pitchlink
You are correct about the pensions situation. However, Bristow still have a number pilots with a final salary scheme, abeit now closed. This scheme still costs the company a lot of money to keep it up to MFR standards. But you are right, they save money by the rest of the pilots only having a DC scheme and that hurts!!
To counter that, the Bristow loss of licence scheme is far better than CHC Scotia's and the detachment allowance negotiated in 2005 is something CHC Scotia don't have at all.
As I said earlier, all three companies have some good bits and some bad bits! It all comes down to what you want and what you are comfortable with.
bondu