UK SAR 2013 privatisation: the new thread
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I believe the contract to provide SAR cover is with the UK government and not a Scottish one. If Scotland is no longer part of the UK how can that contract stand.
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The same happens as always happens when countries divide and borders change. It happens all the time.
I guess that the contract for the Scottish bases would terminate, and that government of the newly independent Scotland would decide on their own requirements and go out to tender, but I know very little about these things, as I have not seen them happen all the time.
you hit the nail on the head. Politicians are not telling us, so I sought an answer from a wider audience.
if the Scots vote for independence, I think the provision of SAR in their SRR will be the least of their financial and structural worries
Having that unctuous toad as a Prime Minister in charge of a whole independent country rather than as a budget manager is a horrifying thought!
Having that unctuous toad as a Prime Minister in charge of a whole independent country rather than as a budget manager is a horrifying thought!
RAF SAR Pilots jumping to Bristow
Does anyone know if any of the SAR drivers from the Air Force have applied for jobs at Bristow under the TUPE employment law.
For those of you who don't know (I read it a year ago in a totally different context to Aviation), the Transfer of Undertakings for Protection of Employment law in the UK mandates that if a role is transferred from one contract to another, the person occupying it has the right to a job in the new entity at no worse than their original T&Cs.
It's a long shot but as the Govt is getting shot of SAR, I don't see any reason why they would object to TUPE applying?
Acas - Transfer of undertakings (TUPE)
Just a thought?
For those of you who don't know (I read it a year ago in a totally different context to Aviation), the Transfer of Undertakings for Protection of Employment law in the UK mandates that if a role is transferred from one contract to another, the person occupying it has the right to a job in the new entity at no worse than their original T&Cs.
It's a long shot but as the Govt is getting shot of SAR, I don't see any reason why they would object to TUPE applying?
Acas - Transfer of undertakings (TUPE)
Just a thought?
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Really? Only the Scottish ones? That is the not rooted in fact though is it? The current contract is with an organisation that will cease to exist.
In practice, all countries in these circumstances, regardless of a mass of inconvenient facts, take a pragmatic line of least resistance because there is simply far too much to do.
There is no room for a contractor that makes waves. Head down and play along. A hurried nationalisation does not help asset value and future earnings.
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Well it's good to see that everyone in the Bristow senior management hierarchy is always right up to date with senior personnel changes as evidenced from yet another announcement about management changes:
I'm sure Ian Taylor will love that as Grant Ireland left in June 
I'm sure that Grant Ireland, who is now reported to be working for former Bristow Senior VP, Richard Burman will be delighted to get all the news of his old employers .
Richard Burman, after his unexpectedly rapid departure from Bristow was subsequently appointmented as CEO of Portuguese company Omni Helicopters International who are expanding in Brazil and will provide strong competition to Bristow affiliate Lider Aviacao
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- Ian Taylor is appointed Quality and Safety Manager – UK SAR. In this role Ian will report to Grant Ireland, Head of Global Quality Assurance and Safety. Ian will also have a matrix reporting line into the Accountable Manager, Mike Imlach, and also to Sam Willenbacher.........
Please join me in wishing everyone in the UK SAR team and key support areas every success in their new roles and responsibilities.
Mike Imlach, Director of European Operations
Sam Willenbacher, Director, UK SAR
Posted 17-Sep-2013 22:03:43 WAT
- Ian Taylor is appointed Quality and Safety Manager – UK SAR. In this role Ian will report to Grant Ireland, Head of Global Quality Assurance and Safety. Ian will also have a matrix reporting line into the Accountable Manager, Mike Imlach, and also to Sam Willenbacher.........
Please join me in wishing everyone in the UK SAR team and key support areas every success in their new roles and responsibilities.
Mike Imlach, Director of European Operations
Sam Willenbacher, Director, UK SAR
Posted 17-Sep-2013 22:03:43 WAT
Dear All,
Jon Stripling and Grant Ireland have separatelysubmitted their resignations effective June 21, 2013.
Jon Stripling and Grant Ireland have separatelysubmitted their resignations effective June 21, 2013.
. Richard Burman, after his unexpectedly rapid departure from Bristow was subsequently appointmented as CEO of Portuguese company Omni Helicopters International who are expanding in Brazil and will provide strong competition to Bristow affiliate Lider Aviacao
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UK SAR 2013 privatisation: the new thread
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Sam(antha) Willenbacher, Director, UK SAR, Bristow.
Former Director at Bristow Academy and former LSE Administrator.
So, training, regulations, contracts: tick the box.
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Jim, as Sam Willenbacher is based in Aberdeen you should take the opportunity to meet her before you make assumptions about her ability to do her job.
So far Sam has been very keen to immerse herself in all aspects of the business (don't think of SAR as a national treasure, it is a business now like it or not) and has impressed many of the people who are actually working in SAR rather than interested parties observing from the sidelines muck spreading.
So far Sam has been very keen to immerse herself in all aspects of the business (don't think of SAR as a national treasure, it is a business now like it or not) and has impressed many of the people who are actually working in SAR rather than interested parties observing from the sidelines muck spreading.
Steady there. Just asking.
Many of the key players are pretty open-book (such as a well-furnished linkedin page or similar). Sam Willenbacher: not seen.
(And yes, I know it's a business. I have had CivSAR aircraft hovering over me many times during the last 25 years. Industrially, I have signed-off a few invoices for helicopters so that gives one a firm idea of the business angle.)
Many of the key players are pretty open-book (such as a well-furnished linkedin page or similar). Sam Willenbacher: not seen.
(And yes, I know it's a business. I have had CivSAR aircraft hovering over me many times during the last 25 years. Industrially, I have signed-off a few invoices for helicopters so that gives one a firm idea of the business angle.)