Well if another company came along and took your job away from you by underbidding and then failing to deliver, how would you feel?
Crab it would appear that you are soothsayer.
Brother, I gather that there is time for you to qualify as a SAR pilot after all...
I have heard that Bristow have been asked to provide (continue to provide) LIMSAR for Shell and Inpex until the end of the year, due to the ongoing ATSB/CASA investigation into HNZ's "serious training incident".
That will be at least
6 months since the proposed contract start date, which was already watered down to be LIMSAR only.
Shell and Inpex are expecting HNZ to graduate to AWSAR 24/7 in February 18. Surely that can't be a realistic possibility, with the rate of progress at the moment?
Given that there are thousands of workers off shore, with Shell's flagship vessel Prelude inplace and the Ichthys at full capacity, the imminent cyclone season must be making the management of those companies slightly nervous (or maybe embarrassed).
To think that they could have had a 24/7 solution in place from the start.
Is there a precedent of an operator wining a contract (a contract that appears to have been modified to suit them at the last minute) and then not providing the service for at least 6 months? Surely the clients would tear it up and realise their mistake.
Is there anybody in the industry who can explain this abject failing?
Surely it cant be price alone? The HNZ bid must have been really cheap in comparison to the competitors, and presumably there are penalties for not fronting up?
Anyway safety first eh.......?
