DV - presumably the Veritair licence to operate offshore (is it still called an ATL7?) remains active with the "new" Brintel under Tony Jones?
If I had been the Scotia management I would have ensured that part of the agreement of the buy-out by him contained clauses to stop his Company operating offshore in the UK for a period of some years - much like the requirement for BA neither to own nor operate a helicopter company for a period of seven years after they sold BAH to Maxwell.
Hence the urgent requirement for BCAL to sell off their helicopter arm before they themselves could be purchased by BA.
One point about reinstating the NSPA. If pilots are so apathetic that they cannot forcibly make their point to BALPA that they are not being adequately represented, how on earth can they expect to resurrect the NSPA in order to forcibly put their points to management? Whichever course is taken, neither BALPA nor the NSPA will be effective in the North Sea unless the members themselves become actively involved as a group, rather than the majority just paying their subscriptions and expecting miracles.
Oh hell - the spelling police are on patrol so I've looked up ressur....resurrect!
[This message has been edited by Speechless Two (edited 19 July 2000).]