Haa Torque

Fire Fighting In Australia

To understand the posi-tion of the HAA, we must first look at our constitu-tion. The beginning of our constitution states that; “the object of the Helicopter Association, is to promote the Australasian helicopter industry with the view to ensuring that it is a safe, efficient and viable industry readily able to adabt to the continuing needs of the community”. The position of the HAA is dictated by our constitution.

Two of our operators have gone to work off shore and another is also looking for off shore work. These operators have all gone off shore to survive or to gain good sound commercial work for their machines. One of those operators was told that if they paid for the positioning of the aircraft in Australia, then it may be used. There was no certainty of this use however.