 Re: begining my career as a pilot...seeking advice
In a corporate job I interned with in Houston, we had helicopter pilots. All of them were prior military and when people asked them about learning to fly, all said don't pay for it yourself.
It's way too expensive and a major problem is insurance. The insurance required our pilots to have 2000 hours of turbine PIC for the type of flying they did. It will be incredibly hard to get that kind of experience in the civilian world.
Like A300Capt said, you have to examine what you want to do. If you could do either, I'd go fixed wing. Much more variety in my opinion and the pay is better.
Good luck and welcome to JC
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