Contractors are so inflexible. Oh wait a minute:
FB Heliservices*** Helicopter Training*******
January and February 2005 saw two of the FB Heliservices Bell 212 helicopters from Brunei deploy to Banda Aceh in support of the Tsunami relief operation. FB Heliservices engineers detached with the aircraft to provide all engineering support, living in tents with the Army aircrew alongside the operating area. A total of 246 flying hours were flown during the 32 day deployment, carrying 250,000 lbs of freight and 71 passengers.
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FBH Maintains Brunei Bells on Tsunami Front Line: AINonline
Bristow commercial director Allan Brown told AIN that the Bells will transport freight and relief workers to the hardest-hit areas of Aceh. “We have identified other helicopters in China and the Solomon Islands that, if required, can be drafted [into service]. The military types are taking the lion’s share of the burden at this stage, but commercial types normally take over as the peak of the crisis passes.”
Perhaps its just down to how imaginative the contract writers are and how responsive the contractors.