JimL,
I took this quote from your most informative post from below.....
Even if such changes to the operational code are not made (which is unlikely), customers are likely to require such performance as part of their duty of care to their passengers and responsibility to their share-holders.
It begs the following question in my feeble, alcohol ravaged mind....
How can your statement hold true re Gulf of Mexico Oil Support operations and the mindset extant we see down there? Are you forgetting about the GOM on purpose or did you really retain a UK CAA/JAA-JAR focus naturally with no conscious thought about the US FAA/GOM situation?
Sorry...that is two questions!