MartinCh:
Not very descriptive thread title, Mr OP, I suggest some journo crash course.
There's a thread running on this on the 'main' US heli site/forum that shall not be named.. The guys there mention the hit ERAU's going to take, being 'private' and charging small fortune for the non-flying bits..
There was higher amount mentioned, but I guess 10k is part of the plan.
I can see the changes in some of the heli school's marketing dept (ie website):
The Vietnam era pilots are about to retire, but it'd be massive, in, ehrm, 4-6 years' time
What would you call the thread Mr. MartinMc?
I checked the drop down forum menu and saw no 'Main' US heli forum.
BTW, I am one of those Viet Nam era helo pilots that plans to retire within the next five years. I wonder if there is a way to estimate how many of us 60+ year old working R/W pilots are out there. Just a thought. Might give some up and commers a little encouragement.