Chl And Kelowna Flightcraft Win Contract

[widgeon]

http://www.alliedwings.ca/home.html

 

Pictures show a 206 and 412 , when is the ófficial announcment ?. Not been a good year for incumbents in bidding for DND contracts .

[407 Driver]

????????? Where are you looking Widgeon??

 

I see a 206L and a 205 ?

[widgeon]

doh 4xx = 4 blades.

[407 Driver]

This whole contract is actually quite brilliant for CHL.

 

Think about it.....what Do they do best??

 

Train people !

 

This is a win - win situation.

 

They can now train people, AND get paid... rather than just train crew, and then loose them to the competition.

 

Of course, the thought process comes around to instructors...I assume that they'd just pick up the present Instructors, as there aren't a bunch of qualified Instructors just laying around looking for work on any given day....so .... in typical CHW/L fashion, they can still mistreat and loose those valued employees.

[Blackmac]

Unless things have changed since the original contract or previous contract, instructing is carried out by military pilots.

 

Don

[407 Driver]

So, if they only use Military training personnel, what is this consortium actually bidding/winning? just the aircraft and the maintenance?

 

Who owns the present fleet of 206BIII's?

[widgeon]

1 C-FTHA Bell 206B Bombardier Inc. 1992-11-13 3324

2 C-FTHB Bell 206B Bombardier Inc. 1992-08-20 3325

3 C-FTHC Bell 206B Bombardier Inc. 1992-06-24 3339

4 C-FTHJ Bell 206B Bombardier Inc. 1992-06-24 3340

5 C-FTHK Bell 206B Bombardier Inc. 1993-04-13 3351

6 C-FTHL Bell 206B Bombardier Inc. 1993-02-01 3352

7 C-FTHM Bell 206B Bombardier Inc. 1993-04-13 3357

8 C-FTHN Bell 206B Bombardier Inc. 1993-04-13 3358

9 C-FTHP Bell 206B Bombardier Inc. 1993-07-15 3381

10 C-FTHQ Bell 206B Bombardier Inc. 1992-12-16 3382

11 C-FTHR Bell 206B Bombardier Inc. 1992-08-20 3387

12 C-FTHV Bell 206B Bombardier Inc. 1992-06-24 3388

13 C-FTHW Bell 206B Bombardier Inc. 1992-06-24 3390

14 C-FTHX Bell 206B Bombardier Inc. 1992-06-24

 

Problem with blades before is I used to work for Eurocopter and only learned how to count to 3

[Hover-Pig]

Currently the Jet Rangers are leased to Bombardier. When they began this original contract they had to do some catching up on mods and ADs to get the aircraft their C of A.

 

The new contract will use the same Jet Rangers again. They will be painted dark blue and have air conditioning and rotor brakes installed. We loose one to two machines at a time beginning mid summer for these mods but continue to fly with a reduced course load during this time.

 

The 412s will be former CH146 Griffons. They will also be painted, have air conditioning installed and full glass cockpits installed. They will be referred to as the "412 CF".

 

The contractor will supply and maintain the aircraft. They will build a new facility to hangar the aircraft, the simulators and all classrooms and office space. The whole idea resembles what is in place in Moose Jaw. The contractor also supplies all simulator and ground school instructors while the military continues to supply instructor pilots for both helos.

 

The contract also includes brand new King Air C90s with full glass, but they can't hover so who cares!

 

It will all be on the news tomorrow as per this link:

 

http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/Newsroom/view...s_e.asp?id=1620

[Deep Throat II]

That does it I for one will not turn a blade this summer until my Jetranger has Air Conditioning installed as well, how about the rest of you? god knows we need it here in Canada at least 3 days per year.

 

DTII

 

I would love to know what the lucky guy who sells the Air Cond to the Military will be charging to mod each machine.

[Helilog56]

And on top of the air conditioning, I wanna wet bar, I wanna hostess with big.....eyes, I wanna manicurist, I wanna massues, I wanna bigger paycheck, an I wanna.... :shock: