Anyone who goes for Wsop that is not particuarly interested in doing so and treats it as a 'back door' entry (easy!) for other opportunities may be surprised to spend at least 3 years (payback of training) being fairly miserable, especially if you go down the maritime route... You actually have to do sh*t loads of work to gain and retain your cat at first...lots of, unless it's your thing, quite boring number retention and BSD regurgitation..
Been away from the 'office' for a while but last time I heard (and this is not set in stone but from a source I trust) we were 3 overborne at the cold place with a small to medium queue forming at the door..Can't comment on the other parts of the Wsop world but when has rotary ever been up on numbers?... So chances are they may well offer you that option.
Really think hard on how important it is to you to just get airborne...You have probably researched officer flying positions to the N'th degree...if you are wavering on what to do take a couple of weeks to check out where you could end up as a Wsop...look before you leap