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Whilst not perfect, this regulation does address a very important issue.
However, I am concerned that, by adopting the regulation, we may have severely damaged a much needed community service, without realising it.
The helicopter shuttle to the Isles of Scilly is a vitally important link and a necessity to my region. Without the helicopter service to ferry visitors to and from the mainland, the economy of this tiny island will be devastated.
As the objective of the regulation was to deal with fixed wing services, I do not believe that it was meant to cover such niche operations.
They only operate two helicopters on a shuttle service, are often victim to bad weather, and do not have the luxury of 'standby' helicopters in case of mechanical failure. If a mechanical breakdown does occur early in the day, all subsequent flights are affected. The element that covers such occurrences could mean paying out compensation to such a level that the service would simply cease to operate.
We raised this privately with the Commission at yesterday's debate, but I would ask the Commission again to rectify urgently an oversight which could ruin a beautiful island and a community."@en1
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