SB,
It might seem like a silly suggestion, but why not try Africa? Bristow are desperate for people at present and pay amd allowances are good (as they need to be because of the risks involved - though, if you ever got to NI/Falklands/GW it would be as nothing!
). They're offering 6/6 or 8/4 touring rotations (good for avoiding UK tax liability
) and you'd fly around 80 - 100 hours a month, so good for hours building. It's not too long away from your family if you have children and all the time off is completely free, which is great. With your hours, you probably wouldn't qualify for a command on most oil company contracts, but Bristow now employ some expat SFOs, you'd get valuable offshore and IFR time and soon have enough hours to meet the oil company requirements. You'd also get a Bell 412, EC155 or S76 conversion which may be useful down the road. Although Bristow is an American company nowadays, it still has an office in Redhill which does a lot of the administration for Nigeria and the 2 ops managers in Nigeria are both currently Brits. If you want to know more PM me