Union airlines are paying mechanics how much?  

There are line qual premiums, license premiums, shift diff premiums, and location hard-to-fill premiums. Some also give profit sharing. Not all, but the top brands on that list could net a topped-out mech approx 140k with the potential for added double time on top of that. No BS gom helicopter company will ever pay that kind of compensation. They'd rather fire everybody and let the mgt pull the golden parachutes.