Five years ago, had someone said that Bristow Australia would be out of the offshore helicopter business, one would have thought you were nuts! However, the slow decline started quite a few years ago and it was an obvious start to the downhill slide that commenced in earnest with the loss of the Chevron contract on Barrow Island that had previously been held for a very long time. Sadly, the slide never abated.
At the end of the day, everyone has their theories as to why the company slowly became irrelevant in the local oil and gas industry. Regardless, it is a sad outcome for many front line staff (pilots, engineers, ramp and ops staff etc). There is no one celebrating the apparent 'local' loss of a once mighty, formidable and envied company. Some will be hopeful that a certain unfortunate individual may finally be shown the door after inflicting so much carnage to all and sundry over a protracted period of time. People can but live in hope...
The Fair Work Commission staff can also finally take some holidays now after being inundated for so long over the last few years. There may also be some head office staff thinking how profitable the company will be now that all those 'greedy, highly paid pilots and engineers' are gone. Definitely a progressive, contemporary mantra to degrade professionals in relation to their earnings.
Perhaps now, the new head office abroad may finally take a good, long and hard look at the staff in position of authority and make the necessary changes required if there is to be any return to the market in Australia. The next question is how long Air North remains owned by Bristow?
Last edited by Bluntendboy; 25th Oct 2020 at 04:38.