On 26 Aug 2003 22:56:39 -0700, (Ken Sandyeggo)
wrote:


I was on a Sheriff's Department and no one gave a crap about what
experience you had as to flying helis. It was all politics. There
were heli-rated deputies that couldn't get the time of day from the
air unit. They'd take non-pilots that kissed enough ass or whose
buddies were already there and spend a fortune taking them from zero
time to pilot at monstrous expense, totally ignoring the guys that
already had heli ratings. One clown they pushed up the ladder was
found not to have sufficient training after he rolled a heli and
killed his partner. There were a few new openings in the air unit
after that one, especially for supervisors.

KJSDCAUSA

Man, Ive seen that before. You hit the nail right on the head. When it
come to getting that police flying job, experience means zero. Butt
kissing is everything. There are some real qualified people running
police air units but there are some that have people with no aviation
background running things & they wonder why they have problems.