Original Message

So with some guys making 35 dollars an hour making pizza, should we as helicopter pilots ask for more money?

What is your professionalism worth?

Long Line 150FT- fires, mining, etc

IFR- Offshore

VFR-Offshore

Ag Flying- Both Day and Night

HAA- VFR or IFR, mountain, etc

Plus doing all this in the heat, cold, planning yourself, fueling yourself, doing lots of things without help.

Unlike our fixed wing brothers who get everything handed to them...