How much do commercial helicopter pilots earn?

Are there openings for Commercial Helicopter Pilots in Brazil?

• I lived in Brazil for 4 years up until 2006. Was thinking of heading back. I have Brazilian citizenship and I was wondering if Brazil is in need of Commercial Helicopter Pilots? Back when I was there in Rio de Janeiro the market was saturated. However I hear that things have changed and that Brazil is on a hiring spree and in desperate need of commercial airline pilots due to a large number of pilots retiring. Was wondering if the same thing is happening with Commercial Helicopter Pilots? If so I would be willing to get my commercial license here and head back to Rio with the wifey.

• Answer:

  Sao Paulo is the number 1 capital in the world for executive helicopter transportation - Every CEO in Sao Paulo has a helicopter landing on top of his offices to fly him from home in the morning, and to fly him to his appointments in the rest of the day - Rio had good helicopter activity as well, but Sao Paulo is by far much larger than Rio - Have a look also at Porto Alegre or Curitiba, the other big business cities - Things have changed a lot in Brazil in the past 10 years... It is no longer the "third world nation" (insult used by the people of North America and Western Europe) - In 25 years (or less), Brazil will be well ahead of many if not most of the "first world nations" of 2011 -