The situation in Norway as I under it.....
Customer(Statoil/Exxon) says Fly.
Eurocopter says Fly.
CHC/HS says Fly.
Union(SAFE) says No Fly.
There was a Press Release issued at the end of the Meeting.
Don't know if this is it.....
Norway rejects union calls to ground Super Pumas | Energy Voice
Has CHC made a Public Announcement of the Decision yet?
Checking to the only to the Minimum Standard without Recurrent Training as part of the evolution i, Check Pilots checking their fellow Check Pilots, and doing only the Minimum required training is not a recipe for success.
The Check process should be a training procedure as well as just testing for compliance to the minimum standard. That way....hopefully....performance at some point exceeds the minimum acceptable level.
Company TRE/IRE's checking one another if not monitored very carefully can result in serious degradation of standards. Getting third party evaluations of Check Airmen is a very valuable Tool to improve standards.
Using Third Party Audits also assists Management in finding potential weaknesses in the Operation......sometimes an outsider might just have a better idea.
If you are afraid of having someone inspect your operation and make very candid evaluations of what they see......perhaps there is a real need for that evaluation.
One Guy's Opinion anyway.