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We look after one 1000 hour a year aircraft seven days a week with 8 guys. We get leave cover from larger bases. If we went to two aircraft I would expect two more. Shift patterns work out at 4 days on 4 days off.
When we were operating 7 aircraft 7 days a week all over a 1000 hours we had 24 guys.
That was previous generation aircraft which were also a little long in the teeth.
This included all maintenance and component changes except for major inspections (10 years/6000 hours).
I also think that those making snotty comments about Bristow being American should think about the well paid jobs that they provide for a huge number of ex military pilots and engineers. Most of us pay UK tax, live and spend our money in the UK. When you look around any civilian crewroom flying or maintenance most still have a military background and long may that continue.
If there are corporation tax issues that is for the government to sort out.
Last edited by ericferret; 27th Mar 2013 at 12:31.