Wonder how much that 60% is actually worth..

"Both companies have strong safety management systems"

Mr Huxford's retirement fund maybe?

27£ Million its in the Bristow Accounts

I wonder with Bristow ring major share holder they'll look at Easterns poor management and encourage people to stay? Incentives etc

Incentives
 

Yeah, incentives would be nice one day. For the moment just a 'normal' environment would be nice - stable roster, not having to apologise to pax everyday, more crew, engineers, dispatchers... Hell,more of everybody...
Sometimes you wonder why Bristow want to put their name to this as it stands at the minute. I really,really hope they have a plan.:eek:

Most of the small regional companies in the uk seem to have all got rid of the dead wood when new owners arrived and are doing well ( Aer Arann had a big clear out and Flybe ). Fingers crossed this happens you guys too ; )

This is not meant in a nasty way at all Fred - but did you REALLY think anything else was going to happen?

Eastern Airways' staff are just another expense (to be minimised)….

There is a recruitment company phoning round everyone on the books who has J41 mentioned on their CV's.

the opening line is "I am phoning you about a great opportunity in the UK"

Then opens up about a large regional operator.

"er mate that's obviously Eastern"

"Well yes it is."

"Well any UK national with a J41 rating will have worked for them before"

"And the only others will be helitrans and that greek lot"

"yes I am finding that"

"Not having much success then?"

"Not really, one bloke in Newcastle said he would rather gouge his testicle off with a wooden stick and drive a bin lorry for the rest of his life than work for eastern again"

"ok mate thanks for calling"

"not even slightly interested?"

"Nah your OK, have you got any bin lorry driver jobs on the books?"

laughter and "bye"

If a recruitment company is phoning people - does this mean that Eastern is trying to recruit, despite being "overcrewed"?

A few months ago, management said that they were completely unconcerned about pilots leaving (to drive bin lorries, obviously).

p.s. A quick look seems to suggest about £8 per hour in the Tyneside area for HGV Class 2 Driver.

eastern
 

any news concerning MXP base? it is also overcrewed?

Eastern Airways adds to Saab 2000 fleet
 

A ninth Saab 2000 is heading to Eastern Airways, Humberside Airport-based regional charter/schedule operator. More here:
Humberside Airpoort airline's new Saab 2000 will serve oil and gas industry | Grimsby Telegraph

has all the talk of Loganair taking over the Shetland contract come to nothing now? If so is it because Bristows now own a chunk of Eastern?

Rumour has it Lakey is 30 million richer now!

I heard another rumour (probably very old now) that Eastern lost the Milan helicopter contract?

I also hear Mr Hertzberg has developed a personality, but surely that cant be true.

Mr Personailty
 

He has noticed they have finally got him into a situation from which he can readily be made redundant

Care to elaborate?

Just got prodded with a PM so I thought I would call by and say hello!

How's it going? Any juicy Eastern gossip or is everyone too tired to post in here :)

Three letters, IAC.

Any sign of a competitive response from Eastern against Flybe's 3x daily ABZ-LBA-SOU-JER stopping service ? Alternatively anyone able to come up with a rationale for when it's optimal for Eastern to give some sort of response ?

Eastern closing French Operations
 

Airliner world is reporting the closure of Eastern Airways French operation due to the closure of the Dijon base, how many aircraft are based in France and what routes are these surplus aircraft now going to operate?

Any word of Eastern doing Faroe charters, or just crew room banter?