Turbine Time Building

[undertorquer]

Hi all,

I have been offered to build turbine time on Jetranger. 100 hour blocks are available for EUR 380 per hour including fuel, insurance and tax. Apparently 10.000 hours on 8 Jetrangers, of which 4 are NVFR certified, will be available for this price and the helicopters can be flown anywhere in Europe with up to 3 passengers. That way I could share the cost with my passengers. The only drawback, I have to use up the hours within one month. The company seems very good and stable.
Do you think this is a good deal? Anything I have to be carefull of?

[Arnie Madsen]

380 EU X 100 hrs = 38000 Eu conv. to US% = $54000.00

Do you have a commercial rating ? Can you line up some work for the month? Can you take paying passengers?

[undertorquer]

I am trying to get some friends together to share the cost with me. Would be ideal to combine with a holiday around Europe.
Also, this company would give me sling training, so I could use up some hours for training purposes. Night hours are also included, they are normally difficult to get in Europe.

[brett s]

One important question to ask yourself is what happens to your money if the company disappears before you fly off the hours?

It's happened before, it'll happen again - always be wary of anyone who wants a lot of money up front for block time...

Even if they are solid, what happens if you can't fly 100 hours in a month due to weather or maintenance issues?

[helipaddy]

You might want to post the same question in the rotorheads section on pprune:

http://www.pprune.org