Whether rick1128, or you, or I consider the V-22 a helicopter is unimportant.
The regulator who has so far dealt with and categorized it (the FAA) does not consider it a helicopter.
That's important.
My guess is that those older folks who transitioned into the V-22 from helicopters will have an easier time finding helicopter jobs than those who were in the V-22 from the get-go, at least for some years. Until then, Agusta Westland or Bell-Boeing are going to be the places for those folks to go for jobs, and there won't be many of them.