Bristow has a legal obligation under European law to take a number of CHC pilots. They supplied the information regarding numbers to CHC who then informed their staff of what their individual position was. If the information above is true then Bristow has reneged on the information it supplied to CHC within a week.
Worth noting that when CHC took over the UK SAR contract they honoured the TUPE regulations and took all the Bristow staff. Bristow are well aware of European law and if they have put their own staff or contractors into these positions then that is at their own risk.
Also to be noted is that the Conoco contract is involved as well as the BP.