Bristow in Nigeria seems determined to lose more expat pilots even though they're already short. Earlier in the year, in a move they claimed was to get a better service, they changed their medical insurance from AXA/PPP which most guys were pretty happy with, to Aetna which is garbage (just read some of the reviews -
Aetna Reviews).
Unlike most other Bristow locations in the world (probably because they don't have unions for the expats, unlike most other countries), the pilots in Nigeria are supposed to fill in some kind rinky-dink annual performance appraisal which most guys (and girls) either knew nothing about or didn't fill in, so they'll probably get no raise. People are already seeing new hires brought in on higher pay then existing pilots (do they think we pilots don't talk to each other about pay or something
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Some pilots use to complain about the journey to work in Port Harcourt , but really liked the housing there (which is probably the best in Nigeria) so now the company is moving us into some kind of cheap housing (sorry, housing closer to work) which looks like it'll be same standard as the garbage in Lagos. One of the new places has been empty for years and I hear tell it's got mold and stuff all over the walls, and the other place they already moved us to has real expensive food, lousy internet, just a few lousy TV channels which are near unwatchable and some kind of local manager who couldn't manage a Krispy Kreme franchise on a slow day at a dieter's convention
Looks like CHC will get plenty choice when they get their AOC and bring in all those new birds they're talking about
