Bristows buy Severn

[chcoffshore]

Bristow Helicopters has purchased Gloucestershire based Severn Aviation, a multi- engine instrument flight training provider established by Peter Saunders in 2006. The flight school will become part of the Bristow Academy.
Richard Burman, Managing Director for Bristow Helicopters stated:
"This acquisition will enhance Bristow's ability to maintain the supply of qualified pilots into the North Sea and our other operations around the world. The Bristow Academy's Gloucester campus will become the newest addition to Bristow's Global Safety, Training, and Standards Division and will continue to set the standard for European Instrument training qualifications."
Patrick Corr, Senior Vice President, Bristow Global Safety, Training, and Standards stated:
"Bristow has been providing instrument training using a single engine aircraft for the last 30 years. Utilizing multi-engine helicopters for the instrument training program will introduce pilots to a multi-engine environment at a much earlier stage in their career, and will provide them with an easier transition to other multi-engine aircraft within Bristow."
Peter Saunders stated:
"In a very short time Severn Aviation established a reputation as an independent centre of excellence for helicopter training and we were surprised and flattered when approached by Bristow Helicopters. In making this sale I feel confident that the ethos of the business will be maintained and that the services will be continued and enhanced within the Bristow Academy."
The Bristow Academy Gloucester campus will operate AS355 Twin Squirrels out of Gloucestershire Airport in Cheltenham. Simulator training will be conducted on Elite Evolution S723 FNPT II devices. The simulator instrument panel directly corresponds with the AS355 instrument panel, allowing students to move easily from simulator to aircraft.

The empire grows!

[Pandalet]

so does that mean they're closing down the SEIR training and retiring the 206?

[EESDL]

Does that mean that the instructors will all have to change their name to 'Steve' ?

[902Jon]

Pandalet

so does that mean they're closing down the SEIR training and retiring the 206?

Yes

EESDL

Does that mean that the instructors will all have to change their name to 'Steve' ?

No SB has already gone back to the main company as a TRE/IRE, and SM will probably be doing the same.

[Special 25]

Can we start a campaign to get G-AVII retired to the Helicopter Museum. So many pilots have flown that machine, it is a legend in the UK, and it has become a bit of a museum piece !!! What is the going rate for a 40 year old Jetranger - One Careful Owner ???

[heli1]

G-AVII for the Helicopter Museum...good idea but Burman counts the pennies and may be a hard man to convince ,as are his American bosses.
Worth a try though ,if everyone inundated them with letters and could get management on board.I am sure Alan Bristow and the museum would support the idea..it doesn't have a JetRanger and has been looking for one for ages.
Any idea on its used value and lifed components (that could be repaced with out-of-time parts) ?

[Staticdroop]

I wonder if the superb pass rate on the current system will transfer across to the new?