Boy, do we ever sell ourselves cheap. Dave was making US$405 per day, but guess what. The next lowest paid person in the camp is the diesel mechanic. He's paid US$750 per day!! Most of the rest are paid somewhere between US$1000 to US$1200 per day. And they sit back in the camp surrounded by guards, while the helicopter moves around slowly at the end of a 100ft line (siesmic work).
The ad for pilots in Just Pilots was just a resume gathering exercise, so that management could show the Gulf Helicopters pilots why they don't need to give a pay increase. Sound familiar!