Putting the Smoke and Mirrors aside, should we really be applauding the arrival of an already obsolete airframe?
When a credible operator recently introduced the S92, it was placed on the Australian Register, Crewed with Aussie Pilots and a true first for Australia.
In the Tooradin operator scenario it is N registered, Yank crewed and hardly worth applauding.
In relation to the continued trollip about this operators pay scales you really must be kidding! Only fixed based in the NW shelf pay well and this is greatly improved by the company renting houses already owned by the Pilot or Engineering staff. A little creative with 180K figure I think.
Bristows are soon to crack the 100k barrier with live in SFO's in Karratha or Broome, with zone allowance, executive housing, power and weekends off.
As for the highest paid Captains you just cannot go past ESSO.
So let's just get this all back into perspective, anyway who is the CEO of the Tooradin operator. Can anybody confirm a management change?
Bring it On.
