Does he want to be stuck in helicopters, or fly aircraft and be captain of a 737-type or Airbus at 28 and ready for the airlines?
I was stuck in choppers when the RAAF still had them. Ended up on them for the rest of a 45-year flying career. But I trained a heck of a lot of plank drivers, who have retired on their airline-level pensions in their million-dollar waterfronts. Bastards. Should have scrubbed them. Actually, a few of the scrubbed lads went into the airlines and are now squillionaires. Bastards.