What gets invested into infrastructure is either an expense or captial investment and reduces profits. The savings those improvements create through the reduction in accidents and deaths/injuries generate future profits.
SASless, make up your mind what you really want. You accuse oil companies of little or no investment in new equipment etc, and when they do you castigate them for trying to increase the lining in their own pockets by devious means. Seems you are on to a winner whatever happens.........??
You are obviously referring mainly to GOM operations in your second "speech" 'cos "all of the above" have been invested in North Sea operations over recent years. As for the standards to which helicopters are operated anywhere. That should have nothing to do with the customer, be it oil industry or any industry, the operators should set the standards and provide their customers with
safe and efficient services.
Why dont you use some of the energy that you expend on PPRUNE to get operators together and improve things for everybody. Gripeing on this channel is easy, getting real results is the challenge. Are you up to it??