Merged: Pel Air vs RFDS for the Air Ambulance contract in Australia
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Word from a very well placed source (a NSW lower house MP) is that there is less than a million $$ between the two tenders for the NSW contract.As she put it "chicken feed", but she wouldn't be drawn on exactly who was the more expensive.
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I imagine it will all come down to what type of sevice they can provide the Ambulance service with for their dollar spent not just the over all tender price.Just My 2 bob.
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they've put it back 3 times so the preferred tenderer can get all their ducks lined up..by preferred I mean the one with the most expensive lobbyists..no bull!!
Sh!t process
they've put it back 3 times so the preferred tenderer can get all their ducks lined up..by preferred I mean the one with the most expensive lobbyists..no bull!!
Sh!t process
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Well it is a rumour forum...
Any truth in the rumour that a certain consortium bidding for the NSW contract has still not paid the entitlements to the last batch of pilots it "let go"...??? If true, its a worry that they cant even find the money / decency to fork out....
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Does anyone know if or how the loss of this contract will effect the Launceston base? Is their main work under the Vic Ambulance contract or RFDS clinic and medical flights?
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A little birdy told me that the QLD contract (extension of) will be announced tomorrow. Just wanted to say good luck to the RFDS. Let us hope that common sense prevails and no other influence affects the decision, such as promising more regional services in the RPT field. But then our pollies would not be swayed by such a thing,,,,,, surely 
On a COMPLETELY UNRELATED MATTER, was that a West Wind I saw in Guam the other day? Grounded by the local authorities? Rumour has it the governing authority there told the pilot to leave and never come back, this is a rumour network after all.
Let us be thankfull that CASA would never allow such an operator to work out of Oz and these types of business could never get a foot in let alone go after contracts held by Australian owned/operated organisations. Would they
May the best retrieval provider win.
DD
On a COMPLETELY UNRELATED MATTER, was that a West Wind I saw in Guam the other day? Grounded by the local authorities? Rumour has it the governing authority there told the pilot to leave and never come back, this is a rumour network after all.
Let us be thankfull that CASA would never allow such an operator to work out of Oz and these types of business could never get a foot in let alone go after contracts held by Australian owned/operated organisations. Would they
May the best retrieval provider win.
DD
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Does anyone know if or how the loss of this contract will effect the Launceston base?
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'eocvictim' To answer some of yr Q's here
Ambo's park close to the A/C for a variety of reasons. The weather for one, it's pouring rain, night time with no cover to transfer a patient onto the A/C stretcher, remember these stretchers are not comparable with rd trucks (a huge bone of contention that one!!!) so req man handling. Doing that a fair distance away from the plane is unacceptable due patient req's & common sense. Also the area's that are used for transfer at small country strips are often very small. With rain soaked grounds often the only place to do a transfer is right beside the plane & I mean within a couple of feet! Hence the dangers of the canard, it's academic as to what it's function is it's too risky to have such an A/C under the above described conditions (personal opinion there) & it would only be a matter of time before a 'Pig' airframe would become the local kids cubby house at the local airstrip!
The high tire pressure would kill the 'Pig' for some of our ops, plain & simple, no contest there with the old ugly truck Beech:-)
The life-port system won't work for our ops, OH&S issues knock that one out. Powerful unions involved, good or bad.
So the 'Pig' will never be a feature in & around the Vic Ops for many years if ever, same as the SE A/C, another no contest with the Vic ops, Ambo's unions won't allow it as far as I know & for good reason, too dangerous but as you said, let's leave sleeping dogs lie there
As for the contract? Well too many spies in here, not for me to say, lets just say that nothing is 4ever & somebody is going to regret a certain decision am sure (again personal opinion)!
Wmk2
Ambo's park close to the A/C for a variety of reasons. The weather for one, it's pouring rain, night time with no cover to transfer a patient onto the A/C stretcher, remember these stretchers are not comparable with rd trucks (a huge bone of contention that one!!!) so req man handling. Doing that a fair distance away from the plane is unacceptable due patient req's & common sense. Also the area's that are used for transfer at small country strips are often very small. With rain soaked grounds often the only place to do a transfer is right beside the plane & I mean within a couple of feet! Hence the dangers of the canard, it's academic as to what it's function is it's too risky to have such an A/C under the above described conditions (personal opinion there) & it would only be a matter of time before a 'Pig' airframe would become the local kids cubby house at the local airstrip!
The high tire pressure would kill the 'Pig' for some of our ops, plain & simple, no contest there with the old ugly truck Beech:-)
The life-port system won't work for our ops, OH&S issues knock that one out. Powerful unions involved, good or bad.
So the 'Pig' will never be a feature in & around the Vic Ops for many years if ever, same as the SE A/C, another no contest with the Vic ops, Ambo's unions won't allow it as far as I know & for good reason, too dangerous but as you said, let's leave sleeping dogs lie there
As for the contract? Well too many spies in here, not for me to say, lets just say that nothing is 4ever & somebody is going to regret a certain decision am sure (again personal opinion)!
Wmk2