Joel Struthers

somewhat rushed and you're kind of thrown to the wolves and like off you go, you know, and that will vet or call the herd pretty quickly. But then at a certain point it's whether or not you fucking kill yourself or wreck a machine because the next company is not going to give you a chance if you've wrecked a machine, you know, and then you just kind of learn.

somewhat rushed and you're kind of thrown to the wolves and like off you go, you know, and that will vet or call the herd pretty quickly. But then at a certain point it's whether or not you fucking kill yourself or wreck a machine because the next company is not going to give you a chance if you've wrecked a machine, you know, and then you just kind of learn.

somewhat rushed and you're kind of thrown to the wolves and like off you go, you know, and that will vet or call the herd pretty quickly. But then at a certain point it's whether or not you fucking kill yourself or wreck a machine because the next company is not going to give you a chance if you've wrecked a machine, you know, and then you just kind of learn.

And the big one is, um, you know, weather. Um, I think that was my early, um, experiences i slinging that's a big one in county we're on the long line a lot right that's a big part of bread and butter and i flew into uh into fog slinging once and uh yeah scared the shit out of me that was my first fuck me inadvertent imc yeah yeah which is as you know a killer yeah um

And the big one is, um, you know, weather. Um, I think that was my early, um, experiences i slinging that's a big one in county we're on the long line a lot right that's a big part of bread and butter and i flew into uh into fog slinging once and uh yeah scared the shit out of me that was my first fuck me inadvertent imc yeah yeah which is as you know a killer yeah um

And the big one is, um, you know, weather. Um, I think that was my early, um, experiences i slinging that's a big one in county we're on the long line a lot right that's a big part of bread and butter and i flew into uh into fog slinging once and uh yeah scared the shit out of me that was my first fuck me inadvertent imc yeah yeah which is as you know a killer yeah um

Yeah. An IFR guy might be able to get that 180 done and not descend. We don't do that. We're not scanning. It'd be a fight.

Yeah. An IFR guy might be able to get that 180 done and not descend. We don't do that. We're not scanning. It'd be a fight.

Yeah. An IFR guy might be able to get that 180 done and not descend. We don't do that. We're not scanning. It'd be a fight.

And that's heli-skiing in a nutshell. So up until recently, I was at Mustang for eight years. And then we had the heli-ski tenure up in Revelstoke with Selkirk Tangiers up until last year. And it was four B2 A-stars and four 205s. And typically, what they do is within the company, they'll have guys that they say, hey, are you interested in heli-skiing?

And that's heli-skiing in a nutshell. So up until recently, I was at Mustang for eight years. And then we had the heli-ski tenure up in Revelstoke with Selkirk Tangiers up until last year. And it was four B2 A-stars and four 205s. And typically, what they do is within the company, they'll have guys that they say, hey, are you interested in heli-skiing?

And that's heli-skiing in a nutshell. So up until recently, I was at Mustang for eight years. And then we had the heli-ski tenure up in Revelstoke with Selkirk Tangiers up until last year. And it was four B2 A-stars and four 205s. And typically, what they do is within the company, they'll have guys that they say, hey, are you interested in heli-skiing?

Or you'll have guys that are interested in it. And their respect to them, the way they set up their system is we'd go up early season, late November when the snow starts to kind of pack. And you'd have your guys that had been doing it, but everyone has to go through recurrent training. So, yeah, I think you needed a minimum an hour.

Or you'll have guys that are interested in it. And their respect to them, the way they set up their system is we'd go up early season, late November when the snow starts to kind of pack. And you'd have your guys that had been doing it, but everyone has to go through recurrent training. So, yeah, I think you needed a minimum an hour.

Or you'll have guys that are interested in it. And their respect to them, the way they set up their system is we'd go up early season, late November when the snow starts to kind of pack. And you'd have your guys that had been doing it, but everyone has to go through recurrent training. So, yeah, I think you needed a minimum an hour.

Obviously, every year you're doing your recurrent training, your PPC, or your check rides. But for heli-skiing, it was a minimum of hour of recurrent. And then the new guys, they'd go out with a training pilot. And it's interesting because you'd get experienced guys, low-time guys, and really, as I'm sure you can imagine, Typically, those guys around 3,000 hours would kind of show up to try it.

Obviously, every year you're doing your recurrent training, your PPC, or your check rides. But for heli-skiing, it was a minimum of hour of recurrent. And then the new guys, they'd go out with a training pilot. And it's interesting because you'd get experienced guys, low-time guys, and really, as I'm sure you can imagine, Typically, those guys around 3,000 hours would kind of show up to try it.

Obviously, every year you're doing your recurrent training, your PPC, or your check rides. But for heli-skiing, it was a minimum of hour of recurrent. And then the new guys, they'd go out with a training pilot. And it's interesting because you'd get experienced guys, low-time guys, and really, as I'm sure you can imagine, Typically, those guys around 3,000 hours would kind of show up to try it.

But a guy with 6,000 hours could be, you know, shittier than a 3,000-hour guy, right? It's not really a variant. But it was interesting that you'd have guys that you would think they go out for the first day and they go for an hour training and they come back. They're like, I'm good. I don't want to do this, you know? Respectable, right? You can respect that if a guy calls it.

But a guy with 6,000 hours could be, you know, shittier than a 3,000-hour guy, right? It's not really a variant. But it was interesting that you'd have guys that you would think they go out for the first day and they go for an hour training and they come back. They're like, I'm good. I don't want to do this, you know? Respectable, right? You can respect that if a guy calls it.