Jetboxer - Thanks for taking the time to prove my point!
I specifically said Aberdeen because: 1) a Safety Case should be done for each base seperately, 2) Aberdeen is also the base that the majority of all new Bond's flying has been from and 3) it is the base where the vast majority of their AS332 family flying has been from. The last two points should actually favour Bond statistically.
So in 8 years Bond have lost 3 aircraft and 17 people.
My challenge to go back 30 yeras in Aberdeen finds that Bristow have lost two AS332 in 1995/1996 and CHC (including BAH, Britintel and old Bond) hae had one substantially damaged due to a deck roll over in 2004 (and I think that was rebuilt!). Both even predate Bond's reformation.
All the other cases you bring up were not Aberdeen or even Central North Sea ops (in fact you have scrapped the ESB, SNS, Irish Sea, Dutch sector SAR and Nigeria to try to reinforce your weak case).
The fact remains that the majority of accidents to Aberdeen helicopters have involved Bond
The advantage of small operators, which is why I prefer contracting with them, is that they know (or should know) that an accident can finish them (whereas the big boys can always point to all their other accident free experience).
So the small operators (in which I include all the Norweigian operators because they never really pay attention to their owners) really have to strive to be the best and listen to experts like Shell Aircraft.
Certainly a small operator with 3 strikes against them has little to fall back on.
The arguement that the MRGB failures 'could have happened to anyone else' is unconvincing because worldwide, Bond has such a tiny percentage of AS332L2 and EC225 experience. Other posters have noted that in cases the helicopters were meant to be being 'closely monitored'. I will say no more.
Now that management changes have started I can confidentally predict that by Christmas, certainly before the next anniversaries of the three accidents that:
I'm also sure that in 2 or 3 years, after they have built up EC225 experience in Denmark, Dancopter UK will appear. Maybe by 2020 there will by NHV UK too in Aberdeen!
If BMI Regional fold or relocate that will free up a nice new base on the east side. The old Heli-One hangar is still empty too.
Roll on some competition!