I don't see the oil companies paying the extra costs operating a EC225 with 16 seats instead of 19 and said by P1 I don't think it would make a difference 16 guy's in the back in the L2 incident 12 survived.
I think it is more the training and the funding for HUET training that needs to be addressed as mentioned in my previous posts.
Maybe change the seating arrangements instead of having rear facing seats, have all seats front facing in all SP helicopters just like the S92.
But I see one problem getting to and from the seats would be more diificult.
Just a suggestion but not an easy solution.
Maybe the guys in the back would feel more comfortable.
But someone has to pay for these mods and rightly so the oil companies do have money enough and maybe they should contribute more to safety.
Last edited by pumaboy; 31st Aug 2013 at 19:13.