I work 2 on 3 off as a regular offshore rotation. Yes, 3 weeks off is great but 2 on is hard work. Remember, its a 12 hour day 7 days a week. We don't get holidays or bank holidays in leu. If you were to work out the hours worked, we still do more hours than a regular 9-5 worker with holidays. The pay is good though. As an electronics engineer on the beach I was earning 30K (Ok that was about 10 years ago) but you can double that offshore. I guess the money pails into insignificance when the choppers fall out the sky. Regarding this recent crash, some of us here will know Scotty Dallas lost his Dad in the accident. So hold back on the jokes.