Well, have this as a thought....
I phoned STORM AVIATION today and had a quick chat.
The story seems to be that if you have a lot (i.e. 5000 hours+), a couple of thousand COMMAND hours and a few hundred COMMAND hours on type, then there may be jobs out there for contract work.
Forget it if you are an FO......
FO's are ten a penny, always have been, always will be.
It is only that this time round people will pay for ratings without the guarantee of a full time job.
DISCUSS.