I went to a dinner party last week which was attended by a senior oil company man who I have known since the early eighties. While I have continued to bend spanners he has risen to the dizzy heights.
He said he could not understand why the helicopter operators continued to cut each others throats particularly on price.
In their defence I pointed out that whenever the oil companies shouted jump the operators reply was how high. Each jump increasing costs till the point when overheads became massive.
Next stage is a new kid on the block (Bond, NHV, Dancopter e.t.c) leaner and less top heavy.
Then the whole cycle of jump/how high starts all over again.
Last edited by ericferret; 22nd December 2012 at 12:35.