It's obvious that many CHC pilots with Aero will be thinking of joining Bristow right now as CHC goes down the pan. Don't do it! Friends still in Nigeria tell me that morale within Bristow is at rock bottom as well, they're desperately short of pilots but that idiot Wee Dick is offering copilot jobs or saying that they have plenty of pilots
. Old friends at Eket are desperate to leave and if you're in Lagos and caught in the bar after 1900, prepare to be sacked by A$$lick in person and be on a flight out the next day
. It's obvious from what's being posted here that XOM have been up to their old tricks and their so called security advisor couldn't give sensible advice on how to keep your dog chained up in the back yard
. Take the impending finish of Aero as a sign, broaden your horizons, get out of Nigeria. Whatever you do, don't look to Bristow - it's still the same company with old colonial attitudes because the old colonial managers are still there, just under some new management. There really are other jobs out here where you can have a life
. OK, the money may be a bit less, but it's enough. The management may not be much better, but who cares - the lifestyle is far better. Nigeria now really sucks, no matter who you work for or where you're based. Evergreen will be there under the Virgin Nigeria banner and then you can transfer to them and experience really bad management and you have as much likelihood of being paid on time as you do with Caverton by all accounts.
Think of Aero's misfortune as a lucky break - you've finally been forced to get out of the hell hole that Nigeria's become and find a worthwhile job.