Zeppelin and Good Year have been flying blimps and semi-rigid airships continually, there are quite a number of qualified airship pilots as a result. As for tr

Zeppelin and Good Year have been flying blimps and semi-rigid airships continually, there are quite a number of qualified airship pilots as a result. As for transfer from airplanes, only somewhat. Airships have a lot in common with boats/sailing but really they are very much their own thing with their own set of constraints and difficulties.