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AMC Starting pay 69-73K is equal to 30ish dollars an hour.

PHI, Bristow, etc are all around there right now even for offshore.

There are only a few companies paying for good quality pilots.

Also some of those companies have gate keepers keeping out pilots due to hiring practices.  IE- if your not military, or a certain group of utility.  You are not getting even though you might have more experience or be a better pilot.  

Sometimes its who you know, not what you know....same goes for skillz---pilot skillz that is