Originally Posted by
HeliComparator
On the captaincy issue, I think a chunk of the problem is that the offshore industry is so brow-beaten by cuts and clients breathing down necks wanting to make a big fuss about any glitch in the service, that there is a tendency to just want to keep one’s head down and not make a fuss. Turned into bus-driving zombies if you like. One can argue that pilots shouldn’t react like that, but human nature is what it is and no point in trying to pretend otherwise.