for example: If you have a US commercial pilot certificate you will have to sit the Canadian Commercial written exam, Complete a commercial flight test and get a medical certificate The UK is a whole other mess! Basically, you will have to do the complete commercial pilot training, then accompanying 9 (I believe) exams, and also get a medical. I always recommend learning to fly in the country in which you intend to fly your career in. The length in which it takes you depends on how often you fly. This might help you answer some questions: pilotteacher.com/becoming-a-helicopter-pilot-the-complete-cost-breakdown/ Hope this helps!.

@Definitely_not_the_CIA. 2 года назад

@@PilotTeacher yes thank you that helps a lot

@VictoryAviation Год назад

As informative as this video is, to be fair for those looking into the process of how long it takes to get these licenses and what they will be able to do with the license, it's rather misleading to say pilots will be able to just go out and get jobs as a news helicopter pilot, EMS pilot, or firefighting pilot once they have their helicopter CPL. The reality is, even with an ATP cert, nobody is going to talk to you with most of those jobs until you hit 2000 hrs for insurance reasons. That's the ugly truth about it. Until you hit 2000 hours, you can get anywhere between entry level tour flight jobs, cherry drying, rice pollination, tuna boat scouting, SIC if you're lucky in a bigger operation, until you start getting up into the 1000-1500 hour mark. Along the way hopefully you find a position flying a turbine helicopter so you can start logging turbine time. But absolutely no newly minted commercial pilot is going to be going out and flying an EMS chopper, not even SIC. It just doesn't happen because of the liability.... at least not in 2022. There may be a time in the future where that happens, but it's not now and probably won't be for the near future.

@PilotTeacher Год назад

You are correct and im sorry if my video feels like a pilot can walk into these jobs straight out of flight school. This is why most newly minted pilot instruct until they have enough hours to fo fly tours or offshore before then going off to jobs like EMS and ENG.

@curlz3556 2 года назад

I’m 16 and want to be a helicopter pilot but idk if I should go straight to flight school after I graduate or if it’s better to go to college then to flight school. What would you do?

@PilotTeacher 2 года назад

If you know its something you want to do go straight into flight school! If your not sure, then go and get a degree that you can use to fall back in if flying does not work out.

@lancer2876 2 года назад

I think the Army still has high school to flight school. When Vietnam was sucking up pilots it was easy to get in. I understand it is a lot harder now.

@danielmwanja457 3 года назад

with PVT what kind of helicopters you can fly ?

@PilotTeacher 3 года назад

Hi Daniel. With a PVT you can fly any civilian helicopter you wish. The only limitation is the size of your wallet for the endorsement or type rating depending on the helicopter.

@danielmwanja457 3 года назад

what about leonardo AW609 if you CPL?

@PilotTeacher 3 года назад

@@danielmwanja457 the AW609 is still in its certifixation process and will soon be available in the commercial sector. Depending on what requirements its flight manual says there should be no reason why not. Again, just the money required to pay for an IFR rating and type rating.

@danielmwanja457 3 года назад

thanks teacher pilot 🤝

@robertsmith1640 Год назад

Are helicopter pilots in demand? I've always assumed that it would be hard to land a job because of the abundance of pilots.

@PilotTeacher Год назад

Experienced pilots are in short supply. New pilots coming out of flight school are everywhere. Filling that gap between green and experience is the hard part!

@BatCountryAdventures 11 месяцев назад

So with PPV, I can't earn any money but can I used customers to subsidise my hours building? I will pay my share of the helicopter hire and get my guests to pay theirs.

@PilotTeacher 11 месяцев назад

So long as you pay 51% of the rental costs and you are flying people you know. To fly customers or people you don’t know you will need a commercial pilot certificate.

@BatCountryAdventures 11 месяцев назад

@@PilotTeacher Thanks for your quick response. So once I got the PPV in US, I can fly anyway in the world, right? So can I contact any helipad in the world, ask if they have helicopter for rent and just build my hours exploring the local area?

@PilotTeacher 11 месяцев назад

@@BatCountryAdventures no. You can only fly US registered helicopters. So that means in the US or anywhere in the world you can find a US registered helicopter, of which there are not many. To fly in a country other than the US you will have to do their PPL conversion from the US PPL which will usually consist of a flight test, medical, and written examination, unless its Europe then there are a lot more exams. Once you have the conversion, then you will have to find a company that will rent you a helicopter. To be honest, its better to learn at a school where you intend to fly long term then its much easier getting rental time from them and its cheaper than learning in the US then going to do a conversion.

@VictoryAviation Год назад

Why do I keep seeing all these videos where people think that getting your PPL in 40 hours is unheard of? Granted I already had my SEL CPL with instrument rating, but I got my helicopter PPL on my 40th hour. That being said, all five of us in the summer semester completed our helicopter PPL at the 40 hour mark, and three of the five people did not have any flight experience at all. Heck, I was picking up, hovering, taxiing, and setting down without needing my CFI on the controls on my 4th hour. Most of the other guys were doing the same around the 4th-6th hour. Yes it's hard, but not sure why someone would need to still be working on hovering at 15-20 hours. I'm pretty sure most people would have it by then.

@PilotTeacher Год назад

Well thats the first Ive ever heard of anyone doing it. Out of the dozens and dozens of students I witnessed noone even came close to 40 hours with zero aviation experience walking through the door. Even learning how to talk to ATC took some students over 10hours to get competent. With todays digital training tools, flight sims and hard work I imagine it can be done quicker, but its wring to say every student will do it in 40 hours and they budget for that, then run out of cash before completing. I wanted to give a realistic timeline for the AVERAGE student fresh into aviation. Kudos to doing it in 40 hours!

@VictoryAviation Год назад

@@PilotTeacher I appreciate the kudos, but like I said, I was just one of 5 pilots that all took check rides and passed with really close to 40hrs. We had good instructors, but every one of us were or are military as well. Not sure if that played a part. Not sure if you’ve see. The AR Sim app for practicing radio communication. It’s also called “Plane Talk”. I used it mainly on my instrument and it helped tremendously. They have excellent customer service. It’s not perfect by any means, but a student can spend hours practicing reps while being graded on their proficiency. You can’t really practice outside the cockpit except for with an instructor, which is limited by time. I highly recommend the app but don’t have any association with them. I agree 100% that radio comms take up a large part of brain computing power while trying to juggle everything else going on.

@PilotTeacher Год назад

@@VictoryAviation having military backgrounds would really help for sure. Many of the students I see have been out of a learning/training environment for years and the volume of information to process and learn is staggering to them. I do know of PlaneEnglish and im actually one of their ambassadors and promote it to all students as it is a great tool for the reasons you mentioned. I wish it was more well known!!

@VictoryAviation Год назад

@@PilotTeacher That’s awesome that you advocate for their product. It’s just the best tool out there for learning 90% of the required radio calls. The best part is being able to customize the aircraft’s N# and pick some locations. It was extra useful for IFR clearances!

@PilotTeacher Год назад

@@VictoryAviation i think I might look into doing a video of my using it to show just how good it is! Thanks for the idea and ill give you a shout out if I get to it!!

@denishshrestha7124 2 года назад

I want to learn helicopter and how much does it does??? H125

@PilotTeacher 2 года назад

This might help Denish: pilotteacher.com/becoming-a-helicopter-pilot-the-complete-cost-breakdown/

@denishshrestha7124 2 года назад

@@PilotTeacher thank u sir

@joelrausch4824 2 года назад

Only about 50% of newly licensed helicopter pilots are lucky enough to establish a successful career and many of them have second jobs for years while they hold on. Have a backup plan.

@PilotTeacher 2 года назад

Its crazy how many pilots give up but the schools keep saying there is a shortage of pilots and keep pumping them out! There is a shortage of pilots but only experienced pilots. Trying to get from flight school to experience is the very tough part with no many positions available each year!