Gee after 10 years of applying, I interviewed with Rocky Mountian Helicopters last week. I interviewed for an EMS position, flying a BK-117. I have no Multinengine Helicopter time. All of my time is in Bell 206's and Bell 47's. The gulf here in the states has been very dry do to low oil and gas prices. As for that Flight School's idea that there is a shortage of Helicopter Pilots is suspect at best. There is a shortage of guys with previous OAS/USFS cards for forrest/fire work. I belive that there will be a shortage of pilots in general, in the next ten to fifteen years. Its the insurance and the customer that more or less set the pilot experience level. You can't get a job in the gulf anymore with out an instrument rating, never mind the little fact is that 9 times out of 10 you end up in a 206 or A-star, VFR. The customer wants the instrument rating and a lot of guys don't have one or can afford to get one. I'm more or less lucky, I fly both fixed and rotor wing so having a job flying has never been much of a problem. On of the big things that did come up in the interview was the fact that Military Guys don't have enough flight time comming out of the service. As for my chances, I figure around a 30% chance of being offered the job. I don't know how it is in Europe or the rest of the world, but here in the States, the Rotor jobs are few and far between and we have a lot of avation here.