What criteria you should look for while choosing a Helicopter training school
Brand name: It very important to go to a school where your employers know about the schools reputation and name especially when it comes to Helicopter flying.
Mauna Loa Helicopters, Hawaii has 100 percent employment rate for their student’s world over! 15 Mauna Loa Alumni are working in India in the offshore Helicopter sector. Mauna Loa’s first two students have been placed with leading helicopter charter companies in India.
Choice of Location: Helicopter flying unlike fixed wing flying is point to point landing. That means in your training it is very important to have diverse landing experience and hence the topography of the location is one of the biggest factor for choosing a school for your helicopter training. Hawaii as a location for helicopter training will give you exposure to 11 out of 13 topographic locations we can have in the world. Only Antarctic and Sahara desert is missing!
Also for offshore experience cross countries between Hawaiian Inter-Island experiences will give you an upper edge over any other training school in the world!
Instructors: Mauna Loa Hawaii has all their instructors carefully chosen through a very stringent process. All of them have over 2000 hours of instructorship and hence the training received by the candidates is the best in the Industry.
FAA examiners on Board: Mauna Loa Helicopters in the only Helicopter Training school in U.S which has 2 FAA examiners on board. That means for check rides the students don’t need to wait for examiners to come from other locations but within the school facility themselves.
Credentials and track record: Mauna Loa is one of the three schools which is awarded with the title of ASCCB which essentially means that even if the schools goes bankrupt due to any reason the consumer will be protected.
Current on Going Projects in India/Asia: Mauna Loa Helicopters, Hawaii is in talks with several organizations to help them build helicopter flight schools in India.
Mauna Loa Helicopters, Hawaii will be engaged in technology transfer and work on a build-operate-transfer basis towards building the Helicopter schools in the country. One of the projects is in its final stages of negotiations and news will be released soon once the contract is finalized.
Affordable Program: Mauna Loa Helicopters has bought the most affordable FAA/DGCA compliant helicopter training program to India for Indian students. The program costs 50,000 USD with all inclusive package of rating on both training and charter helicopters.
The program costs include accommodation with internet and kitchen facilities, all check rides, local transportation and basic food.
Job placement assistance: Mauna Loa Helicopters have tied up with Helicop Aviation, India a company exclusively working with Helicopter Industry in India and engaged in helicopter acquisitions, leasing, charters, setting up corporate aviation departments and partners for Mauna Loa Hawaii for training requirements.
Helicop Aviation has close coordination with all leading helicopter charter companies like IFSAL Jindal Aviation, Reliance, Abir Infrastructure, Bafna Aviation and Helicopter manufacturers Eurocopter, Bell, Robinsons, Agusta and Sikorsky in the country and have the know how of number of helicopters being taken by leading corporate houses and hence a first hand knowledge in providing job placement to all the candidates from Mauna Loa Helicopters.
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