Guess what, being a commercial helicopter pilot is not the only difficult job to get into.
I work in the financial markets which is an equally desirable job, maybe for different reasons though. We are constantly flooded by applications from people desperate to get into the business offering to work for free etc. (they never get the job by the way). Even when they get in, probably for every one who is successful 10 fall by the wayside disillusioned or not achieving what they hoped.
Bottom line is life is tough and to make it you have to work your bollocks off and never give in. I believe you need a lucky break or two, usually involving meeting the right person, but you can help make that luck through hard work and determination.
Thats my two pence worth anyway.