Thanks All,
I'm starting to get pretty jazzed about it. Alot of things to sort out, esspecially how I'm going to get back and forth from Venice to Flagstaff. As Justin may attest, there is no fucking way I'm giving up my place in Venice! Gonna couch surf the first week then gotta find my own digs. Rent looks pretty cheap. Not sure how I'm gonna get aroung once I'm there. That town can't be that big. I start training in Las Vegas this Monday. I kinda wish I could work out of LV. Although after losing $500 at the roulete table the night after my interview, perhaps Flagstaff will keep me out of trouble.
I will say this about the job market for helicopter pilots. When people and schools tell you there is a demand, they are right! In an interview, your usually trying to sell your self to the company. The guy I talked to was so nice and so polite, I felt like he was trying to sell this job to me. By the time we landed and before we even got out of the helicopter, he offered me the job. When he called my references, he offered jobs to them. All the other companies I droped off resumes to all called or emailed wanting to meet. This week I had to call some of the companies I applied to that didn't hire me cause I didn't have enough turbine time about a charter. When I told them where I was going, the told me to call them wheh I hit a certain number. This all bodes well for the future of this profession, at least for the next few years.
Good luck to the rest of you, you'll get there before you know it!