Jayrow (incl. Pay & Conditions/EBA)
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Who Killed Jayrow?
So as the nails are driven into the coffin, how about an intelligent analysis of how the second oldest Australian Helicopter Company just went tits up? For those who aspired in the early 90's as I did to work for a great Bush Operator, who can explain how this failed and why the concept of a third operator in the Australian market was flawed?
How is it that the sold off components still trade succesfully to this day and why would anybody buy this shell of a Company or it's AOC?
Open to the Forum. Sad times for those of us who added value to the Brand!
Sputnik.
How is it that the sold off components still trade succesfully to this day and why would anybody buy this shell of a Company or it's AOC?
Open to the Forum. Sad times for those of us who added value to the Brand!
Sputnik.
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In my opinion it started going downhill when Jayrow started to concentrate solely on the Offshore side of the business.
They sold off the fire contracts and machines that had built the business up doing Bush/utility work. They stopped doing Bush work out of Karratha even though the phone was ringing and clients were looking for machines for Exploration etc. This work has been picked up by other operators who are doing very very well out of it.
So cut to 2010 and the Offshore work stops, in my opinion due to the hangar saga at YPKA. The offshore clients wanted someone who at least had a roof over their head.
With nothing to fall back on in the Pilbara the whole operation ceased.
As far as I know the NT has and always will be busy so maybe the operation should regroup up in Darwin and try to start winning back work and making money. Sell off everything that you can't do bush work in and start again.
but what would I know, I'm just an outsider looking in.
They sold off the fire contracts and machines that had built the business up doing Bush/utility work. They stopped doing Bush work out of Karratha even though the phone was ringing and clients were looking for machines for Exploration etc. This work has been picked up by other operators who are doing very very well out of it.
So cut to 2010 and the Offshore work stops, in my opinion due to the hangar saga at YPKA. The offshore clients wanted someone who at least had a roof over their head.
With nothing to fall back on in the Pilbara the whole operation ceased.
As far as I know the NT has and always will be busy so maybe the operation should regroup up in Darwin and try to start winning back work and making money. Sell off everything that you can't do bush work in and start again.
but what would I know, I'm just an outsider looking in.
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Any Purchase Yet?
Helibloke,
Could not have said it better myself. Apparently no interest from other Posters, a bit dissapointing when you consider how many peolple have worked for this Pioneering Company.
Maintaining the Bush work was obvious to us all, both then and now. Look how HNZ grew and now HeliWest are capitalising on all the errors made. HW without the financial woes of HNZ have fingers in all pies, training, media, survey, EMS and Oil and Gas both on and offshore.
I guess the Management Team are dusting off Resume's and being open and up front with the Creditor's!
Back into orbit for me.
Could not have said it better myself. Apparently no interest from other Posters, a bit dissapointing when you consider how many peolple have worked for this Pioneering Company.
Maintaining the Bush work was obvious to us all, both then and now. Look how HNZ grew and now HeliWest are capitalising on all the errors made. HW without the financial woes of HNZ have fingers in all pies, training, media, survey, EMS and Oil and Gas both on and offshore.
I guess the Management Team are dusting off Resume's and being open and up front with the Creditor's!
Back into orbit for me.
