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Old 22nd Mar 2014, 00:00
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A case of Jewish Lightning?
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Old 22nd Mar 2014, 08:19
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Managing fire is not about how much line you can pound or your pack test time, but how well you make the bureaucratic end run
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Old 22nd Mar 2014, 08:23
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Talking about VIP's and Stupendous Bonuses, I wonder if any bonus will go to WASBU this year
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Old 22nd Mar 2014, 13:21
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Hanger fire PHC!

Who's first with the photos?
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Old 22nd Mar 2014, 14:36
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I have seen one
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Old 22nd Mar 2014, 23:32
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Obviously nobody left in Bristow with any cojones then as shown by lack of any replies or photos. They never did have a just culture, except as 2 words in a 'jobsworth' manual. Ask PG about commercial pressure driving internal company decisions . It's still the same old Bristow only worse with a Bob Suggs attitude to pilots. There aren't 3 companies (BHNL, PAAN, BATS), just Bristow as everybody knows, but to say anything else is to admit to the elephant in the room. Is this the SAGS legacy or was it always like this?
For me, the admitted result could be a turning point. Bill Chiles is going, the rest of the 'real' old guard have gone, the thrusting money men are in the ascendancy and who knows what is to come? The last of the entrepreneurs has gone to be totally replaced by numbers men. All empires eventually topple
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Old 23rd Mar 2014, 00:25
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The SAGS Legacy? HUH?
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Old 25th Mar 2014, 08:11
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Post All the Stores Destroyed

One of the L2s has been destroyed, the L1 will probably need to go to Aberdeen for repair, hangar badly damaged and the stores destroyed (rumoured $11 million worth!). The sprinkler system had been turned off - let's see how just the just culture is now!
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Old 25th Mar 2014, 08:53
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...wouldn't be the first fire in the NAF storeroom...
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Old 25th Mar 2014, 12:28
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Inventory due just after the fire?
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Old 25th Mar 2014, 17:13
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BNC looks like its been in an oven the RHS a nice shade of brown
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Old 25th Mar 2014, 18:31
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RHS ??? Can't find that!
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Old 25th Mar 2014, 18:41
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Red face

RHS Right hand side

Rumour has it that nobody thought about getting a standby generator wired in to the new hangar to power the sprinkler system in the event if the loss of mains!

But Bristow are the industry leaders in Target Zero, value added, and lots of other salesman-sounding phrases to sell you a new product even if under the skin it's not what you thought. Quality ..... safety ....... zero (oh, sorry, Target Zero!)
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Old 25th Mar 2014, 19:19
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Thanks PW!
I was confused by the suggestion two aircraft were damaged.
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Old 25th Mar 2014, 20:43
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sorry RHS = Right Hand Side been in this game far too long lol
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Old 26th Mar 2014, 08:09
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It was always starboard in my day.......but back to my question...one aircraft or two damaged?
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Old 26th Mar 2014, 08:43
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Two. An L2 and an L.

P1
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Old 26th Mar 2014, 16:35
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One damaged as in - written off, the other may be worth repairing
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Old 31st Mar 2014, 16:39
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Had they even finished plumbing in the sprinkler system yet? I remember seeing blokes on a cherry picker doing the pipe strangling work just recently.
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Old 31st Mar 2014, 20:05
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In aviation, always thought RHS/LHS referred to the front seating positions?
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