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Old 19th Feb 2007, 22:01
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SASless
 
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why don't you do it in a more appropriate (read private) venue, be sure you know who you're communicating WITH and work toward solutions instead of publicizing the sort of information that's appeared in the last couple of days on this thread without a thought toward your colleagues.
There are a whole lot of people in Nigeria who are absolutely spectacular at pointing out where all the problems are and then they smugly sit on their a*ses saying 'I told you so'.Back home we call them barbers and taxi drivers.
Um....how many times have folks beseeched the Dino's to act proactively about Security, Transportation, lodging et al, to no avail. Don't confuse those who have been there for years and thereafter take issue with those whose poor decisions place them in peril with those that have not been there and thus do not have an accurate understanding of the situation.

Please read back on the thread and look for the discussion about Bristow's sohphisticated response to the morning Lagos Crew bus getting tricked by 9mm parabellums with two pilots being wounded and the rest somewhat rattled. The installation of velour curtains on the bus and the installation of an FM radio was an amazing measure guarnateed to prevent similar attacks.

There is a lot of history to this situation that you may have missed over the years if you have been hanging out in the military forum and were not a regular here.

Ask around and find out how many pilots have been held hostage at some point in their employment....sometimes by the bandits and insurgents too.

For that matter....how many takeovers have been done by the police or Army for that matter. I can recall leaving Forcardos North Bank when it became apparant the Army Troops there were going to occupy the aircraft by running off the waiting Shell passengers by pointing guns at them.

The Nigerian Oil Patch dances to a different tune than most places.
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