Anyway it will be interesting to see you start up a new operator. Even more interesting to find out if you can do if for the same cost as you pay your contractors, or whether you will have to throw more money at it to put on a good show!
No more than a question asked at a recent management meeting so can be considered a thought bubble until the evaluation is complete. It would be for Company use only, not for charter.
It's all very predictable these days, we can lease 225s from the same lessors at fleet rates (due to their buying power) as the helicopter companies do, we can get the same PBH rates, we already lease the base facilities that our operator occupies, we can buy fuel at our bulk rates we use for boats and rigs, we can insure for competitive premiums, we can employ good people at the same union rates + a little. Importantly, we could more closely control the standard of the product and have transparency with safety issues.
Unless our contractor is providing the services for love, we shouldn't have to throw money at it to put on a good show.