Helicopter School / whats in a name

1) Is there any room in the helo business for civilian pilots. From

I know ONLY one ex-mil. The rest is predominantly self-made.

2) Is it better to get my license from a well known school or a
smaller school. The school I found here in Chicago has some great

Personal preference. In the end it comes down to your instructor -
hopefully you have one responsible for you. You can find good
instructors in small as well as in large schools. But a lot of very low
time just-fly-with-me-to-get-some-hours instructors, too.

3) When I am done with my flight school, and have all 5 flight
ratings, how do I get my 1000 min hours to start a job?
I have talked to people and most of them said "become an instructor

At the moment, with a bit of luck you can get other jobs with less than
1000h, but you have to start as CFI anyway. And this is not a bad job
(except for the payment). Maybe you stay with that job longer because
you like it and you learn a lot.
You get turbine time automatically with later jobs. Sometimes also as
CFI at some schools. Don't pay for it!

4) When I am done with school I will have to start paying back the
lone I took out to fund this. Will I be making enough as a

Don't do that!!! Not with a loan. If you don't have the money, forget
it. No guarantee. One of the worst things you can do with your money is
flight training - economically!

5) From what you have experienced, where is the best place to get a
loan for what I need. I have found a few places with a SLM loan from

Forget it. Don't do that. Better take all your money to a casino - if
you are lucky you can pay for the training afterwards - if not, at least
you don't have a loan to pay back.