He did originally propose quite seriously to Statoil that the SAR cover was to be provided with an AS350.
Another flight of fancy. Everett decided quite some years ago that the way forward was with twin engine machines only and the only single-engined machine on the inventory is Simon Everett's personal Enstrom. They have not operated a single for at least 5 years. The Statoil contract always stipulated a full auto hover AW139 which is why that was what the third aircraft was.
It takes far more qualified and experienced people to run an offshore contract with SAR cover flying to legal flight and duty time limits than Everett can provide.
As Everett already demonstrated, if a contract is obtained, the qualified people can be obtained either by direct employment or by sub-contracting companies with the requisite qualifications.
Well hopefully this contract is not the same as the previous one which required 2 offshore AW139's and one winch equipped LIMSAR standby aircraft available and crewed during all times that the offshore machines were flying.
During the last contract the LIMSAR machine was available and crewed 24/7, hence the provision of crew bedrooms on site