I am not a helicopter guy, but I have some contacts who are.

One is the sister of a friend who was working as a helicopter CFI for a school in Oregon, the other was a blackhawk pilot in the Mass Army NG.

Basically the CFI is out of work and the guard pilot can only fly in the guard because there is nothing out there in the civilian world. Getting a decent civilian job requires several thousands of hours and in the guard it is hard to build the time.