Rotor Driver
Hi Rotor Driver
I am in complete agreement on your accessment concerning pay.
The only thing I see a lot of people are missing, is that the "JOB IS GETTING DONE." As SASless could tell you, we use to regularly break 100 hours every 28 days, in Eket. It was so common that management came to expect you to break the limits. About the only people who wouldn't get "bad boy" points for not breaking 100 hours were the Nigerian co-pilots. Since Mobil didn't put their foot down, NO PROBLEM. Bristow's management had an agreement, that as long as the job got done, it wasn't the Oil Companies concern. Until the OIL COMPANIES require the air law be followed, you will see more of the same situation. The current staffing situation is not a new phenomena. The fewer pilots assigned just means more profit for the operators. Until the NCAA or the Oil Companies forcefully enforce the Air Law, I wouldn't expect any changes. Trust me, when I say that upper mangement is fully aware of the situation.
Cheers,
Musket33