Apparently there is now serious concern within CHC on the ability to meet the contractual requirements as they are reliant upon retaining the Bristow crews to staff the operations. The concern continues as they realise that assimilating strangers (and former competitors) into the system is hardly grounds to build a cohesive operational team! If the crews don't move, maybe a bunch of "Europeans" will meet the requirments - but the clock is ticking!
The second issue is the availability of operationally equipped aircraft. Looks like there may be S61's in operation for a while yet!
And the Aberdeen scuttlebutt has it that all the redundant MCA equipment is being redeployed and would not be available to extend beyond the original contract expiration without a significant contractual commitment from someone.
Might make for some very interesting viewing!
