East Anglian Air Ambulance temporarily grounded/Longmint status
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Bloody hell thats sad, Uk needs more air ambo rather than all this malarky! I know squat about longmint or EAAA really. Get MAS or Bond or whoever to take it on with the Bk s they have, Am sure one of them could take on the pilots and engineers etc they have in about a week, or as someone has said Alan Man helis............... whoever just get the thing back up doing its job !!!....................and no not the good old realiable Bolkow which was great in its day but now........ not really!
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Alan Manns is the same group as Sterling so that would be of no help, same management problems, also I don't think they have the right type of AOC.
They are also having problems and key people have left and are about to leave. Again good company, shame about the owners.
EM
They are also having problems and key people have left and are about to leave. Again good company, shame about the owners.
EM
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Having read this thread and if all is to be believed i.e continuous late payments of salaries, key staff leaving, contracts pulled, AOC in suspension, assets being transferred into other group company names, I don't think you need to be a business ace to work out what's next 
Not good. Let's hope someone can pick up the pieces and keep the business going.
Not good. Let's hope someone can pick up the pieces and keep the business going.
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Very succint summary. Hopefully those affected will come out OK. As this has been going on so long now I imagine that there are several companies ready to pick up the peices, like Bond did for EAAA.
Strangely LMF hasn't been heard of recently, no pprune in the Aston I suppose.
Very succint summary. Hopefully those affected will come out OK. As this has been going on so long now I imagine that there are several companies ready to pick up the peices, like Bond did for EAAA.
Strangely LMF hasn't been heard of recently, no pprune in the Aston I suppose.
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Bond helicopters run the majority of the UKAA so I expect they will get the contract.
Reliable and dependable unlike Sterling over the last few weeks.
With the issues they have I predict Sterling are on the way out. Even if they could put the key people in place over the next few weeks it would take months to sort out the paperwork and licenses by which time the contracts have migrated elsewhere.
Reliable and dependable unlike Sterling over the last few weeks.
With the issues they have I predict Sterling are on the way out. Even if they could put the key people in place over the next few weeks it would take months to sort out the paperwork and licenses by which time the contracts have migrated elsewhere.
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Ye Old Pilot, I must agree with you.
I did, however, bridle a little at your use of: "Sterling not being reliable and dependable".
Can we all agree that the blame for this cluster-flup lies squarely with Longmint Directors, the names of whom we all now know?
Sterling have excellent staff who have always given great service, and if not interfered with would still be doing sterling work!
(see what I did there?)
I did, however, bridle a little at your use of: "Sterling not being reliable and dependable".
Can we all agree that the blame for this cluster-flup lies squarely with Longmint Directors, the names of whom we all now know?
Sterling have excellent staff who have always given great service, and if not interfered with would still be doing sterling work!
(see what I did there?)
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Sorry,
I meant of course the Longmint management and not the staff in the hangar or Gerry or anyone involved in Anglia Air Centre.
I cannot see the Sterling name surviving this.
Sad days for those who worked so hard to see it come to this.
Where are Bond working the operation offices from?
I meant of course the Longmint management and not the staff in the hangar or Gerry or anyone involved in Anglia Air Centre.
I cannot see the Sterling name surviving this.
Sad days for those who worked so hard to see it come to this.
Where are Bond working the operation offices from?
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"Skydrift's Bandeirante and Anglian Air Centre's aircraft have been transferred to Alan Mann. As has the old air ambulance G-EYNL"
My understanding is this is a long planned move.
My understanding is this is a long planned move.
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"I believe i am correct in saying, was the "not-for-profit" arm of Longmint aviation..... it was not planned to be like that though"
First we here at Skydrift had heard of being not for profit, we make a signifcant contribution to the group.
First we here at Skydrift had heard of being not for profit, we make a signifcant contribution to the group.
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Freon ... just a reminder that documents lodged at Companies House are available for anyone to view.
Cheers
Whirls
Cheers
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I thought the fixed wing work at Fairoaks was one of the few things bringing in money. If they have lost that as well as the police and ambulance contracts then where are the getting funding from. There are quite a few people in the group, although less each week, and they have several leases and ac mortgages.
Tomorrow will be intersesting!
EM
Tomorrow will be intersesting!
EM