Shytorque, locals up there are getting behind him:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/s...ds-pilots-job/
Not sure if these things help by extending the publicity and profile in the media. The alternative would be to let media fatigue set in and CHC sort things out without the glare of publicity and normality rapidly resumes after reinstatement. People seem to have run with the idea that 'suspended' actually means 'fired'.
Not first hand but I did hear that the butcher's helipad, sorry field, is about 30 secs flying time from KOI and directly under the route KOI - SUM which they were taking. So, a diversion of zero miles, not 84 as quoted by the Sun!