PEAR is right about his statement. Furthermore if you do not have a serious financial backer, you are wasting your time and health. Most of the people who tried, found it very hard to get by, unless they had LUCK and a big bank account to start with. You better check the competition out, as they will do their hardest to drive you out... Knowledge, experience, etc are not sufficient. You will NEED CAPITAL to get you by for over 2 years before you can see a meagre return. I 've been there and did it the hard way despite advice from more astute people. My advice is fly for someone or simply enjoy being a Private weekend warrior with a normal income (non flying) during the week. Commercial Rotary Pilots are not rich people....