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In the past year has seen some turbulent times and down times throughout the survey field. Alot of changes (perhaps needed to be).
Fugro - advert for CP. And many others.
Aeroquest now Geotech or UTS ? with alot of people on the sideline.
GPX - perhaps non existant.?
Thomsons - ?
New crews out of Bankstown on Pac750,s? Who knows.
Would like anyones oppinion wiether survey is worth the worry.?
M
Fugro - advert for CP. And many others.
Aeroquest now Geotech or UTS ? with alot of people on the sideline.
GPX - perhaps non existant.?
Thomsons - ?
New crews out of Bankstown on Pac750,s? Who knows.
Would like anyones oppinion wiether survey is worth the worry.?
M
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Fugro - Sold, new owners seem to be downsizing airborne side
Aeroquest gone bust effectively, Australia section sold to Geotech and reverted to original name of UTS. Major restructuring with a lot of hiring and firing of new staff, they have a 208 working in Malaysia, and a fletcher or 2 in Australia going, not sure what their 206s or chopper teams are doing.
GPX - Got a couple of 210s plugging away in Australia and some choppers and planes overseas plus the ground crews as well.
Thomsons - their ops manager keeps things nicely organised. Got 2-3 planes working in Australia, a chopper in NZ and another 1 or 2 in SE Asia.
Thats just aeromag and gravity stuff tho, there are a few other companies around doing LIDAR and photo stuff.
As with all survey, its a root-around. You make lots of money when you are at work, but there is no warning when there is going to be a quiet spell, and then you make absolutely nothing. If you want to do a lot of hours in a short space of time it can work well, but to keep it as a long-term career path, you need to be on a salary or retainer type pay arrangement, and you may as well start your divorce proceedings because you wont be married for too long.
Aeroquest gone bust effectively, Australia section sold to Geotech and reverted to original name of UTS. Major restructuring with a lot of hiring and firing of new staff, they have a 208 working in Malaysia, and a fletcher or 2 in Australia going, not sure what their 206s or chopper teams are doing.
GPX - Got a couple of 210s plugging away in Australia and some choppers and planes overseas plus the ground crews as well.
Thomsons - their ops manager keeps things nicely organised. Got 2-3 planes working in Australia, a chopper in NZ and another 1 or 2 in SE Asia.
Thats just aeromag and gravity stuff tho, there are a few other companies around doing LIDAR and photo stuff.
As with all survey, its a root-around. You make lots of money when you are at work, but there is no warning when there is going to be a quiet spell, and then you make absolutely nothing. If you want to do a lot of hours in a short space of time it can work well, but to keep it as a long-term career path, you need to be on a salary or retainer type pay arrangement, and you may as well start your divorce proceedings because you wont be married for too long.
