BHA Domilcile and a new player offshore.
The new HA pluto field contract whilst not good for BHA's commercial department will have a positive flow on effect for all as it stirs the pot a bit. This stirring has already translated to positive changes for the pilots such as the new BHA DP. The new version of the BHA DP seems to be a good change overall for their pilots but it will never keep everyone happy.
BHA may still loose some of their FO's to the likes of HA unless the DP includes all those already in Perth and waiting out their four years until they are allowed to move. BHA need to have some mechanism to retain new guys who they have spent a considerable amount of cash on putting them through a long training process. Making people move to Perth has worked for them up until recently as there was little alternative if you wanted to get into offshore in Oz but now the options are more varied and the move to Perth line may not work for them anymore?
To play the devils advocate with the BHA guys in Perth that do not qualify for free flights in the latest changes to the policy then you have a few options; apply to HA or go overseas, move back East against the policy or stay put and stick to the deal that you made when you agreed to join BHA in the first place?
Its a pilots marketplace now more than ever IF you have the experience to be able to move on/sideways. Most sub 4 year FO's don't possess that level of experience and to move on just because you don't get a free plane ticket would be a big call?
Pepi 72, mate, unfortunately experience gained externally to the offshore, medium/heavy twin market does not translate equally. Meaning that many of us have gained thousands and thousands of hours doing demanding Vfr jobs only to have to start at the bottom of the heap when transitionong to the offshore world. It may not be fair but that's the way it is. There is a ladder and it must be climbed one rung at a time, fact.
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