So how often has this happened to you in Nigeria?
Arrive at work and get tasking to go to XXXXX rig or flow station. The only information you're given is that there are x number of passengers to come back and possibly, if you're lucky the weather. When you arrive, you find that you're evacuating the place because just a few hours before it was hit by terrorists and several task force personnel were killed and some of the expats taken hostage
. You heard nothing about this beforehand, either because the oil company (usually Agip or Shell) said nothing about it to you. You enquire of your company management if they knew anything beforehand, but if you work for CHC and it's the weekend, you get no reply because they have their usual weekend off in their secure, luxury housing (just like yours
).
The oil company has no interest in you because you're a contractor. Your company is getting you on the cheap because it tells you that you're getting a great salary (actually, you're getting a crap salary for what you're doing - it's just that you don't have to pay tax on what you earn in this tropical paradise). Do you think that your counterpart in the North Sea, GOM, Thailand or Newfoundland gets asked to fly out to a place that's just been subject to a terrorist attack? You can bet your sweet bippy that the answer's a big no. So why is Nigeria different?
Never mind, CHC's soon to announce a huge increase in IP and Bristow's officially going to 6/6 with a huge payrise. No, really, it's going to be announced before the end of the week. Honestly, it's really going to happen this time. Truly, the management has finally realised they have to do something urgent.........
