// COMPANY DOSSIER
CHC Helicopter
CHC Helicopter is a global commercial helicopter operator providing crew transport to offshore oil-and-gas platforms and offshore wind farms, search-and-rescue (SAR), and emergency medical services, plus maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) through its Heli-One division.
📍 Irving, Texas, United StatesEst. 1987✓ 100% first-party verified
// CLIPS FROM CHC Helicopter
“i met a guy on a plane that was running chc helicopters”
“we immediately made a lot of changes significant changes in the office”
“i started on a construction site sweeping floors and i just worked my way up”
“sub trades are no different than your own employees”
“the reason i bring it up my old boss that was one of my mentors when i first started”
“there's the old rule that 20 60 20 it's a harvard business study”
“i can tell you one and it's not a real big project but it was big enough”
“i was a little messed up to be honest having the baby at such a young age”
“this was an 08 going into nine and you know an 08 that had already fallen in the us”
// LESSONS FROM CHC Helicopter
Process is the bridge from a small company to a mid-sized one — most employees need process to deliver consistently, regardless of who the client deals with.
Installing an operating system (EOS/Traction) — including firing key staff not in the right seats — took RCS from roughly $60M to $100M in sales in two years.
Profit papers over partner conflict; the real test of a partnership only arrives when the money stops — RCS's partner breakups came in the 2009 downturn.
Apply the 20/60/20 rule: don't try to move people two notches — give the average 60% process and tools instead of trying to rescue underachievers.
Pay sub-trades within 48 hours of receiving the owner's check, as written policy — it built 25 years of trade loyalty with only one lawsuit, settled out of court.
Treat sub-trades like your own employees: on negotiated CM work, shortlist three capable trades rather than sole-sourcing, and pay up front when a sub is short on cash.
// SELECTED PROJECTS
Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm crew transport
In progressHelicopter crew-transport operator (one Airbus H175)
Awarded by Ørsted; 21-month contract; operations began 1 March 2026 from CHC's Humberside base.
Equinor Mariner & Rosebank fields crew transport
In progressHelicopter crew-transport operator (Sikorsky S-92 for Rosebank, Airbus H175 for Mariner)
Announced 17 July 2025; three-year contract; sole-use S-92 support for Rosebank with a second S-92 joining in 2026.
Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP) crew change transport
In progressHelicopter crew-transport operator (Airbus H175)
Announced 16 March 2026; 12-month agreement; CHC's first contract supporting the UK carbon capture and storage industry (East Coast Cluster).
// KEY PEOPLE
// NOTABLE
CHC Helicopter was established in 1987 in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador by Craig Dobbin, formed through the merger of Dobbin's Sealand Helicopters with Okanagan, Viking and Toronto Helicopters; the company remains incorporated in Newfoundland and Labrador.
SOURCE ▸CHC emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy on 1 March 2017, with key creditors assuming majority ownership; it is now a privately held company headquartered in Irving, Texas.
SOURCE ▸Tom Burke was appointed CEO of CHC Helicopter effective 1 February 2024, succeeding Jørn Madsen.
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