{"id":3608,"date":"2016-11-09T06:50:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T12:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/?p=3608"},"modified":"2016-11-09T06:50:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T12:50:04","slug":"rotor-transition-program-worked-andrew-danko-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/2016\/11\/09\/rotor-transition-program-worked-andrew-danko-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rotor Transition Program: How it worked for Andrew Danko"},"content":{"rendered":"

After retiring from the U.S. Navy, Commander Andrew Danko was looking for an opportunity to use his military-helicopter pilot experience to transition into a career with a commercial airline. The challenge was to find an airline that would count his rotor experience toward his Airline Transport Pilot (ATP)\u00a0hours.<\/p>\n

After contacting numerous airlines and finding no answer, Andrew got word of a new military-transition program starting at Coast Flight Training<\/a> in San Diego, California. That program, in fact, was the beginning stages of Envoy\u2019s new Rotor Transition Program (RTP) that helps military helicopter pilots transition to a commercial flight deck.<\/p>\n

As a helicopter pilot, Andrew had plenty of hours, but not the specific Pilot-in-Command hours on a fixed-wing airplane. That time would need to be made up, and paid for out-of-pocket if Andrew wanted to pursue a commercial-pilot career.<\/p>\n

As part of Envoy’s\u00a0RTP, Andrew received help to\u00a0finance the hours he needed and instruction at Envoy’s\u00a0partner school, Coast Flight Training.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnvoy told me they value my military training and they value my expertise,\u201d says Andrew. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to come into an environment where you\u2019re appreciated for your skills and your experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

Applying his expertise<\/h3>\n

\"IMG_FLT_RTP_Andrew_Danko-3\"<\/a>Military rotor pilots have a broad skill set that translates well into the commercial airline industry.<\/p>\n

Andrew explains that his experience in the military makes him quick to adapt, as well as hardworking, detail-oriented, motivated by serving others and able to fill leadership roles.<\/p>\n

He also mentions that the helicopter he flew had twin-turbine engines\u00a0with hydraulically boosted flight controls, AC\/DC powered avionics and a maximum gross weight of 22,000 pounds.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Andrew\u00a0<\/span>trained with a three-person crew that taught him\u00a0the importance of crew resource management.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter looking at the problem airlines face with pilot shortages, I noticed Envoy\u2019s innovation in a problem we\u2019re all facing,\u201d says Andrew. \u201cEnvoy is light, innovative, they\u2019re ahead of it \u2013 they\u2019re going to be in great shape.\u201d<\/p>\n

New beginnings<\/h3>\n

\"IMG_FLT_RTP_Andrew_Danko-2\"<\/a>Andrew recently retired from the U.S. Navy after 23 years of service as an O-5 Commander. Andrew worked\u00a0as Commander of a weapons school in Jacksonville, Florida\u00a0where he trained pilot units before their deployment.<\/p>\n

Next, Andrew served as Air Boss in San Diego on board an\u00a0aircraft carrier\u00a0in the Pacific. After two years of conducting flight operations, Andrew retired from the U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n

Retirement wouldn\u2019t mean the end of Andrew\u2019s aviation career. He joined Envoy\u2019s RTP in July, earned all of his ATP hours in August, began training with Envoy in September and is on course to begin generating revenue as an Envoy First Officer as early as mid-November.<\/p>\n

He couldn\u2019t be more at ease with his decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a lot of choices where to continue my pilot career,\u201d says Andrew. \u201cAfter researching all of my options, Envoy was the place to come and to bring my family. Without a doubt.\u201d<\/p>\n

Are you a military helicopter pilot interested in a commercial aviation career? Click here to learn more about Envoy’s Rotor Transition Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After retiring from the U.S. Navy, Commander Andrew Danko was looking for an opportunity to use his military-helicopter pilot experience to transition into a career with a commercial airline. The challenge was to find an airline that would count his rotor experience toward his Airline Transport Pilot (ATP)\u00a0hours. After contacting numerous airlines and finding no […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":42349,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[104,105,106,66,77,51,68,92,96,97,107,80,99,108],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3608"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.envoyair.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}