My motivation to fly helicopters is not money. I can earn far more money doing what I am doing now than I ever will flying helicopters or fixed wing for that matter. The salary for a professional helicopter pilot is awful considering the investment put in by the individual. I do want to fly for a living and in a perfect world it would be helicopters. It is unreasonable to expect people to invest 60k and upwards to take a job earning 26k a year. Which fool would invest in a scheme like that
There is also the bond to consider for IR/type rating etc. So if flying for a living means it has to be fixed wing to earn a respectable wage then it has to be a serious question you ask yourself.
Flying helicopters is the best thing you can do with your clothes on
lets be honest about that. But if you have other responsibilities sometimes you have to give up something
I couldn’t agree more that flying in the North Sea’s conditions and the skills required to do so deserve recognition.
Sad world we live in really
