Rotorvation Helicopter Services Western Australia | Perth helicopter services and helicopter training

The Commercial Pilot Licence entitles you to work as a helicopter pilot in Australia. There is a huge variety of jobs using helicopters including scenic flights for the tourism sector and the local market, aircraft ferrying, filming and photography flights, search and rescue, fire bombing, oil rig transfers, agricultural and mustering operations, aerial surveying and flight instruction.

Rotorvation Helicopter Services’ CPL training thoroughly prepares the pilot for commercial operations with safety being our number one priority throughout. Rotorvation’s highly qualified and experienced instructors ensure that students are completely familiar with routine and emergency procedures producing commercial pilots who have the knowledge and experience to make the right decisions to conduct every flight safely and successfully.

The Commercial course is GST free and the training can be conducted entirely in the R22, the R44, the B206 Jet Ranger or a combination of these. The requirement is a minimum of 20 hours in an aircraft type.

Requirements

Minimum Age	18 years (To undertake flight test. Training can commence prior to this age)
Approximate duration	From 6 months – depending on frequency of lessons.
Medical	Class 1
Flying hours required	125 hours plus flight test. A reduction to 105 hours is allowed provided the last 30 hours is conducted within 90 days. (Based on the CASA minimum, more hours may be required to reach the required standard)
Theory required	7 subjects, 7 exams

Training costs

Obtaining your Commercial Licence in an R22 helicopter, based on the minimum hours costs approximately $53,000. This approximation includes all theory, books, exams, manuals, medicals and flight test fee.

The cost of obtaining your licence very much depends on how frequently you fly and your ability to work through the syllabus at a standard pace.

Payment is due on completion of each flight training exercise. There is no requirement to pay in advance for any flight training. There is a reduction in training hours for fixed wing licence holders and Rotorvation is able to conduct training and flight tests for pilots wishing to convert overseas licences.

If you have any questions, please contact us.