This has been really interesting reading. Where to start?
Well done CHC.
I watched the news reports last night about Mr X who had been involved in a motorcycle accident somewhere around Orange. He said that if careflight were not there then he would have lost his leg for sure. It's not the company that does this life saving (or leg saving) work, it's a combination of the medical staff on board and the profesionalism of the crew up front to be able to get the medical crew to the scene safely and efficiently. So Mr Badham - aren't CHC capable of doing this? you've said they're unsafe!
CHC holds the contracts in Vic, ACT, QLD and also in Wollongong along with RAAF SAR contracts throughout Australia. They've been in Australia for 30 odd years. Talk to the medical crew involved with these contracts and you will find they are very happy. From what I've heard from the guys and gals at Wollongong, they've never been happier.
The only change you are really going to see is a different work platform - better aircraft, safer aircraft, faster aircraft.
The Careflight Doctors are "cutting their nose off ..."
A single operator, uniformity across the board. You will be able to work on any aircraft and know that where equipment is, what equipment is used, procedures involved. You will more than likely still be working with the same aircrew that you have been working with for the past years.
The general public are being brainwashed into thinking that no one else is capable of doing the same job. Well, sorry to say this but there are other company's that can do it just as well as the Careflight and Westpac models.