Flight Hours: 14,358

Mr. Oyvind Vataker is the Director of Operations and has been with HeliNY since 2007. In 2011, Mr. Vataker became the Chief Pilot for HeliNY and was approved by the FAA as a Director of Operations in August 2022. Mr. Vataker holds an Airline Transport Pilot License and has more than 35 years of experience as pilot in command, with over 14,000 flight hours in more than 16 different make and model helicopters in the NY-Metro Area. He has over 13 years’ experience as a Company Instructor and is an FAA approved Check Airman in the Bell 407 and Bell 427. Prior to working at HeliNY, he was a company instructor, tour, and charter pilot in NYC. Mr. Vataker has more than 6 years’ experience as a News Pilot for WNYW and WNBC in NYC. Mr. Vataker has attended multiple manufacturers’ Initial, Transition and Recurrent Training Courses including the Bell 407GX, Bell 427, Airbus EC130T2 and Airbus EC155.