Badly paid? Helicopter pilots? Nonsense! It's a king's ransom. I did 250 hours last year in a twin turbine and they gave me £40,000. If I worked in IT and hired the same aircraft for, say, £500 an hour I would have had to give them £125,000. Therefore a net gain of 165 grand!! Beat that in a real job!
Slip the surly bonds mate...