Always sad when you see folk trying to deal with the internal trauma effect that a fatal accident has within an operating company.
The possible demise of Copterline serves to underline the old adage
"If you think safety is expensive - try having an accident".
Estimates we use to illustrate the costs of such an event are between $150m and $250m.
Anybody from management reading this I hope will give people like Dr Steve Walters a call and get him to build you a Safety Management System. No better time like now to get investment cash out of the CEO and the shareholders. The most important aspect of a successful SMS is "buy-in" from the management and now is a good time to get on the bandwagon.
Terrible when something like this happens but at least something good may come of it if a lot of folk get wise to the "cheap and cheerful" philosophy.
G
