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Old 9th Nov 2012, 10:00
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Colibri49
 
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Dry Wretched Thunder. Like Helicomparator I would get back into the EC225 right now and fly it knowing that Bristow will be monitoring everything as closely as they have always done, even before the May ditching. Both of the 2012 ditchings almost certainly (some might say certainly) wouldn't have happened if the vibration data had been downloaded after each flight.

Please believe me that I'm a very cautious pilot and have enjoyed a long flying career by striving to fly only when everything indicates that it is safe to do so. My attitude is no different from every North Sea pilot in all the companies. We all want to reach pensionable age without incident.

There is no doubt that Eurocopter will be pulling out all the stops to come up with a very convincing solution, if for no other reason than not wishing to lose even more future sales to their rivals. They know that they can't afford any repeats.

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