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43Inches
Taking over a contract is not taking over a business, the new company slides in and pushes the old company out. The existing staff may be offered transitional positions but on new contracts in a new workplace.
This is how the pilot workforce suffer a reduction in pay and conditions. Companies bidding for this type of contract work should compete against each other based on their management ability. There is nothing clever about submitting a tender based on paying lower wages and reduced conditions of employment. Ideally there should an award to cover aeromedical operations so regardless of whether company X or Y win a contract, pilots' pay and conditions won't be adversely affected (just as it is for the government counterparts).