Less than a year after publishing a safety review of the offshore helicopter operations that support the oil and gas industries in and around the North Sea, the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) says that “substantial and important” progress has been made toward improvements in safety. In a progress report published Jan. 28, 2015, the CAA added that “there is a strong collective commitment to change evidenced by the cooperation received from all parties represented in the newly formed Offshore Helicopter Safety Action Group, which is proving a catalyst for increased dialogue between helicopter operators, employee representatives, manufacturers and regulators.”
In February 2014, prompted by five significant accidents, including two fatal accidents, between 2009 and 2013, the CAA published its Safety Review of Offshore Public Transport Helicopter Operations in Support of the Exploitation of Oil and Gas
