What's New In W. Africa (Nigeria)

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Both DanCopter and Caverton are both accident free - unlike Bristow and CHC. Small operators, with the help of Shell Aircraft, write far better safety cases than the fat-cat operators who are only interested in being paid to introduce the latest safety standards and fixing problems that are not an issue locally.

Interesting point - have you seen the photographs of Caverscum's SA365N with the power line support cable still embedded in the main rotor blade? Oh, of course not; the pilot who also had a small disagreement with a child near Aba with a Gitto Copter (another small operator) had failed to notice anything amiss with his machine and had entered such in the journey log, so no possible accident could have occurred

There is, of course, Nigeria's smallest helicopter operator, OAS, whose decapitated Squirrel on the Eastern outskirts of Warri is a testament to the superior safety records of smaller operators.

Any suggestion that Shell now wants the Caverton-DanCopter plan to fail due to lack of personnel is just mischief-making.

Of course it is. Shell can never be seen to fail or back down. no matter how many people have to be murdered to prove it - just ask the Ogoni people . Shell don't mind paying millions of dollars to shut the poor natives up, but they'll never admit to their alleged murderous deeds.

Many reputations at Shell Aircraft hang on the success of this venture which is not in doubt.

You just said it all. The success of the Dornier was never in doubt which is why it is still operating so successfully to other success stories like Osubi and carrying the fat cats to their weekend island getaways like BomBom Island Resort. The success of Osubi has never been in doubt which is why it is now one of the busiest airports in West Africa with its superb location and fabulous ground-based navigation aids; the envy of every other airport in Nigeria - and as for its operating costs and landing fees: they are legendary even in Africa's rip-off capitol. The EC155 is also an untrammelled success, dominating as it does, offshore markets world wide. I'm certain that ConDoctor will be here next week (only a few weeks late) to demonstrate to all Smell's competitors why it is so much better than every other helicopter in the offshore market and enjoys the enormous sales which make it the envy of every other manufacturer.

ensuring that select representatives of the local populus need to benefit from the economic boon

... are you referring to 'Populus Tremoloides', the Trembling Aspen, the North American deciduous tree (could this be a link with Caverscum's Dauphin's attraction to a large object with a significant woody content near Brass ).
boon A benefit bestowed, especially one bestowed in response to a request, such as 'Oyibo, what have you for me? Or possibly, 'Is that a brown envelope or are you just pleased to see me'? Mae West (aka RFD Beaufort MK28WB Passenger Lifejacket).

Beautiful weather it is too for the time of year innitt?.....