Savoia
6th Oct 2012, 07:47
I have in the past, and most specifically in relation to rotary access to the City of London, taken a couple of mild swipes at the BHA for their apparent inability to instigate initiative of behalf of the UK's rotary wing industry.
After reading Jeremy Parkin's recent article on Helihub regarding Helitech I feel compelled to take a further swipe and here's why:
BHA Chairman Brian Humphries stated that Helitech organisers Reed Exhibitions pay a stipend of £25,000 a year to BHA for their support, saying "We either had to make the best of it or opt out, placing our solvency in these tough times in doubt with the loss of £25k per annum".
We can only conclude that the BHA have gone against the wishes of the majority of its own membership purely because it wants to stay alive. With a full Council meeting of the BHA scheduled for next week, it seems quite extraordinary that BHA have made a major decision like this without consulting its membership, when those running the organisation clearly have many doubts themselves. If the membership value the work of the BHA, it would be they who financially support its ongoing work, and thus they who should make the decision whether or not to support Helitechech organisers Reed Exhibitions pay a stipend of £25,000 a year to BHA for their support, and that "we either had to make the best of it or opt out, placing our solvency in these tough times in doubt with the loss of £25k per annum".
BHA dilemma – Support Helitech move or go bust | Helihub - the Helicopter Industry Data Source (http://helihub.com/2012/10/04/bha-dilemma-support-helitech-move-or-go-bust/)
If what is reported is so, then I am disappointed that the BHA is so brazen about its dependency on Reed's contribution and so willing to mention this in relation to their decision to support Helitech's move to Excel.
To me it reveals a disappointing lack of backbone and calls into question BHA's commitment (and therefore ability) to effectively represent British rotary-wing interests.
After reading Jeremy Parkin's recent article on Helihub regarding Helitech I feel compelled to take a further swipe and here's why:
BHA Chairman Brian Humphries stated that Helitech organisers Reed Exhibitions pay a stipend of £25,000 a year to BHA for their support, saying "We either had to make the best of it or opt out, placing our solvency in these tough times in doubt with the loss of £25k per annum".
We can only conclude that the BHA have gone against the wishes of the majority of its own membership purely because it wants to stay alive. With a full Council meeting of the BHA scheduled for next week, it seems quite extraordinary that BHA have made a major decision like this without consulting its membership, when those running the organisation clearly have many doubts themselves. If the membership value the work of the BHA, it would be they who financially support its ongoing work, and thus they who should make the decision whether or not to support Helitechech organisers Reed Exhibitions pay a stipend of £25,000 a year to BHA for their support, and that "we either had to make the best of it or opt out, placing our solvency in these tough times in doubt with the loss of £25k per annum".
BHA dilemma – Support Helitech move or go bust | Helihub - the Helicopter Industry Data Source (http://helihub.com/2012/10/04/bha-dilemma-support-helitech-move-or-go-bust/)
If what is reported is so, then I am disappointed that the BHA is so brazen about its dependency on Reed's contribution and so willing to mention this in relation to their decision to support Helitech's move to Excel.
To me it reveals a disappointing lack of backbone and calls into question BHA's commitment (and therefore ability) to effectively represent British rotary-wing interests.