NST said
if a 225 goes down simply roll out another
but all 6 of our 225s have full flying programmes (typically 4 flights a day) so whilst NST might be right from a public perspective point of view, its certainly not the case from an oil company point of view. We have to keep the aircraft serviceable to avoid financial penalties, there are no spare aircraft. If one goes U/S there is a big impact. Overall the 225s have been quite good and as I mentioned, mostly its a question of non-availability of spares, and not just big items. Sometimes its as ridiculous as plastic washers etc.
HC