Ideal for TGA - a new career!!

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Ideal for TGA - a new career!!

#1 Post by CharlieOneSix » Mon Aug 22, 2022 9:58 pm

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#2 Post by G-CPTN » Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:11 pm

Is there an upper age limit?

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#3 Post by CharlieOneSix » Mon Aug 22, 2022 10:20 pm

I was surprised by the lack of an upper age limit......so TGA is in with a chance! :D
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#4 Post by TheGreenAnger » Tue Aug 23, 2022 5:54 am

I should apply and see what happens when the 60 year old hodad rolls up with all the other bright young things! ;)))

What a wonderful opportunity for some would be young commercial helicopter pilots! Interesting that Bristow are going the ab initio route and not looking at the cadre of existing commercial pilots. A bit of the heli Jesuits in that methinks... "Give me the boy, (or girl Reg) and I'll show you the man (or woman Reg)! : :-bd
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#5 Post by Wodrick » Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:54 am

Interesting,
In somewhere around 1970 I decided that Helicopters were the future and that is what I wanted to fly.

I further decided that, to fly helicopters, the Navy was the place to be.

The entry requirements then were almost identical to those for Bristows now.
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#6 Post by CharlieOneSix » Tue Aug 23, 2022 8:10 am

Wodrick wrote:
Tue Aug 23, 2022 7:54 am
Interesting,
In somewhere around 1970 I decided that Helicopters were the future and that is what I wanted to fly.

I further decided that, to fly helicopters, the Navy was the place to be.

The entry requirements then were almost identical to those for Bristows now.
Yes, almost identical - this advert from 1962 is what got my attention....
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