As a more general request, there must be some rotorheads out there who operate, or whose company operates these aircraft to Class 1. Please could you ask your operations director what documentation they have to justify operating to Cat A equivalent; and more generally what is going to happen post 2010.
The AS355 is an old aircraft now but never the less a valuable one to operate either as a spare or on minor surveilance or EMS contracts, where the revenue does not justify a more modern aircraft.
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