Sounds about right.
I don't think anybody knows where the new pilots will come from. The oil companies are planning a lot of work this summer on the North Sea and both companies are pretty much working to their limits at the moment. Bristows probably has some slack in the system at the moment but that'll be used up very quickly.
I think the management are planning to fill the gaps with contract pilots and where they are coming from is anyone's guess! Mind you the problem may be with a shortage of aircraft rather than with pilots.
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