Bristow out of Australia?

[Nescafe]

The scuttle-but is that Bristow Australia have lost their last contract and have been served 90 day notice by the client.

[ersa]

hahahahaha , whats the purple circle going to do now.

[RunSCV]

Hopefully that sees the end of that pox on aviation that is the HR manager...

[finalchecksplease]

hahahahaha , whats the purple circle going to do now.

Don't understand that pilots can take pleasure out of others losing their job or am I reading this wrong? :=

[Nescafe]

Don't understand that pilots can take pleasure out of others losing their job or am I reading this wrong?

Not sure, but I think it’s a reference to the management that dragged Bristow down.

[RunSCV]

Don't understand that pilots can take pleasure out of others losing their job or am I reading this wrong? :=

You may find that some of those that are left, are held in some part responsible for the loss of some 130 other jobs over the last few years. Hence the less than sympathetic tone.

Terrible shame for what was the best company in Oz by any measure.

[Twist & Shout]

The portend for other “top heavy”, poorly managed companies, who seem to have lost sight, of “Aviation”?

[ersa]

Don't understand that pilots can take pleasure out of others losing their job or am I reading this wrong? :=

Correct , nothing but sympathy for the pilots .

[belly tank]

Correct , nothing but sympathy for the pilots .

RunScv
You may find that some of those that are left, are held in some part responsible for the loss of some 130 other jobs over the last few years. Hence the less than sympathetic tone.

Terrible shame for what was the best company in Oz by any measure.
As RunScv said. :=

[GreenerGrass]

.......“Vote NO”.......

[Kulwin Park]

Agreed. It was one of the best companies for pilots, Perth admin staff, and engineers. All of the tours were exciting by one way or another!

The background management needed to get out and see the real situation deteriorating in the last few years. They thought they would win contracts by merely sending emails. It's a shame they didn't try harder.

If true that they're out of Oz, then it's terrible news for the few remaining staff. I think it's only in VIC too.

[Bluntendboy]

Five years ago, had someone said that Bristow Australia would be out of the offshore helicopter business, one would have thought you were nuts! However, the slow decline started quite a few years ago and it was an obvious start to the downhill slide that commenced in earnest with the loss of the Chevron contract on Barrow Island that had previously been held for a very long time. Sadly, the slide never abated.

At the end of the day, everyone has their theories as to why the company slowly became irrelevant in the local oil and gas industry. Regardless, it is a sad outcome for many front line staff (pilots, engineers, ramp and ops staff etc). There is no one celebrating the apparent 'local' loss of a once mighty, formidable and envied company. Some will be hopeful that a certain unfortunate individual may finally be shown the door after inflicting so much carnage to all and sundry over a protracted period of time. People can but live in hope...

The Fair Work Commission staff can also finally take some holidays now after being inundated for so long over the last few years. There may also be some head office staff thinking how profitable the company will be now that all those 'greedy, highly paid pilots and engineers' are gone. Definitely a progressive, contemporary mantra to degrade professionals in relation to their earnings.

Perhaps now, the new head office abroad may finally take a good, long and hard look at the staff in position of authority and make the necessary changes required if there is to be any return to the market in Australia. The next question is how long Air North remains owned by Bristow?

[nowherespecial]

I think the reality is that BRS et al who are exiting markets all over the place are leaving because they cannot make sufficient money in them to justify trying to carry on. While some offshore players are still acting irrationally and pricing low (see recent Brazil reverse auction for some great examples), those that have the option to lose less money by shutting down will, and should, do so. Run the management down as much as you like but there is a story behind this and very few people get into the management jobs they have wanting to be terrible.

[Nescafe]

Babcock to move in?

[industry insider]

Babcock to move in?

And lose money like it does on every contract it has taken from Bristow over the last few years.

[Nescafe]

And lose money like it does on every contract it has taken from Bristow over the last few years.

I don’t work there, nor do I have access to their books, but they seem to be the preferred operator for my Aussie colleagues to go to.

[Unregistered_]

And lose money like it does on every contract it has taken from Bristow over the last few years.
...and others. It has been a race to the bottom for the past 10 years.
BTW, I thought Babcock were getting out of the offshore market after stomping it into the dirt?
https://tinyurl.com/y663fad3. June 2020.

[GreenerGrass]

Pretty sure PHI/HNZ have accelerated that race to the bottom with their contract in Broome industry insider....

[Brother]

Pretty sure PHI/HNZ have accelerated that race to the bottom with their contract in Broome industry insider....

i don't know about that green grass, i was a bit involved with the start of that contract in broome and it wasn't money that brought in phi it was a capacity issue with brs.

[nbl]

So how many contracts / people have BRS now.

[GreenerGrass]

Not disputing the 225/92 issue but 3 on 3 off, no annual leave, no DTA, 457 Visas strikes me as a downward move in pay and conditions in Oz.

[Medevac999]

Not disputing the 225/92 issue but 3 on 3 off, no annual leave, no DTA, 457 Visas strikes me as a downward move in pay and conditions in Oz.

is that 3 weeks on/off?

[Fareastdriver]

is that 3 weeks on/off?

Pretty obvious. Back when I was in Broome it was two on/off for Bristow pilots. 3/3 cuts down the beans spent on travelling.

[Same again]

BRS pilots certainly had a good life in Australia. It couldn't last. When I was inbound to do some contract flying a few years ago I was asked if I would consider sharing with another pilot? If I agreed they would pay me an extra $125 per day. I said thanks - but I would prefer my own room. Oh! - we don't mean sharing a room - we mean would you share a 3 bedroom house and pool with another pilot for an extra $125 per day?

[Brother]

So how many contracts / people have BRS now.

I don't think they have any unless they get the beach contract back in Vic. if they don't it will just be the airline in darwin

[Nescafe]

It looks like Bristow can’t take a hint from Beach Energy!

https://www.seek.com.au/Job/51031879/?cid=ios-share

[Nescafe]

Well, it’s all over for Bristow Australia, the Beach Energy Tooradin contract has been awarded, not to Bristow but to.....

[206LDriver]

And so the bell tolls for Bristow Aus, they go from near on 90% of the offshore market with 150 pilots and a similar number of engineers to nothing. How could the leading provider of offshore services in Australia have been scuttled like that?

[Nescafe]

How could the leading provider of offshore services in Australia have been scuttled like that?

Arrogance, hubris and a determination of management to be distracted from the best interests of the business by pursuing petty agendas. There’s three ways for starters.

[bwilson]

Arrogance, hubris and a determination of management to distract from the best interests of the business to pursue petty agendas. There’s three ways for starters.
Spot on Nescafe

[Medevac999]

Well, it’s all over for Bristow Australia, the Beach Energy Tooradin contract has been awarded, not to Bristow but to.....
Who won the contract?

[rrekn]

Babcock...

[rrekn]

Looks like they moved AW139 VH-PXF to Warrnambool over the weekend, pictured below in the Babcock SAR livery landing in Adelaide.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/1024x695/6288887_178d92fde865c916384ef8de7a5e431f7369e4cf.jpg

[Kulwin Park]

RREKN did Bristow sell their 139's to Babcock & repaint them?

[rrekn]

Nope, they'll need the complete the contact. This is an ex-CHC machine.

[Fareastdriver]

Do they have TUPE in Oz or do the old personnel just get their cards.

https://www.gov.uk/transfers-takeovers

[Nescafe]

No tupe, but they’ll get $250k in the bank from a massive redundancy payout, and most of them are due to retire anyway.

[Fareastdriver]

I don't know they are faring at Aberdeen. I checked the flying programme today and they had thirteen flights. When I last flew from there it was about sixty five/seventy.