average salary in the USA is $37,000
average cost to train as a USA helicopter pilot/instructor (assume 200 hours total) = $50,000
average salary in the UK is £22,000
average cost to train as a UK helicopter pilot/instructor (assume 280 hours total) = £50,000
so... in the USA it costs 1.3 times the average salary, and in the UK it costs 2.2 times the average salary
(salary sources:
http://ask.yahoo.com/20040518.html and
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story...542254,00.html)