Mr. Selfish,
Did I understand you correctly? You think that wages will rise dramatically when there is a shortage of experienced helicopter pilots?
I don’t think so. A shortage will drive wages down. The employer will say to the low time pilot you are less experienced than the last pilot I had (and can’t replace with a pilot of similar experience) and so I will pay you less…and this will drive wages down.
As an employer I don’t want high priced experienced pilots because they cost me a lot of money and I can find enough work of the type that needs their experience. I want pilots with a sound training and an adequate level of intelligence to make appropriate decisions, to comply with SOPs and listen to the advice and instructions of the company’s supervising / managing pilots that I pay more to because they have the experience and qualifications to hold the posts I am required to fill by the regulators.