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Falck Safety Services has fastened the seat belt for another tough term. to dwindle away. Even if it is an inappropriate metaphor know the outcome of the situation, so we have to be in our branch we are in all respects standing on a burn- prepared for the various requirements of the future.” ing platform,” declares Peter Svarrer using parallels to That means that Falck Safety Services has fastened the other branches when analyzing the decline. seat belt for another tough term, where more adjust- ments may be made and consolidation will take place in “It is a little like an airline. Empty seats do not generate order to meet the challenges in store. ■ money. Neither do empty seats at our courses. That is why we strive at flling up our courses as much as pos- sible, but it has been necessary to lower our capacity. Ob- viously, that makes us less fexible, but that is one of the consequences of the decline,” states Peter Svarrer who cannot right away see any improvement on the horizon. That is why consolidating will be the name of the game In 2014 we made life safer for 2016. for 370,000 offshore workrs, “Consolidating makes most sense in fragmented mar- kets. In the North Sea area primarily in Norway and the UK, while there are less opportunities in Denmark and but in 2015 the fgure the Netherlands for the simple reason that the markets dropped to 300,000. here are less fragmented. Under all circumstances our planning is based on a worst case scenario as we do not 28 / TOUGH TIMES