Check the OLOG and CHC financials......maybe the Bond Boys will forego a new Rolls and merely drive Jag's ! Ever wonder where all the money goes from the operations out of Aberdeen? How much does the overhead cost....how much does the parent corporation draw from the operation to fund its headquarters, marketing, and other operations as compared to knocking off one big contract and using new aircraft without having the costs of maintaining old aircraft?
Market forces will act in wages....just like anything else....if the demand is there....the wages will rise. BALPHA just needs to make sure the Bond Boys have a unionized company to deal with as well and the wages will have to be similar to those at CHC/BHL.