Sasless i am the wrong one to ask as i looked at flying and operating in the UK 25 yrs ago .....and went to the states !!! Sadly all the suites have since bred amongst themselves and employed all their children
There is no hope left for us over here i am afraid . An AS 350 b2 ( say $1.2m min value ) would have to go out at almost $2,000 per hr to make any sensible money at all when operated on an aoc with all of the charges involved , and to do that you would have to find an owner happy to let you use his machine and pay him say $1400 wet hire . ( and thats still paying the pilots peanuts !!) Stay where you are !!!!!!!!and keep your sanity .