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Helicopters for Rescue Missions in MALI and Tanzania?

Old 10th Feb 2018, 12:20
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My understanding is that Bristow didn't have the preferred aircraft type available, simple as that.
The contract specifically called for AW139. Everett has always had a preference for Eurocopter types (yes, I know they're called Airbus now!).
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Old 10th Feb 2018, 14:35
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Everett didn't make anything difficult for Bristow. My understanding is that Bristow didn't have the preferred aircraft type available, simple as that.
??? Bristow provided the aircraft type requested in the original Statoil contract - the AW139. As has been mentioned already, Statoil terminated the contract in 2015 due to the falling oil price that made exploration unprofitable.

Everett had some excellent people at that time but a disfunctional individual at the top of the food chain made life difficult. Everett had established a business in East Africa that was very competent at bush flying operations. That does not necessarily translate to providing an EASA standard, deep water, daily, offshore operation with suitably qualified and experienced offshore flying and engineering crews supported by a LIMSAR operation with qualified and experience SAR crews that was acceptable to Statoil.

Because of this and local political sensibilities the Everett/Bristow arrangement was established.
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Old 11th Feb 2018, 09:01
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I was talking about this time around; i'd heard that BRS didn't have a 139 for the job. Everett did this current contract alone. The standards must have been acceptable to Statoil otherwise they wouldn't have contracted them. I'd also say that, knowing a few genuine bush operators, Everett is quite a way better than that both in its people and systems.
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The standards must have been acceptable to Statoil otherwise they wouldn't have contracted them
Well hopefully this contract is not the same as the previous one which required 2 offshore AW139's and one winch equipped LIMSAR standby aircraft available and crewed during all times that the offshore machines were flying.

Or perhaps Everett has now convinced Statoil that he can do the job with one 139 and no SAR cover. He did originally propose quite seriously to Statoil that the SAR cover was to be provided with an AS350. It takes far more qualified and experienced people to run an offshore contract with SAR cover flying to legal flight and duty time limits than Everett can provide.
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He did originally propose quite seriously to Statoil that the SAR cover was to be provided with an AS350.
Another flight of fancy. Everett decided quite some years ago that the way forward was with twin engine machines only and the only single-engined machine on the inventory is Simon Everett's personal Enstrom. They have not operated a single for at least 5 years. The Statoil contract always stipulated a full auto hover AW139 which is why that was what the third aircraft was.

It takes far more qualified and experienced people to run an offshore contract with SAR cover flying to legal flight and duty time limits than Everett can provide.
As Everett already demonstrated, if a contract is obtained, the qualified people can be obtained either by direct employment or by sub-contracting companies with the requisite qualifications.

Well hopefully this contract is not the same as the previous one which required 2 offshore AW139's and one winch equipped LIMSAR standby aircraft available and crewed during all times that the offshore machines were flying.
During the last contract the LIMSAR machine was available and crewed 24/7, hence the provision of crew bedrooms on site
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Sorry - I meant the VFR AS355 that he proposed to use 120nm offshore at night with a FLIR as a SAR search platform. I must have imagined the rest of the whole sorry saga - or it really was a bad dream. Not that there was much sleep to be had there in portakabins next to the Air Tanzania dispersal.

You were obviously associated with Everett at that time. I was obviously associated with Bristow so our recollections and loyalties will differ somewhat.

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The AS355N was, and is, an IFR machine which in addition to having a working FLIR was also NVG capable
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Then you would presumably need an AS355, IFR, FLIR, NVG, SAR rated pilot on standby at the base overnight to actually fly it?
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Then you would presumably need an AS355, IFR, FLIR, NVG, SAR rated pilot on standby at the base overnight to actually fly it?

No need - Simon Everett could have just beckoned his disciples to the shore and walked the 120NM across the water.
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