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earn money, save it up, and pay for your helicopter training out of your pocket. become an OTR Trucker (over the road). most entry level trucking companies will even train you to get your CDL (commercial drivers license), and within your first year you can be make a lot of money $40,000-60,000. In a few years, you will be able to afford to pay for your helicopter license cash no problem. so no financing or loans needed. no worries about your credit.

Nothing in life is for free. I don’t have the money you are looking for. BUT I can offer some suggestions: Suggestion #1: Keep this in mind: YOU ARE ON A MISSION for ONLY 2 things: A] To seek information. AND B] To get answers to ALL your Qs. Suggestion #2: Sit down and make a list of every Q you can possibly think of to ask the people you should be able to meet. Suggestion #3: Go to the local airport - where the police helicopters’ hangars are. Ask if you can speak with someone about what it is you are interested in doing. .If you can’t get in, ask how you can get a pass to get in for a tour. If you are told they don’t do that, don’t let that stop you. Suggestion #4: Write a “snail mail” letter - NOT an e-mail - to the police commissioner AND the mayor AND the chief or the head of the city council. DO NOT send an e-mail. YOU MUST find out the names AND the exact titles of these ladies and gentlemen AND how to properly address your envelopes and letters AND the exact addresses. Go to your local library. Ask the librarian. REMEMBER: YOU ARE ON A MISSION. Talk with the wonderful people who work with the police and with the helicopters: The dispatchers, security guards, air traffic controllers, mechanics, the pilots, themselves. Talk with anyone who will give you the time of day. Go to where those ladies and gentlemen enter and exit from that hangar/locker room. If you can’t get in, wait for one of them to come out. When you see someone coming out, explain why you are there. If that person isn’t able to help you, ask who can and ask for a description of that person so you will know what that person looks like when he/she comes out. Call that person by his/her name. Ask him/her/them to join you for lunch or dinner. If that day and time aren’t convenient for him/her, ask when a better time would be for you and that person. At lunch or dinner, you should ask him/her/them ALMOST every kind of Q you can think of: How did you get interested in doing the kind of work you do? Where did you get your training? How long ago did you attend classes? What courses did they teach? How did you finance it? Are there scholarships, grants or fellowships offered by that institution? [How about scholarships by the police department?] Did you have room and board there? How many were in your class or group? How long did you go to school for? ANY question you can think of, you should ask. You would pick-up the check and pay for lunch or dinner. You SHOULD NOT ask, “How much do you make?” You SHOULD NOT ask about the benefits. If he/she/they want to tell you, I believe he/she/they will volunteer that information. Suggestion #5: IF this is what you REALLY want - IF this is what you REALLY desire - VOLUNTEER to work at that facility. By the mere fact you’re doing volunteer work there, you’ll get a HUGE picture and idea of what the work is REALLY like and HOW things are REALLY done, won’t you? I’ll answer that. THE answer is ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY Y - E - S! YES! I never worked at an airport. I never had any desire to do so. BUT I KNOW what its like to do volunteer work. I do volunteer work - in another capacity. You’ll get filthy dirty. You’ll be a “gofer”: Meaning: you’ll be asked AND told AND EXPECTED to “Go for” this AND “Go for” that. AND BECAUSE you want to be a helicopter pilot, you’ll do it - without complaining AND without giving anyone any sass or garbage - you’ll do whatever it is anyone asks you to do or tells you to do. WHY? Simply because “people like you come down the pike every day”. You are being tested. You are “paying your dues.” You’ll learn OR you’ll get out. Its as simple as that! SUGGESTION #6: I remembered this from high school - over 40 years ago. As I was walking down a hall, I overheard two teachers talking about it: Do a search for Lovejoy’s Guide. Suggestion #7: Inquire about scholarships, fellowships, gifts and grants. Suggestion #8: Journal every day on your computer. What you learned and what you were taught. What to do and what not to do. I didn’t give you money. I invested my time in you and in your dream. I gave you some suggestions and a light down a path. As you can see, YOU HAVE OTHER OPTIONS, don’t you? The rest is up to you. Thanks for asking your Q! I enjoyed answering it! VTY, Ron Berue Yes, that is my real last name! Sources: Because you asked.

The military is the way to go for sure! Try looking into the armys warrant officer program to fly rotary wing aircraft (helio's). You don't need a degree, be a high school grad, and be willing to take and pass the AFAST. Call your recruiter today, learn to fly and serve you country to. Good Luck!!

visit http://www.policehelicopterpilot.com and read the section on "how to become a police helicopter pilot"