Once students graduate from our courses, whether they are recreationally or career bound, we continue to offer support, helicopter rentals, career placement, and continued training. We strive to hire first from our own graduates, offering our students the opportunity to continue their careers as flight instructors at Pacific Coast Helicopters . We make no promises to hire you upon graduation, however we will assist you in finding a job elsewhere if it is not possible to employ you at the time of your graduation. While our instructors are paid employees, we still consider them our students. The chief instructor works closely with each instructor, assuring they are not only providing the quality of instruction demanded at Pacific Coast Helicopters , but that they are also receiving the experience that future employers seek.
Instructors start off teaching primary instruction under the supervision of senior instructors.
As they build experience, they will graduate to teaching more advanced maneuvers, mountain training and over water operations. Pacific Coast Helicopters offers aerial photography, pipeline and power line services. These operations offer our senior pilots the opportunity to gain valuable commercial experience in addition to flight instruction, the final phase of their training in preparation for the world of commercial operations.