North Sea - operators and safety

[jimcarler]

Pilots and crew across the North Sea are clearly getting hit pretty hard, with pay squeezes adding to already stressful work. Several instances are mentioned where only the skill of the pilots have prevented a disaster - incidentally both on Sikorsky S92s.

https://www.oilandgaspeople.com/news/14457/could-helicopter-cutbacks-jeopardise-passenger-safety/

Is anyone on here working there currently? Are cutbacks by operators like CHC making the job harder, and are they having a direct impact on safety? Seems to me that the operators are reacting poorly to an industry on the ropes (low oil price meaning belt-tightening being passed on etc). Am sure there have been more hairy moments with the S92 too...

Pilots/crew as usual bearing the brunt of the cut-backs and nearly all of the risk - no change there then...

[Sir Niall Dementia]

Take a look at this thread, learn how the oil companies treat contractors, then see how the operators overcome the stress and hassle.

http://www.pprune.org/rotorheads/595685-oil-company.html

It's gone on for years, is nothing new, at long last some publicity is happening.

SND

[minigundiplomat]

II wouldn't take anything in the oilandgaspeople too literally, it's the offshore sectors own version of the Daily Mail. Only a matter of time before we see 'helicopter operator ate my my child' headlines.

[ersa]

When it comes to money and safety...........MONEY wins all the time......Ive seen contracts being won at 50% lower...than the average , how are these companies doing this......you tell me....