The decision to learn to fly a helicopter should not come lightly to anyone, apart from an unemployed millionaire perhaps.

Before you begin your  Helicopter training (particularly Commercial pilot training) you need to be 100% sure that it is what you want to do, it is a large investment of both time and money and takes commitment and dedication to complete.

Doing a Trial Introductory Flight should be your first step towards a Helicopter Pilots license, particularly if you have no previous exposure to these wonderfully versatile machines. During your TIF a qualified instructor will take you through the controls and their effects and show you the basic helicopter manoeuvres and an autorotation or two if your lucky. You should be given a turn on the controls to get a feel for the co-ordination required to fly a helicopter, this is not a lesson as such and there should be no expectations on you.

The next step in the process to becoming a helicopter pilot is gaining an aviation medical, basically being declared medically fit to hold a pilots license, this should be done before you begin the expensive part of your flight training because you don’t want to spend thousands of dollars only to be told you are not eligible to hold a pilots license due to some obscure medical condition you didn’t even know existed let alone had.

From passing your first theory exam to passing your commercial flight test you need to be disciplined throughout your training. Before choosing a Helicopter Flight school, there are several factors to consider before signing your life( and hard earned savings) away. Different people have different preferences, but if you want to gain the most experience possible out of your training you need to consider a few things.