Eurocopter CEO departing!

[212man]

I see Lutz Bertling is moving on!

Lutz Bertling appointed President and CEO of Bombardier Transportation. (http://ir.bombardier.com/en/press-releases/press-releases/42563-lutz-bertling-appointed-president-and-chief-operating-officer-of-bombardier-transportation)

[Bravo73]

Is this a case of 'rats/ship' syndrome?



(And I'm not for a second inferring that Mr Bertling is actually a rat but I hope that you get my point...)

[Bravo73]

In what way would the ship be sinking? The 225 will be back in service soon so the ship is buoyant I would suggest.


Haha. You don't happen to work for Bristow, do you? (Or even Eurocopter, for that matter). That sounds like the sort of pro-225 propaganda that they like to trot out.

Eurocopter haven't even been able to replicate the cause of the shaft failures. If they don't even know how it is breaking, how on earth do you expect them to be able to fix it?

IMHO, the 225 is a long way away from being 'back in service soon'.

[MiKeRoToR]

EC225..., EC135 rotor hub cracks... AS350B3e tail rotor problems... (VNE is reduced to 100 kts @ sea level), :=

No good news for EuroCOCOpter pilots :} (Like me)

[Rigging Pin]

Maybe also mention the EC155 MGB problems... seem to be "o.k" now :rolleyes:

[lowfat]

As 365 and EC 155 tail gearbox....

This is the man who promised 225 would be back in the air by Easter. Obviously it's not so send him back to trains where he came from.....

[HeliHenri]

Trains don't have MGB and at least, he's leaving his former firm free (without a policeman on each side) ;)

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[Pittsextra]

EADS Global Website - EADS Appoints Guillaume Faury New CEO of Eurocopter as Lutz Bertling Departs the Group (http://www.eads.com/eads/int/en/news/press.20130312_eads_guillaume-faury-.html)

Meet the new boss... Given the issues I guess a better CV was hard to find.

[chopper2004]

Probably not related but I heard from several peeps at HAI that they thought EC were subtly paying more attention to their military product line not altogether relinquishing responsibility for all 350/355/365/120/135/145/175/225 customers.

Currently whats likely to stop production in the future for EC, first

350B3, 355N, 365 maybe 135?

Cheers

[Ian Corrigible]

Currently whats likely to stop production in the future for EC, first? 350B3, 355N, 365 maybe 135?

Unlikely to see the 350B3 or 135 dropped any time soon.

http://i.imgur.com/f0p617l.jpg
(From EC's 2013 Heli-Expo press pack)

I/C

[aegir]

Originally Posted by Chopper2004
Currently whats likely to stop production in the future for EC, first? 350B3, 355N, 365 maybe 135?

I don't think so. The 350B3 is the most purchased of EC fleet, like the 135 for twin engines.
The 365 will be replaced with the X4 in the future.