Do som research before paying for a Helicopter Pilot's Licen

[sky's the limit]

The cheapest one possible. r22/300/bell 47. Dont waste your money on more expensive aircraft.

^This. Best advice you can get.

[CallMeMister]

The cheapest one possible. r22/300/bell 47. Dont waste your money on more expensive aircraft.

^This. Best advice you can get.

So might as well go down south and do my FAA licence, since training on a 300 or R22 would cost me 310$/h ?

[sky's the limit]

No.

Cheapest AIRCRAFT, not the cheapest training.

Training pilot here with thousands of hours of industry time, or a low timer in the US? Your choice.

[CallMeMister]

No.

Cheapest AIRCRAFT, not the cheapest training.

Training pilot here with thousands of hours of industry time, or a low timer in the US? Your choice.

hmm, I always had some issues with people complaining about that. Yes indeed most of the FAA CFI are low timers, with little experience etc etc,

But If I find a school with a good experienced instructor, wouldn't that be as good as in Canada ?

It's also hard to believe that every instructor in Canada is better than one in the US. Why one would be more incompetent than another... or competent...

The difference is huge. TC PPL-H = 30 000 and +
FAA PPL-H = 15-20 000 $

[sky's the limit]

Listen,

It's your money, do with it as you choose. You've "always had issues?" Really? Based on what? You don't seem to understand how this works, and now are arguing that the training is the same, but WAY cheaper in the US. If you have it all figured out, then by all means go to the US and train and stop wasting our time here.

However, in the spirit of at least trying to help:

A few very experienced people here are telling you the same thing, as has been said many, many, times through numerous threads - based on reality. The simple fact of the matter is the system's are generally different. Ie. American heli instruction is like Canadian fixed wing instruction: Low timers teaching no timers. In Canada, the vast majority of rotary instructors are high time guys and girls who are very experienced in the industry and excellent at what they do. Entirely up to you what you want to get out of your training. Yes, training in Canada is significantly better on average, but do as you wish.

Again, it's your money. Go see if you can find a high-time bush pilot in the US and train with them, I wish you luck.

You answered your own question btw...

[The Mole]

Do not train on a more expensive aircraft. Do not think training on jet-buggy or any other larger helicopter is somehow going to make you a better pilot or easier too hire. Its simple will not. Good flying techniques in a Bell 47 or an Astar are same. The aircraft have different systems and some quirks. The same good flying techniques apply to both. In Canada there is no such thing as a "turbine endorsement" another lie schools sell. Go to a school with good instructors and don't be fooled into spending more money than needed.

[Chuck Ellsworth]

Do not train on a more expensive aircraft. Do not think training on jet-buggy or any other larger helicopter is somehow going to make you a better pilot or easier too hire. Its simple will not.

Unless the laws of physics, aerodynamics and mechanics have been changed over the last decade learning to fly a piston engine helicopter makes for a better pilot.....you can get checked out on a turbine when you need to.

[sky's the limit]

learning to fly a piston engine helicopter makes for a better pilot.....you can get checked out on a turbine when you need to.

This ^