T total, They probably mean with only offshore experience you couldn't be sent you out on a sling contract/low level survey/shooting ops/mountain ops and some other stuff the utility guys get to do quite a bit of. This is only because being offshore you won't have had any exposure to this if you became a Co-pilot right after training. However, you would learn to do this type of work with the minumum of training due to having your offshore flying experience! IMHO
I can't see why anyone would want to leave the high pay and good working conditions of the offshore world to work your arse off in the bush/mountains/jungles that utility pilots find themselves in for about 3/4 of the pay of an offshore pilot.
Hey wanna swap?