So Whats Wrong With Bristows Mauritanian Operation [Archive]

Phone Wind

18th Sep 2006, 20:26

Can only concur with SAS; as long as the man of the bursting tyres is in any operation, pilots will always leave. The Bristow dinosaurs will never admit to it because he's one of them :yuk: . Nigeria, Mauritania, Somalia, anywhere he goes is doomed to the falling numbers syndrome. But, hey, it's Bristow we're talking about so nothing will ever change.

Droopy

18th Sep 2006, 20:34

I'm sure I've asked this before but never mind; how long does Monsieur le Comte de diddly-doo-daas have to go to retirement?

SASless

18th Sep 2006, 21:17

Far too long I am sure!

MamaPut

19th Sep 2006, 07:08

Ah, zat delightfool little Fwench Viscomte with his oh so charming smile and ze big dagger of an assassin. One of the most cowardly, treacherous, deceitful men I have ever had the displeasure of meeting. :yuk:

212man

19th Sep 2006, 09:01

The two that I know are leaving are going to Kenya (well one to Den helder after that).

Tourist hotel, on the beach in Mombassa, or Nouackchott......mmm, let me think!

747 jock

19th Sep 2006, 12:02

Having been able to see copies of the staff lists for the mauritanian operation for the past 2 years, I would honestly say that for the size of the operation, there has been a far bigger turnover of both aircrew and engineers, than any other Bristow base worldwide.
Having a quick count up, I can recall 7 pilots and 7 engineers (4 of which were chief eng's), and from what I've heard through the jungle drums, the exodus hasn't finished yet.
I believe that Mauritania is a very nice place, which should have people queueing up to go there, and it's about time someone in Bristow management started asking why there isn't.

SASless

19th Sep 2006, 15:33

212man,

It seems the Gulder induced state you lingered in for so long is beginning to wear off. Until recently you had tiny little Red Helicopters running in your veins....and you seem to be seeing much more clearly now. You on the Twelve Step program now-a-days?

Maverick Laddie

19th Sep 2006, 16:18

212 Man
There the ones that are going, Oh forget the Beach side Hotel my info is its a nice 30 year old Rig but you still get your sea view all 360 degree's of it.
What of the ones Im told have gone before them !! Ring any bells IB,GL,RUP,MING,STOLL,YERB to name but a few.
What of the ones who have tried to leave but have been thwarted.:= Nice warm location North of OZ
I don't think i will persue any openings any way because I feel I would fail at the first hurdle you see "I AINT FRENCH" :ok:

212man

20th Sep 2006, 08:05

My information was they were staying here:

http://www.virginholidays.co.uk/brochures/worldwide/holidays/kenya_and_tanzania/mombasa/nyali_beach/

SASless

20th Sep 2006, 12:57

212man,

It could be the Taj Mahal....but with Tyre Burst it would still be like living with both of one's ex-wives and former Mother-in-Laws!

Maverick Laddie

21st Sep 2006, 07:12

747 Jock

According to a PM Ive had you had better adjust those figures.

It seems another Engineer walked last week !!!

Anyone know why he jumped ?

212man

21st Sep 2006, 08:31

SAS, keep up old boy: that link is where the Kenya crews will be staying (in response to ML's comment about living on a rig!)

747 jock

21st Sep 2006, 08:39

Mav,
Sounds like your PM came from the same source as mine.
Reading between the lines, I don't think the latest casualty "walked" of his own accord, but more a case of jump or get pushed.

UWOT

23rd Sep 2006, 05:31

It was suggested that I reply to this thread anonymously but I was open with the company so I will be open with you guys.

I was the Engineer concerned and ML I did not Jump I Walked.!

I endeavoured to take advantage of the Companies " My door is always open policy" pop in and have a chat, So I advised both the Operations Manager & the Head of HR of the ongoing problems I had encountered in Mauritania, I also raised several Serious Flight Safety Issues.:ugh:

This was nothing they and other senior management (PB) had heard before on there visits in country.

Let me clarify one point before I go any farther, NON of the Flight Safety issues raised relate to any of the Few remaining carde of company pilots who have being on the operation since its onset, I have always found they have operated in a most Professional manner often under the most difficult of circumstances.:ok:

The results of my actions, Well it appears the main Problem still exists, I say Problem in the singular as that is how it manifests its self Singular, Short, Stocky, & French.:yuk:

As for the Flight Safety issues raised well I guess the Monthly AAIB reports will reflect those.

Lessons Learned :

1. It appears Flight Safety takes second place to Profit Related Bonus Schemes.:ouch:

2. That open door leads to a Travel Agent with only Two locations on the books NIGERIA or the JOB CENTRE I chose the later.

I think one of the new Pilots sums up the situation in Mauritania, when asked how he found himself there, His reply " IM CHEAP"

Anyone need an A+P EASA LAE 212/412 Willing to travel.

SASless

23rd Sep 2006, 16:16

The results of my actions, Well it appears the main Problem still exists, I say Problem in the singular as that is how it manifests its self Singular, Short, Stocky, & French.

It seems Bristow never learns....bugger the staff but keep the problem child!:D :ugh:

Ikoyian

25th Sep 2006, 13:20

Ah...The memories, I was in Warri Tex circa 1989 with same, left pretty much for the same reasons and ended up with mad army Captain in Calabar:rolleyes: .

Surprised TB is still about, I left the day the Army arrested him for getting a local girl pregnant, cost loadsamoney I believe, does anybody remember that one?:O

TomBola

25th Sep 2006, 14:34

Remember him rearranging flights, getting picked up in a Texaco 212 on Funiwa and getting dropped off in Shell on the way back to WT, saying he would sort it all out with Shell. Aforementioned female and army escort waiting at WT and told they must have wrong information, 212 has skids so no burst tyres onboard. He arrived back at Edewor with a Navy bodyguard later that night. Amazed he's still around screwing with people's lives. Who does he still have the dirt on in RH Towers that he's still around? :yuk: :mad: :mad:
Do you also recall that anyone he perceived as a threat was quickly knifed by the 'smiling assassin'? Think of poor old Captain Helmet, 'Lampshades' who was quickly sent on his way (not) rejoicing, the first time the exploded tyre returned from Mauritania. Then he took against old Bob and he left. Oh yes, apart from Tony, (I think he liked his cooking!), everyone he regarded as a possible threat (that's to say almost anyone, as he was so inefficient) was despatched. The only good point about him was that everyone else was united by their common loathing of the man. It will be iteresting to see if anyone ever comes up here and says what a nice guy he is. He used to be a firm favourite of Gasping H, but he's gone now. Surely somebody, somewhere must love him :ooh:

SASless

25th Sep 2006, 16:45

Perhaps we should do a poll and see just how many pilots and engineers Tyreburst has driven off in his time.

I nominate my name as being one of the many.

1. Sasless

gulliBell

25th Sep 2006, 23:48

Heard rumors that BHI were recruiting new B212 drivers into the Mauritania operation, what's the inside scoop there?

UWOT

26th Sep 2006, 14:42

SASLESS

Think I qualify to be added to the elite list of many.

2. UWOT

GULLIBELL

I cannot comprehend anyone wishing to apply for a postion in Mauritania after all that you have read in the previous threads but a few of the following Qualifications would not go amiss.

1. Be very cheap a definite door opener
2. Have never seen a 212
3. Speak more than one Language not necessarily English
4. Have off Shore Experience ( landed on an Island once ) that will do
5. Hold a License any License !!!! its only Africa
6. Oh yes be French thats a good plus

You think I Jest Sire !!!!!:=

fudpucker

27th Sep 2006, 09:20

I flew with him when he was a 'mere' line pilot in Eket in the late eighties. A pleasant chap in the bar and quite good company when trying to remember which structure was where offshore Eket. Obviously, 'high office' changes a person. He was jokingly referred to as the French Count with no 'O' to his face and he laughed~probably wouldn't now, by the sound of it!:}

rotor beetle

4th Jul 2007, 09:09

Any updates on conditions in Mauritania?

Living conditions, maintenance, housing and so on....?

Any infos much apprechiated

happy landings!

RB

Heliman01

4th Jul 2007, 18:33

They have 2 houses for all pilots and engs which are clean and comfortable, with all rooms having a/c and wifi broadband, usual TV sat DVD system. Everything is in walking distance i.e. cafes,restaurant,bars. The place is very safe and easy going.
The weather is generally CAVOK but hot, very hot! The engineering is faultless, great bunch of guys.

MamaPut

4th Jul 2007, 21:11

They also have the worst thing ever to have walked the planet as far as pilots go TYREBURST
:yuk::yuk::yuk::yuk::yuk::yuk::yuk::yuk::yuk::yuk::yuk::yuk: :yuk::

Phone Wind

4th Jul 2007, 21:39

Mama Put has put it most succinctly. Not a bad place, not a bad operation, but having Capitain HMRA Le Viscomte there is a bit like finding your shiny new Ferrari has a bad case of rust and fungus on the seats :{

Heliman01

4th Jul 2007, 23:14

Mauritania is manned by some really good guys, doing a professional and safe job. Most of the staff who left the operation left for career advancement or family reasons and nothing to do with the RUMOUR that has been set up on this old thread, and this is FACT.

I know UWOT very well and he has caused his own problems again FACT, so stop bitching and get a life.

Pvt Pike

5th Jul 2007, 09:47

TomBola 25/09/2006
It will be interesting to see if anyone ever comes up here and says what a nice guy he is.

Well, it's taken the better part of a year, but to be totally honest, even this is far quicker than I expected to see it!

Heliman,
Yes, a lot of the people who left officially stated that it was for career advancement or family reasons, due to the simple fact that if they stated that it was due to the person concerned, they knew that they would be on a hitlist for as long as they remained with BHL.

As for UWOT. If he did cause his own problems, ( I don't know the full story), why wasn't the laid down company procedure followed in removing him from the operation? and why didn't AT have the balls to confront him face to face in the meeting at Redhill. If AT felt his reasons were justified, the least he should have done was to give UWOT a chance to respond personally to any accusations against him.

SASless

5th Jul 2007, 15:11

Face to Face?

Merde! N'cest pas!

(.....or words to that effect!)

Weasels prefer to suck eggs in the dark as I recall.

UWOT

5th Jul 2007, 20:04

Heliman 01

Yes I guess pointing out to the company the dangerous situation they were allowing to manifest its self in Mauritania by the hiring of Pilots whose main credential was that they came cheap could in some peoples eyes be deemed self inflicting.

But if you enjoy flying around with people who 1. Cannot converse in the same tongue as you fine "enjoy" or 2 A guy who can't manage a flight of stairs due to his medical condition " Oh he was only temporary ain't that right Mr Medlin at least that what you said " Or 3 Flying the line with a co-pilot who had yet to finish his schooling on the 212 because Peter Barnes was otherwise engaged. fill your boots pal.

If you know me as well as you say, Then you should also know I take my job seriously when it comes to safety. In 30 + years in this business Ive never had anyone refuse to fly in an aircraft Ive maintained or Ive flown,
and if you do know me you must have flown in aircraft that Ive been responsible for,

Don't forget Heliman when you fly off In one of my aircraft and don't come back because a simple cockpit emergency esculates into a major accident because you can't get your Co-Pilot who's understanding of the English language is limited to function as he should, Im the poor bugger that has to face the AAIB,

So don't you think I had some small right to raise such issues about the companies policy of hiring pilots who's abilities fall well short of the what use to be a high standard.

Ask yourself this Heliman what had I as an engineer to gain by pointing out to Seabrook and Medlin the errors in BHL pilot recruiting . A good nights sleep.

Stop bitching and get a life you said possible by some small measure by bringing BHL poilcies to light I may well have saved yours and not for the first time either id guess FACT :rolleyes:

Tokunbo

5th Jul 2007, 21:36

UWOT, Pvt Pike and SASless,

Your'e all absolutely correct. Where Tyrebusrt is concerned there's no such thing as fairness or correct company procedure. For many years, he's moved from one operation which he's run as entirely his own little empire to another, with no comebacks from Bristow. He must have been responsible for the loss of more employees from that company than any other Chief Pilot in the last 20 years. He has no cojones and has never faced up to any of those he has assasinated with his poisoned memos which have resulted in too many people being forced out by cowboy tribunals of dubious legality. As long as he's employed by Bristow they will be seen to still be living in a previous time when dinosaurs walked the earth and having a so-called 'Human Resourse' department which is a sick joke :yuk:

etienne t boy

5th Jul 2007, 22:20

SASless,

I tried to start a new thread with a poll to find out how many people have been driven off by 'Tyreburst'. Unfortunately, there did not seem to be an option for a poll when I did this. Maybe it's my computer illiteracy, but I couldn't get a poll option. If anyone knows how, it might be amusing to see what the result would be. I still haven't seen a single post in support of this man.

SASless

6th Jul 2007, 04:52

Meddling and Tyreburst.....a marriage made in Heaven, if there ever was one?:uhoh:

The only reason Meddling wears a necktie is to keep his foreskin from riding up over his head.:mad:

Ah but if only Girth was still with us to regale us with his tale of flim-flamming Tyreburst in Somalia.....a very good laugh at TB's expense.:ok:

Pvt Pike

6th Jul 2007, 08:33

UWOT,

I've sent you a message/e-mail.

chuks

6th Jul 2007, 10:53

Is is becos I is fixed-wing? Anyway, I once gave this fellow you are all reviling a letter to mail once he got to Washington D.C. on leave, addressed to my aged mother, who lived in one of the suburbs. (She thought I was a piano-player in a cat-house, yes.)

He actually called my mother up and invited her to dinner at his place. She went and enjoyed an excellent meal to came away with the impression that he was a fine fellow. Try as you might, I don't think you can find anything unkind in that. What he's like on the job, I have no certain idea but there must be at least two sides to the man, one good. Go figure....

747 jock

6th Jul 2007, 14:39

There may well be a good side to him, but that's not much consolation when he's busy stabbing you in the back.:(

Mama Mangrove

6th Jul 2007, 18:22

There are many sides to Tyreburst, but the only charming one he shows is to some non-Nigerian ladies.:eek:. Amongst his other sides are the writing hand for penning poisoned letters and memos about people; the fleshy lips for hiding the fangs when he pours out his venom about his co-workers behind their backs; the key hand for opening his workers rooms when they're at work and prying through their personal effects and mail; the thick skin for ignoring any criticism which comes his way; the shifty eyes for ignoring any eye contact when he's lying to his co-workers; the smooth gallic-accented voice for smarming up to his bosses :yuk:. Oh yes, there are so many, many sides to Tyreburst he's like an evil kaleidoscope :uhoh:

forget

6th Jul 2007, 20:37

Don't know the man, but is he French?

SASless

7th Jul 2007, 00:24

Chuks,

When one takes a measure of a man.....one should take a full measure. Thus far, it seems on balance the scale remains firmly grounded on the one side.

VALALTA

7th Jul 2007, 15:30

I feel I must rush to the defence of my old mucker Le Compte de Chandelier.:ouch:
When he broke into my desk drawer when I was on leave, I am sure he was just making sure that the houseboy had not stolen anything.:mad:
The very sharp knife he had was not for stabbiing people in the back but was for defending his loyal employees against all the robbers around the area.:*
A finer upstanding aristo would be hard to find(ask some of the Warri girls he would pick up in the old VW).:rolleyes:
Truly a fine merchant banker.

anjouan

7th Jul 2007, 21:54

Valalta,

Ah you too saw Le Compte out cruising the less salubrious areas of Warri in his VW Amazon. Who remembers his flight when he was dropped off in Shell instead of Whisky Tango after picking up another pilot on Funiwa? Shell were most surprised to see a Topcon 212 arriving at the IA (as were the passengers!) and one always wondered if there was a connection between this and the police and army guys waiting at WT, with a local lady with a very yellow baby in her arms asking of Le Compte. I seem to remember that he arrived home many hours later with a navy escort and had a navy guard on his house for some time after. A more unpleasany, sleazbag it would be difficult to meet :yuk:. I'm amazed he's not in a coffin filled with concrete somewhere on the seabed of the Bight of Biafra by now.

Nigerian Expat Outlaw

8th Jul 2007, 08:12

I was the guy who landed at WA to drop the Chief Pilot off for a hastily scheduled meeting arranged on the HF en route Funiwa-WT.

But this was a pressing operational matter, nothing to do with the lady, baby and police who were coincidentally waiting at WT. At least that's what he told me.............

The hardest part was explaining why I was single pilot left hand seat when I landed at WT !!

What is PB doing these days ?

NEO