There is a tremendous shortage of helicopter flight instructors in South Africa at the moment. As a newbie, a realistic earning rate is about R250 per hour as a GRIII and about R350 per hour as a GRII. The R400 - R500 mark is for the more seniour guys.
Lets face it, as a fresh comm with an instructors rating, 50 - 60 hours a month as an instructor is easy to do and this would have a guy earning roughly R12500 to R15000 per month. With the requirement for GRII being only 200 hours, this would mean an immediate jump to a salary of R17500 to R21600.
What other professions can offer this immediate return on the investment made?
Oh - And this is training on R22s essentially.