Bond-Jigsaw
I'm amazed at the lack of comments regarding Bond being awarded the Jigsaw contract.
I am a Coastguard SAR pilot, and I know the guys that did the Jigsaw trial, and to a man, they all said how difficult it was to work up to and maintain the standard that BP required........and they were almost all current Coastguard aircrew.
Where are Bond going to get that kind of experience from ?
Ex military pilots are generally very good, but it takes time to get them up to speed (no critisism intended, civvy flying is just different) And I've heard the L2 is not the easiest machine to get to grips with (I'll stick to my 61 thanks)
I think it's great to see more work coming up, but I personally don't believe that Bond have the experience to start up this kind of SAR operation.
If BP were so keen on safety at any cost, why didn't they give the work to a proven operator?
Does anyone care?