Yes ‘deeper’ you are correct. CHC did put a bid in for Queensland Rescue. I believe the bid was extremely competitive, to the point of being way under the current operating costs of QR. You don’t have to be a business expert to realise it wouldn’t be hard to undercut the Queensland Government with regards to QR. They have so many staff at each base and even a full time administration assistant. Going from something like 13 staff to 6, well you do the figures. The fact all the reports and cost evaluations have been kept ‘private’ should indicate something.
The fleet and crew management structure of CHC would enable QR to be run efficiently and effectively. They even have the ability to replace the line aircraft, should it be offline, with another one of similar type rather than an AS350.
The newly formed Australian Helicopters also has some in-roads…
Yes, it is an excellent service, that is costing a ‘S#%^ Load’ to run.
Well, who ever takes over next year won’t need to work hard to reduce costs!!
Richard
