So just to recap...has CHC ceased ops in Cameroon and Chad or not?

Gooney,

I am not sure of that specifically, but with the exception of the domestic South African work and Oranjemund it looks to be business as usual.

The ships in EG are going back on the C-XXXX register and Angola is already D2- reg.

Thank's unstable load,

Finally some good news this week.

GB.

GB,

I'll see what I can dig up for you.

In the meanwhile, rumour has it that CHCA will be trading as...................

COURT.......................................

in their new incarnation!!

Go figure!

CHC Cameroon/Tchad is still operating, (at least as of yesturday.) and is under CHC Global, but was overseen by CHCA out of Cape Town when the micromanagers in YVR permitted.

Thanks rwm!

There's your answer, Gooney. Looks like the micromanagers can have at it now. Good luck to them.

Thanks guys, much appreciated GB

Little humming bird from Africa told me that CHC is closing one base in December and another one early next year. It is clear that CHC will close all African bases. Pilots and Engineers should get together and all resign on the same day and stop all CHC’s operations in Africa. Make your decisions; don’t let them make a decision for you. Come to North Sea, plenty of jobs here.

Dauphin N5

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Come to North Sea, plenty of jobs here.

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Ah, but wait! There's a catch..... (as always). Were it not for a minor issue like a JAR66 ticket and a Brit Passport I would have been there long ago.

I even had a firm offer for an unlicensed (power by the hour) job and was told (by DOM CHC) that the Border Agency?? would not grant the visa as I was unlicensed.:ugh:
Apparently I need to be licensed to fill an unlicensed post in the UK.:D

N5,

You are wrong. CHC Africa is doing very good. Now, go to sleep.

:rolleyes:

So, it was true. Libyan Tripoli operation is closing down this month.
Can anyone guess which base will be the last one on the continent?

Well, the current rumour mill grist is that Nigeria and Angola are on very wobbly legs and about to expire. Now that's not a new thing for Angola as it has gone from 4 to 1 ship and up and down a few times.

igeria though will be a big blow. Up to 35 machines and all those pilots and enginesears suddenly dumped on the jobmarket will not be good.

It sounds like two C+ machines are inbound for Luanda, doesn't sound wobbly to me!?

If CHC "loose" the contract in Nigeria, "dead wood" will be cut and new uniform will be issued, business as usual. When they start closing fields, that is when we need to run for cover! Oil price down, start up fields move to right.......oil price go up, new business opening soon near you.

O, and the earth is going to stop revolving in two months and all "oil" driven vehicles to be replaced by "clean" driven vehicles in two weeks!

Take pill, a deep breath, phone your shrink, and RELAX!

Taxi,

The contracts that were lost with the shutdown of CHCA were the ones that fell within the SADC zone, ie Namibia and domestic SA. Angola and Malabo were managed out of Cape Town but were transferred to Vancouver when the sale of CHCA went down.
I understand that the Malabo machines will be going onto the C-Reg soon and Angola is D2-Reg already.

Unstable,

Apologies if you interpreted my last post was aimed at you. Not the intention, but more aimed at the doom and gloom of all the CHC contracts "closing down".

My point being all the contracts are still running or will be running after CHCA, CHC Global or whatever you want to call whoever. To say they have shut down, or will shut down soon is an illusion. Maybe I'm being to optimistic looking at the current oil price, but the oil boys are still making money!

The important thing for eng/pilots is, the work will still be available.

Clear as mud?

Taxi,
No problems with the interpretation from this side. Was trying to clarify the mud.

I have worn a few shirts doing this job and if the CHC ones start to itch or get too tight, then I will find one that fits me again.

Hover Junkie, since CHC (A) is history now, perhaps you should rename this to “CHC IN Africa closing down”.
CHC Cameroon lost contract to its last helicopter and will be parked soon; Libya closed down, Angola shutting down end of the year. Cameroon and Chad FW hanging on the string. Nigeria in shambles. Any news from EG? They seem to be the only ones still doing something?
Well done, Richmond!
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Don't blame Richmond for Angola. From the first time Court went into Angola they had been thrown out at least twice when Sonair decided to go it alone, only to be invited back later.