@TroyTempest
Why can't Sikorsky or Bristow issue something to keep us at ease?
There are so many parties who have "the own dog in fight". This "development" has started already since 1979. It looks that nobody couldn't jump away of this "development" because the speed has been accelerated to be high enough...
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is not any more involve this because Lockheed Martin bought SIK about three months ago. The transaction volume was 9.000.000.000 USD cash. This deal closing was made three months after the first Bristow Nigeria S76C+ accident where the helicopter come unflyable and six people died.
Bristow has still about 80 units of S76 series helicopters in daily operation.
I hope that will clear the picture?