You have a point and I admit it  

  Yeah you are right in that T & H are among the few who will start a guy. But admit it, an experienced guy with a lot of background would lose out to a minimally qualified and experienced guy (enough hours to be insured and no more) if it came down to it. Because the operators want a guy who will do things exactly as they say, i.e., to unlearning to do, and also when there is some kind of safety or rules question the minimal guy knows he's a dime a dozen and will take the chance. 

And I forgot to qualify that there is different kinds of ute, the hovering-over-powerlines thing 8 hours a day is not my thing. God bless those who can do it and want to, and all that, but it ain't me. Always wanted to fly fires and to do external/construction but those jobs go to the diversity hires, the noobs, and the Old Club Members. It is what it is.