"Basically there is no role for a CPL H with 150 hours and a R22 rating, for one thing our insurers would add such a premium for low time pilots the amount would exceed the annual salary of that low time pilot!!"
Sure the training orgs would be doing their best to suppress the facts.
It worked for me, told 1000s of heli pilots needed, even big posters on the walls with quotes from heli-mags
And working for free just isn't enough now, I know paying
for fuel is done now to build up hours.
I take it your are in the New Zealand Helicopter industry?
or moved from the scene to another country.