I hear that the big chiefs from CHC in Vancouver are visiting Africa. One is now in Cameroun trying to save the former Schreiner operation from obliteration there after lots of movements of personnels. Former General Manager was fired, former MD is now sitting in an office in Vancouver, former Ops Manager off to Angola and his former deputy off to Malabo (though he must have done something right as he is going to be the boss in Malabo).
Meanwhile with Aero Contractoe staffs in Port Harcourt are still unhappy abouit many things. Even though the helicopters earn most of the revenue for the company (and CHC is a HELICOPTER company) the helicopter pilots are always treated like second class dirt when they voyage to or through Lagos (where their travel has usually been anyway completely screwed up by the so-called travel agent the company uses). Many people are still disgusted by the state of the housing and facilities at work and home. I hear that there will be big changes announce by the big chiefs which may include replacements for some of the senior expatriate staffs, like Operations Manager and Chief Engineer. There are still several pilots looking at leaving and just bringing in new helicopters isn't going to persuade people to stay when they see what CHC has to offer in other overseas bases.