Interested in becoming a helicopter pilot

[AirCobra]

Good advice by Caveman with a few exceptions. A few larger schools like HAI have formed partnerships with companies like AirLog and PHI to place people flying offshore in a relatively short amount of time, usually at 1200 to 1500 hours if you go through their program. That could mean as little as two years as a CFI before moving on. Problem is those companies do have to be hiring when you get the enough flight time as a CFI to qualify. Northeast Helicopters in CT places a lot of low time guys around New York flying tours in turbine equipment also, but once again they have to be hiring and they sometimes lay people off during the winter. The plus side is even though these are considered entry level jobs, starting pay is usually in the mid $40's to low $50's so its a lot better than a regional airline FO pay.