Steve, you might think of moving west (lower taxes, and car insurance out here too !!!), and getting some production long-line, and mountain time first. When I looked into logging a few years back, all were looking for guys with production line (the longer the line the better) time. You could also try the operators running the 214's, as they use low-time (I know you're not really a low-timer) guys for co-pilots.
Cheers