MM,
You're right about the CHC rise actually being less than 4%, when a lot of staff in Nigeria were hoping for 10-15%, but realistically expecting 5-7%. They're already short despite anything they may say about having a lot of new guys on the way to Nigeria. There are also a lot of guys looking for transfers, other jobs or due to retire soon. This rise won't even plug the hole in the dam - soon I expect it to be a breach. There are those who foolishly thin there will be an increase in the incentive pay to make the payrise worthwhile, but CHC don't give a damn about their people in Nigeria or anywhere else - the bottom line these days, as with all companies is $$$
. As you say, why should pilots working in the North Sea be getting paid more for doing the same job? The only difference is that in Europe many pilots are unionised. Super 61 has it right - CHC have woken a sleeping Tiger and they may soon wish they'd been more reasonable with a group of people who are now at boiling point. Yet, they actually look good by comparison with Bristow
. Caverton only seem to be able to recruit expat pilots from the third world where the standard of living is little different from Nigeria. Has anybody noticed the number of pilots now arriving in Bristow and CHC from many of the world's poorer nations? Supposedly foreign pilots are only allowed to work in Nigeria because they have a level of expertise higher than that which can be found here until enough national pilots are trained to replace them. I wonder what the average Nigerian pilot in Bristow and CHC thinks of some of these new 'experts' many of who can barely speak English? Any comments from Zazoo, TomBola etc?