TomBola,
A couple of corrections,
Bristow currently pay all NEW contracts in US$ since being bought by OLOG and renaming as Bristow Group.This has to be paid into an offshore account located in the British Channel Islands and is a bit worrying with the US$ trading so poorly at the moment.
Also unless you can negotiate a better deal the only benefit you will recieve is medical insurance, NO loss of license, pension etc.
Cheers
L'