The fact is that Air Log is a very large player in the GOM, and there is very little excess capacity in terms of aircraft and pilots. In short, there isn't a company that can take over Air Log's contracts, not even all the other companies combined. In the event of a strike, the affected oil companies are just SOL. There aren't enough boats to cover everything even if they tried. The parsimony of the oil companies over the decades here has resulted in all service companies maintaining bare minimum inventories of equipment and personnel, because that's all they could afford, based on the low-balling tactics of the oil companies. The close-in production can mostly be covered with 206s, probably, but the deep-water big drilling rigs, which rely on medium or large helicopters, simply can't be covered in the event of a strike.