New CFI looking for first Helicopter Pilot Job

All right. Hey, Ken with helicopter on ground school here with Jeffrey Salon, longtime Hogs member, emailed me last night. Was going to be through the area actually doing some training at suite suite with the cavalry. And so he came by today. So we're going to have him sign his picture for the Hogs Wall of Fame. It was already up there, but we took it down so he could sign it. So we're going to do that first. What I do with that marker I just grabbed for you? Here it is. Let me get my phone out because I want to video you signing that. So we're also going to get present him his Hogs no go button because we promised him a shirt but never a no go button. So his last time he sent us a checkride picture I guess was before we got started with the no go buttons. Just gave him his shirt. So he's got his shirt. Somehow I'm gonna have to get on Heather and say how do we never get him his shirt? What happened? What happened in the pipeline? Here I am ready. Go ahead and sign it. Sign your name on there, Jeffrey. So he is signing his picture that will go back up on the Hogs Wall of Fame. We've been here hanging out and just shooting the breeze about helicopter flying and all kinds of stuff. Gave him a couple books to take home with him. And the good old no go button. We send these out to members once they get their picture up on the Hogs Wall of Fame. And you got what two more pictures just sent us?

I can send you? Yeah.

So he's. He's on the Hogs Wall times one. He'll be on the Hogs wall times three. So there is your no go button.

Thank you.

If you want to pull that dude out and turn it on, make sure it works.

All right.

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Thank you.

There you go. So now he is a CFI getting ready to get his start in the world. And one of our topics of discussion today was I recently talked with our insurance guy who's been insuring helicopters for over 30 years. And he said directly to me, flight schools are busy and they're getting reports that they do not have enough flight instructors. We've spent a lot of time today talking about a lot of different stuff and he's very conservative and is asking a lot of really, really good questions. So I asked him to speak to the camera Today and to our HOGS audience with whatever he wanted to talk about, I said, I don't even. Just whatever you want to say, if anything. So anybody looking for a fresh cfi, looking to get a start? Here is one. You want to add anything to that? Sure.

So I guess coming here today, well, coming to Indiana and training and everything, I guess reiterates why I got into the industry in general, is you're constantly learning, always doing things. But Kenny here, thanks for seeing me.

Not probably. We worked out today. We're doing new illustrations. We've been at it every day, and today my illustrator's like, hey, I want to go visit an old buddy. And is that all right? It just so happened that last minute Jeffrey asked if he could swing by, and I'm like, well, it actually works. Because we would have been illustrating all day. And we thought about a quick visit, but turns out we've had several hours to hang out and catch up on what's going on in the helicopter world and what it's like as a new CFI trying to get a start in the industry.

Yeah, so that is exactly. It's, like, refreshing to actually talk to you and learn some of the experiences, the nuances and everything. And I'm thinking about trying to get a job as an instructor, and we'll talk about that. And I think that's exactly what I got in the industry for, is one, connections, and then two is to learn, grow, and then be able to, you know, work on your weaknesses and capitalize on your strengths and everything. And that's another reason why, you know, I asked you for these books, even though I got done with my Chuck Ride, you know, you can still learn information and pull things out from it and everything. So, I mean, this has been an awesome week. It's been an awesome opportunity talking with Kenny, and I really appreciate the opportunity. So thank you. I appreciate it.

Well, thanks for coming. I appreciate you being here. So we just want to share that little bit of, you know, you're. I think Jeffrey's the fourth person to sign the HOGS Wall of Fame. We got Dave Faulkner, Jason Cutter, and, I think, one other up there. So Jeffrey's gonna be, like, the fourth person to actually visit the HOGS studio and go up on the Wall of Fame. So do you want to add any information to today that someone could contact you if they're looking for a cfi?

Yeah, I can give you that information. I guess it'd be better just writing it down or putting in the video, maybe.

Okay. Yeah, we can put in the description below the video. And then if you get flooded with calls and too many offers for jobs, I'll go in there and just remove your info so they'll quit bothering you.

Yeah, but I am interested, and I'm getting experience of the cabaret, which I'm doing that on purpose, so then I can be competitive. If there's cabbage jobs out there that's up and coming, that aircraft's up and coming. So I figured I'd identify that as an opportunity to learn and get a new system under my belt.

Yes. And you got a bunch of Robinson time, too, correct? Yes. So you're gonna be. You're gonna. He told me he's extensively. Not extensively. That's why he's flying the Cadbury, to make sure he. He wants to go above and beyond just the five hours minimum, which is a great idea. He wants to get well versed in it so that he can say, yeah, I got more than five. I got, you know, whatever. And he wants to be super comfortable in it. So I'd say pretty marketable. With your R22 and R44 time, you got time in both, right?

Yep.

You got time in both of those and cavity time on top of that.

Yeah, but I don't have the S4 with the 22, but just the 44.

Sure.

Yeah.

So if you. You'll. You can get there, though. You've got experience flying both, so it wouldn't be that much difficult to get the other SFAR sign off. Yeah, you can get it done.

No, and. And learning new aircraft systems, I mean, that's all part of. It's very humbling.

Right.

Like we were talking about. And I think that's all part of the learning opportunity. So.

Yeah, I think that's probably one big thing that we talked about today that just for anybody trying to get into this, when you jump around and get experiences in different helicopters, different instructors, different flight schools, different parts of the country or different parts of the world, it really helps round you as an instructor, and it also opens you up to be more marketable when, if, say, you only fly one aircraft for all your ratings, then you have to go to. You can only go to schools that have that helicopter because you got to get the five hours at minimum. And if you're brand new, you've already spent $100,000 getting your training, and now you got to go get more time in other aircraft. So splitting it up can really, really be a great idea. So.

Yeah.

All right, well, I think we'll wrap it up. Thanks again. For coming today. Enjoy your Hogs T shirt, your no Go button and their books. Thanks for signing the Hogs Wall of the. Good luck in your career and I hope you get a whole bunch of phone calls or emails from this video today and nothing more than you to call me a month from now and go, dude, I got hired at such and such and I'm flying this and it will happen and you'll be excited and there'll be a point where you'll email me or call and say, dude, I got a job. For sure it will happen.

Yeah.

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