the performance perspective (a mountain rescue) to the job to be done (fighting wildfires or conducting humani- tarian flights), you have to be ready for a new challenge every single day.
What I like most about helicopter aviation is that every day, every mission, is completely different. You have to be ready for a new challenge every single day.
What challenges you about helicopter aviation? I’d like to be more proactive when it comes to accident prevention, figuring out how to collaborate to mitigate
human factors as much as possible. I’m planning to become a human factors facilitator. For a while now, I’ve been feeling the need to return at least just a little bit of all the industry has given me. As a flight instructor (for helicopters, airplanes, and gliders), I always try my best.
What do you think poses the biggest threat to the helicopter industry? I think it’s getting harder to find qualified and trained pilots. The high cost of training has left some pilots out of the game. And there’s a wide gray area in which low- time pilots lack the requirements to transition to other jobs.
Complete this sentence: I know I picked the right career when … … I go to work, and it doesn’t feel like work! I wouldn’t trade my job for anything!
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