Thechopper: Your reference to the BPWonderchopper is probably referring to the proposal to replace some offshore rescue facilities with land and offshore based helicopters. A few of my friends who are offshore based have pointed out that if we cam't do the routine crew changes in poor visibility then how can we rescue workers in the same conditions? The answer is that if the oil companies go for the helicopter option the aircraft will be specially equipped to do the job with such facilities as auto-hover and auto-transition, along with infra-red vision aides - equipement that will never be available on normal crew-change aircraft due to thier cost. Remember also that when Search and Resue aircraft are opertating the are sometimes required operate in quite risky conditions which in "a life for a life" situation is acceptable but for routine crew-change flights will NEVER be acceptable. Hope this clears things up a bit!!