Originally Posted by
Hattori Hanzo
Why did the aircraft have to wait until there was approval from Sikorsky and CASA to get back to Broome? As I understand it (admittedly from this thread) the aircraft were grounded by their own company. Given the chamfer characteristic is widely understood not to be a safety-of-flight issue, what does this have to do with BRS and CHC?
I’m not sure.
Maybe trying to deflect the embarrassment caused by BRS and CHC doing the flights HNZ were contracted (oh so cheaply) to do?
The brave new world “budget” model may not work so well when the premium providers are forced from the market by the race to the bottom, and no longer able to step in to get the job done.
Getting the job actually done, doesn’t seem to be a priority anymore. Not something worth paying extra for.
Along with complying with the country’s Aviation regulations, it’s become second to “cheap”.
It’s amazing that winching without correct approval, or whatever has caused the extensive SAR contract delay, wasn’t stopped by “Bow ties”, “step back 5” or the wearing of hi vis vests!
