NEO,
Rumors of the Bristow 6/6 deal are probably about as rife, varied and nebulous as those of the CHC pay deal!! One rumor has it that Bristow will get no pay rise as such, but get 6/6, giving them a rise in the daily rate, 7/5 must be a nightmare to administer anyway, in terms of constant numbers on site, and even things like the number of roolms you need for expat staff. As I hear, CHC pay review is from May 1, but probably nothing will be heard until well after that, then it'll be backdated - gives them a couple of months extra interest on the money as usual. They've been talking about a major change to the way they pay salaries to the touring staff in CHC Global (formerly CHC International - bit like Bristow becomes OLOG, becomes Bristow I guess
). Rumors vary from 2% to 18% - who knows. One thing's for sure is that, just like Bristow if there's n o change, numbers will continue to fall, especially in Nigeria, where all the companies are expanding and bringing in new equipment, but without enough people to fly or maintain them.