Falklands Oil .......
 

With the rig now located off the Island, who is providing helicopter support?

BIH, The rest of us were too expensive,

What are they using 61's?

S61's....... don't think they have anything else....

Yes S61's it is, some of the partners down there are refusing to use them because of the age and also low standard of safety fit.

Yes, they should go with something much newer and safer like an S92 :ugh:

Out West

You cannot be serious? S61 safer than a 92?

Oh this should be good!!! :E

The way things are warming up its likely to be an Apache escorting a chinook!

Many moons ago mil crews in the FI were encouraged to purchase shares in an oil exploration company there with strong promises of great returns......are they about to become rich??!!

Dead serious......

Do I need to post the links on this forum to all the S92 problems?????

Falklands
 

I agree, from experience a S61 has got to be the better option. S92 is going through the same convultions that the S76 went through when it first came out, and please list the safety features that the BIH S61s are lacking?

Sound like a job for the Puma, in any of it's guises:ok:

I'll go, I love penguin eggs!

A wee bit libellous, HP. BIH have been there since '99, and know the islands well. They have a reduced equipment because it is a VFR operation.

At least the S61 is a known aircraft, the Dakota of the helicopter world.

As a retired S61 jock, with Falklands experience, I am inclined to agree with Ships Cat. The machine works well but does have its foibles. Don't forget that BIH have the distinct advantage of being on site in the sunny South Atlantic, which may account in some small way for them being cheaper than any other operator.
I believe that the distances involved are around the 120 nm mark, so the advantages of more sophisticated machines are nullified to a certain extent. Additionally, with Argentina rattling sabres again, what are the diversion options???

Wave of tension rising over Falkland resources :eek:

Falklands.
 

Ref the S61s equipment fit, I can think of no equipment that is fitted to Bristow or CHC aircraft that is not fitted to the Falklands aircraft operated by BIH and I have recent experience with all three companies. I would caution against making silly unfounded coments, you can put peoples jobs at risk!!

Considering the serious S-61 accidents in Greenland Air in the 60's, 70's and one in 87, I don't think any of them are safer than the other. All were caused by tecnical flaws.

Cum-on chaps......all helicopters are dangerous!!!! Otherwise we would not all be getting sooooo much money to fly em!!

Depending when they bought, the share price has had its ups and downs :hmm:

The oil issue is not new, but I still firmly believe that the exploration done 6-9 months before the FI invasion was more than coincidental. The rig found substantial reserves when drilling (with Argentine workers on the rig) and then left to work with us in the Bass Strait. After the Pacific crossing we flew to take off the transit crew (including Argentinians) near Eden, NSW, on the very day of the invasion. The silence on the find at the time was more telling than if it had been well publicised.