{"id":3197,"date":"2013-05-07T17:06:26","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T10:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-do-i-become-a-helicopter-pilot\/"},"modified":"2016-01-31T12:59:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-31T05:59:05","slug":"how-do-i-become-a-helicopter-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-do-i-become-a-helicopter-pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I become \u2026 a helicopter pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nQualifying means hundreds of hours training and laying out thousands of pounds, but the pay can reach \u00a3100,000Patrick Muirhead’s mellifluous tones were once recognisable to millions as he read the Radio 4 news bulletins and warned ships of gales in German Bight. Nowadays he has a more visceral interest in frisky south westerlies, for Muirhead, 44, is a helicopter pilot flying tourists around the Caribbean. Instead of a safe seat in Broadcasting House he operates from a cockpit where a moment’s inattention can invite all sorts of problems.”I’ve had doors flying open in flight, foreign objects hitting the rotors and I nearly killed my best friend while training when I got the helicopter into a spin,” he says. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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