There is allot of truth in what blueskymine has said
The biggest problem I see (from the outside looking in) is NTAMS want a 5 star service, but can't afford to pay for it.
The most likely out come is that the winner of this will be Pel air or Care flight as the tender requires the new operator to supply fixed wing/rotary wing as well as nurses(from what I've heard) and there are few operators around with the capacity to fund or supply what NTAMS are asking for. The following link shows small details of the tender and has a long list of tenderers.
Tenders Online - Northern Territory Government
the winner of the tender is expected to be announced in June/July and are expected to pick up the work by January 2011. it is possible that the pearl aviation contract will be extended but at the moment allot seems to be a mystery
Althought none of this seems to be the fault of pearl aviation the labor government seems to be quick to blame them for NTAMS problems, the NT Health minister Kon Vatskalis has been heard in many interviews claiming that pearl aviation will not be Keeping the contract....... but how many times have labor ever told the truth?
