My immense wit is sometimes too subtle for some.
Alas, I cannot comment on the lifting jobs as I am a mere "baby" when it comes to flying Helos - and I haven't "worked one".
(Although I did really SUCK at sling until the day before my flight test, so maybe it's a Kiwi thing...)
However. I studied hard and flew my ass off to pass and get my licence - and it was a damn good pass dare I say so myself. So, bite me for getting kinda testy when it is implied otherwise.
I would imagine that there is a "range" of skills of those who have a CPL, but I would also hope that if any of these are not quite "up to speed" they would be dealt with by the person employing the pilot?!
Do you not have to demonstrate your ability before getting a job over there?
As for my response to your post being a personal insult - no, I'm normally more intelligent than that but I thought I might be wasting my breath