North Sea Phantom - I have seen the letter above circulating around the company, and am aware that pilots are willing to undersign. The letter raises some good points that both we and I'm sure Bristow and Scotia management are well aware of but are we really signing to say that "anything less than 50% is unacceptable" ?
We have plenty of good arguments in our favour and these need to be put forward primarily to the oil companies by our management but to suggest that even a small minority of the pilots woruld down-tools and walk out if we were to be offered 20% is I beleieve, plainly not fact.
We all, as a united workforce, believe our services are worth more than we currently receive. Together we can achieve a lot more but at the same time, we need to keep our feet on the ground and by that I mean that we cannot threaten, what we have no intention of carrying out.