II not sure about your neck of the woods, but around here the major players all comply with the minimum standard set by OGP etc. However that compliance is demonstrated in a mostly tickbox way. You get no extra ticks for having a better culture or for exceeding the minimum standard in most cases. So then it just becomes a race to the bottom. Are the operators blameless? No, of course not, but neither are the Oil Cos, and it is the latter who control who gets the contract, so the power rests with them.
Also, I find the drive for brand new aircraft slightly worrying, its not like buying a new car! Just like all its predecessors, no doubt the AW189 will have something horribly wrong with it, we just don't know what it is yet!
Last edited by HeliComparator; 26th Aug 2013 at 14:33.