Jeepys
Shytorque makes a very good point regarding private flying versus public transport. I was flying police helicopters before the advent of the PAOC. At that time it was simply private flying with one or two exemptions from Rule 5 low flying restrictions. You'd probably be very surprised at how unrestricted it is. Purely as a random example, I recall my record was 27 consecutive days 'on duty'!
I can well see the appeal of the almost totally unrestricted nature of private flying, (I don't know if this was?) rather than PT, to the very wealthy!