New Bristow Training Centre
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New Bristow Training Centre
I see the press releases are out for the new training centre in Aberdeen. Looks very smart 
I assume all the Audis parked outside, in the artists impression, are the Training Captains' company cars?
Knight Property Group - Knight Property Group Reach New Heights with Major Development Deal
I assume all the Audis parked outside, in the artists impression, are the Training Captains' company cars?
Knight Property Group - Knight Property Group Reach New Heights with Major Development Deal
In 1980 I did a feasibility study for American Airlines Training Corporation about where to put a Simulator Center for the North Sea. I took the position in the report that Aberdeen would be the best place followed by the Gatwick area.
Does that mean the GOM crews will be headed to this new center for their training? Now that will be an interesting situation!
I want to see the "melding" of those two slightly divergent approaches to the same task!
212man,
I will bet you donuts to dog droppings....you can hold the stakes in yer mouth...but there will be at least one four wheel drive pickup truck in the car park.
Does that mean the GOM crews will be headed to this new center for their training? Now that will be an interesting situation!
I want to see the "melding" of those two slightly divergent approaches to the same task!
212man,
I will bet you donuts to dog droppings....you can hold the stakes in yer mouth...but there will be at least one four wheel drive pickup truck in the car park.
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So where's the helipad, then? Don't tell me all those massively wealthy North Sea captains I've been reading about aren't going to arrive in their own personal helicopters?
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No problems with that!
So where's the helipad, then? Don't tell me all those massively wealthy North Sea captains I've been reading about aren't going to arrive in their own personal helicopters?
Only real reason was fuel was only 14 pence a litre compared to 63 pence out of Shell drums so £7.00 landing fee far outweighed by the savings on Jet A1. Used to call Ramp and book a space down the bottom of the hill!
Attitude of Peers very interesting.
50% thought "Good on yer!"
50% ground teeth and turned green with hatred.
Interesting World!
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Learning Curves!
Davey07,
Ended up with 4 x 206's and a 300C doing lots of profitable work but learned the hard way to NEVER let yourself own less than 51% of a Company.
Took 5 years of frustration and expense to get free and clear but as I said learned a hell of a lot in the process - mainly how NOT to run a business and NEVER have a Partner.
Shed no tears when (H)BOS went under (not the H part) - especially their Lawyers in Edindurgh who I fought tooth and nail from high moral ground but without a legal leg to stand on for 5 years.
But it was great experience but bloody hard work!
Cheers,
Trog
Ended up with 4 x 206's and a 300C doing lots of profitable work but learned the hard way to NEVER let yourself own less than 51% of a Company.
Took 5 years of frustration and expense to get free and clear but as I said learned a hell of a lot in the process - mainly how NOT to run a business and NEVER have a Partner.
Shed no tears when (H)BOS went under (not the H part) - especially their Lawyers in Edindurgh who I fought tooth and nail from high moral ground but without a legal leg to stand on for 5 years.
But it was great experience but bloody hard work!
Cheers,
Trog
SIM
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With Scotia building their sim as well does this mean that we go from one 332L2 sim (Marignane) in the world at present (to my knowledge) to an additional 2 FTDs in Aberdeen?
Wizzard - Having just completed L2 conversion, I agree with you on the handling. The tail rotor failure modelling seems somewhat suspect and I for one do not agree with Eurocopters explanation as to why the nose is to the right during this mode of failure.
Wizzard - Having just completed L2 conversion, I agree with you on the handling. The tail rotor failure modelling seems somewhat suspect and I for one do not agree with Eurocopters explanation as to why the nose is to the right during this mode of failure.
