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Old 6th Oct 2004, 07:44
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Nigerian Expat Outlaw

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SASless,

The travel situation Eket to Lagos for those guys is haphazard to say the least. Somtimes they send a Bristow fixed wing to crew change them, but other times they have to bum a lift on a Mobil helicopter flight to an offshore platform, then wait for another one to Port Harcourt where they get ACN to Lagos. Very hit and miss !!

The operation is entirely self catering so they are mostly cooking their own meals after a days' flying, but the accomodation is awful, dropping to pieces, long periods with no water etc.

Port Harcourt are still in the boonies, no change there. Warri are split between two not particularly secure estates, not good in a Wild West town like that. Calabar have the same house as ever, inside the oil company base with reasonable security, and Calabar doesn't seem to get the problems (traffic, crime, tribal stuff) that the rest of the Delta suffers from. They don't get any per diem either as they are catered.

As a matter of fact, accomodation is probably one of the few things CHC/ACN have going for them. They live in a fairly secure estate in downtown Port Harcourt with pretty good facilities (especially the bar) and are catered for. Just a shame about the salaries.
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