Nope....never got offered the 155....as I was on a Day Rate Contract making more money than the CP who was really miffed about that. It would have meant a serious pay cut to revert to a regular employment contract that would have been required to do the Conversion course.
But then the 155 did have a speckled history with Shell as it was a thorough bred doing pack horse work. Doing the Forcardos run....the old 212 matched the elapsed time for a round trip and hauled several more passengers and baggage each direction. (Before someone protests....I was flying the 212 and know it happened.) At least the 212 had some ventilation and could open doors on the ground without worrying about lopping off the tops of them if you had the rotors running. The 155 was faster in the air....but getting it started up....doing the rotors running loading at Forcardos....and getting back and shutdown....took longer than for the 212.
But Shell Aviation Advisors making the big bucks decided against the 412 without even taking a look at them....wonder why....must have been some serious Francs crossing some palms....or was it Euro's then? Surely.....it wasn't Niara!
The same exalted Shell Aviation Advisors bought the Dorniers without speed brakes/spoilers too....evidently that was a really brilliant idea! Again....did someone at the factory have a couple or three of them setting around from a failed contract or something and offer up a signing bonus to someone in the dark of the night?