Very true, in fact currently the CG is assigning flight school students to fly fixed wing that want helos which was the opposite from when I went through 9 years ago. Our fixed wing fleet is ramping up big time with our new MPA coming online and it's requiring a larger than normal fleet of fixed wing pilots.
They are talking about taking the first few nuggets for the CASA out of my flight school group.
Thanks for all the info!
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Once you have been assigned fixed or rotary wing is it written in stone that you will fly that for the rest of your career?
You can transition- It's a highly sought after swap to make from helos to fixed wings to get some time in the C-130 to retire and fly commercially. It's a fairly popular thing to try...so I wouldn't PLAN on it as a career path.