Almost back full time.

There is a very long story as people might imagine, I mean how could I not have any stories for so long?

I'll get to all the details one day, but for now I will just say I got hurt at work, my employer was not good about it at all, and would not let me come back slightly modified (I can fly fine, I can lift patients fine, I just cannot pull out 100+lbs of med bed by myself, sorry....), so I have sat on my ass for a while now.

But...

Good news for me.

The people in charge of getting me back in the workforce recently started that process rolling. And asked me what I'd be interested in. So I jokingly suggested helicopter training since it would be a cool medevac gig, and I really do enjoy the medevac work. I was told that it would be too much money, and to think of other ideas.

Well, the only other idea was an Engineering degree, and I sure didn't feel like going back to school for 4 years, and not flying. But nothing I could do, I was at their mercy.

So, after they finally calculated how much money it would cost to send me to school for 4 years plus pay me my wages the entire time they changed their tune.

And helicopter was submitted as choice number one, as I had pointed out that wasting all my experience would really be pretty stupid.

And has since been approved.

I start in April. First with the conversion to rotary wing. Followed by a Bell 206 rating. And then long line training. And then some time building with what ever I have left.

Even if I end up going back to fixed wing one day I really think that having a rotary wing license would be kick ass.

So off to try the fling wing side of life. Should be an interesting adventure! ;)