If you look at the financials posted by the GOM helicopter companies, you'll see they're making record profits. The oil companies are throwing money around like it was Christmas, because they have more profits than they can spend. Air Log apparently has decided to spend some of their money on pilots. PHI still seems to want to poor-mouth them, and I hear they lose more than 50% of each new-hire class, either to other companies paying much more money, or the pilots just can't fly and flunk the flight training. You have to be a pretty poor pilot to flunk out these days, and there are lots of them applying. A release from arbitration is around the corner, according to a little bird, and a cooling-off period would start soon thereafter. Just about every contract ever signed under the RLA has been agreed to near the end of the cooling-off period, almost never before, so maybe a benchmark contract will be signed soon, and then everyone might get a raise. BP & Shell likely won't look kindly on a strike, although there isn't anyone else who could take those contracts in the short term. There aren't enough helicopters available, nevermind pilots.
If you listen to the radios, there are nearly as many foreign accents on the frequencies as southern drawls. There is a ton of foreign pilots in the GOM, and the number is growing rapidly. The number of female pilots is also growing, and I think that's a good thing.
14/14 schedules are easily available from just about any company, but lots of us don't want them. 14 days is too long to be away from home, and too long to be at home. Those who disagree with this can easily get a different schedule.
I made >$100k last year, but that was as a topped-out IFR captain with lots more overtime than I wanted. Lots more. I would be happy to have more money thrown at me, and I think it's coming eventually. Unfortunately, inflation is about to hit with a vengeance. Oil prices this high will force the price of absolutely everything to rise, everywhere. I just hope the raises keep up with inflation. $100k may not be a very high wage in a couple of years.