Dedicated to Safety and Excellence

Era Helicopters is recognized around the industry for its high level of professionalism and commitment to safety and excellence. In today’s market, there is no substitute for professionalism and Era’s people are dedicated to being the best in the business.

And how do you become the best? Train. Retrain. And then train some more. Our dedication to comprehensive training is the key to our success. To this end, the new Era Training Center celebrated its Grand Opening on June 5, 2008. This high-tech facility provides the highest quality helicopter training services for industry-wide safety and excellence. Our years of experience in the field make us the experts for specialty mission specific training programs on our two brand new, state-of-the-art FTDs.

This new 7,694-square-foot facility is located at the Lake Charles Regional Airport near the Era Helicopters’ headquarters in Southwest Louisiana. At the heart of the facility are two new state-of-the art helicopter flight-training devices (FTDs) manufactured specifically for the Center by Frasca International. The Center also includes the finest in high-tech classrooms, custom briefing areas, administrative offices, and amenities.

We offer a wide range of courses to hone the skills of helicopter pilots to the specific aircraft and missions, e.g. offshore and EMS, with data developed in the field by professional pilots with years of experience. The Era Training Center then let’s you back up your FTD training with real-time training using Era’s diverse fleet of aircraft at the nearby headquarters.

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