Thierry Dubois is a freelance writer specializing in helicopters, business aviation and aerospace technology. He earned a degree in fluid dynamics from an engineering school in Toulouse, France in the mid-1990s. At an unexpected crossroads, he found his first job in journalism. In 1997, he started working for French aerospace weekly Air &amp; Cosmos in Paris. This lasted until 2000, when he moved south to Lyons. He then became a freelancer, working for various aerospace publications and has been part of the AIN team since late 2000. In addition to writing about business aviation, Thierry shares responsibility for the rotorcraft section. He also is a regular on-site writer for AIN’s daily editions at international airshows such as the Paris, Farnborough, Dubai and Singapore shows, as well as at EBACE in Geneva.
In 2007, he won the Honeywell award for “Best systems or technology submission” at the Aerospace journalist of the year awards. In 2013, he won an Aerospace Media Award for the "Best Safety, Training &amp; Simulation Submission."
In other activities, Thierry moderates international conferences on aviation technology topics. Thierry is married and has three children, who seem to begin enjoying the mountains–as their parents do.

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In the North Sea, worker unions and the oil and gas industry lobbies have not expressed concerns about the safety of the Sikorsky S-92. Oil &amp; Gas UK declined to comment. “Although we have an eye on international incidents, the remit of our helicopter safety steering group is to focus on UK offshore helicopter travel,” a representative told AIN.
“We can say we have concerns but we must rely on the regulators; we can’t say, ‘We won’t fly on this type because the gearbox is not safe,’ as we have no evidence,” Jake Molloy, who looks after offshore energy matters for the UK’s RMT transport union, told AIN.
Meanwhile, in Norway, the Industri Energy union knows of the issues regarding the S-92 but has not lost confidence in the helicopter. “We trust Sikorsky will make the helicopter safe; we have no more concern than for other helicopters,” said Ketil Karlsen, health, safety and environment manager.
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North Sea Offshore Industry Keeps Faith

In the North Sea, worker unions and the oil and gas industry lobbies have not expressed concerns about the safety

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