Original Message

You don't stare at a flight director constantly. Take a nap, read a book, listen to podcasts etc. easiest job to do nothing for way more than I ever made in a helicopter. Crossing the Atlantic is much better than hopping to toad stools in a crap 407 with no AC and living in a trailer in Houma! The helicopter industry is not attracting the numbers of young military pilots it once did due to the amount of time and effort to gain minimum experience to get hired at a lower salary than a regional airline pays now ! The return on investment is not there in the rotor industry. It's only going to get worse, all while the management scratch their old gray and bald heads.