Payday at Arik Air
 

28th of the month... payday. Let the clock begin.

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I worked for them in 2006 and I am still waiting to be paid

It is a very long line indeed, that needs to be paid by Arik.

29th of the Month

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Hedy, it is the 30th already, ahhh...banks are closed, not Arik's fault...:ooh:

Curious
 

I am curious does ARIK owe its staff in LHR and JFK ???:confused:

National Holiday today, so I'm sure tomorrow will be payday :ugh:

Then it will only be 4 days late.

One Arik official famously said that the pay would be "on or about" the 28th, which to most might mean the 26th, or 27th, or maybe 29th or 30th, with weekends and banking holidays.

We never have to worry about early :=

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Calendar Month
 

An Arik Calendar Month is 46 days long. So tick tocking until the 16th.:rolleyes:

BBC:

Nigerian airlines to get bail-out

Nigeria's central bank is extending a 500bn naira ($3.3bn; £2.3bn) bail-out to its troubled airlines.

The fund, first announced in March, was originally meant to stimulate credit to the power and manufacturing sectors.

The country's aviation industry, already hit by higher fuel costs, has grown rapidly in recent years and many airlines are heavily indebted.

In August 2009, the Central Bank of Nigeria also injected 400bn naira to rescue five banks.

'Avert crisis'

"These airlines can now partake from the fund and those that are indebted to banks can refinance their loans and amortise them over a period of ten to 15 years," the bank's spokesman Mohammed Abdullahi said.

"This we believe will help put off a feared financial crisis in the aviation industry."

Virgin Atlantic has said it is looking to sell its 49% stake in Nigerian Eagle Airlines, formerly Virgin Nigeria.

Nigerian Eagle Airlines suspended its loss-making long-haul routes to the UK and South Africa last year to focus on domestic operations.

Whatever money Arik might get would be mismanaged away.

I'd call, but my company phone doesn't work. Bill not paid !!!! :ouch:


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Is it true they haven't paid? Hearing all sorts right now!

JUNE 2, 2010.

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All affected have to stay strong as long as possible.

I wonder if the shiny new Gl-Ex has been paid for either.

Well, SLS is donating some billions to the sector, time to cut the cake! Now, i wish i'm in that country to eat some of it. Touch luck eh?

June 3rd
Tick Tock, Tick Tock, Tick... Clonk... argh, the clock broke, so now we will never get paid!! :ugh:

clonk!

lol, funny that one.

Oops
 

Definitely not funny,oops,Thot aero had a big prob?**** happens:sad::(,Not good,and not funny.

Over a week late. No notes, memos, emails... no nothing. You'd think they don't like us? Was it something we said?

The chairman was flying out this evening in the GlobalX. You'd never know that he's a man who doesn't pay his bills.

$700,000 paycheck, who's got it?
 

Guys, from the grapevine, i gather that he's waiting for the $700,000 he's charged the Nigerian Government to fly the soccer team into South Africa for this World Cup thingy.

Once he gets that payment, he will buy Naira from the Mallam or CBN and then take it to his local bank and pay the staff after keeping his own profits.

I heard this from one of his key staff and am still bemused!

NaijaNinja I reckon the super muppets should just stay at home this time rather than go and make a fool out of themselves, even with Largerback with them. I dont care how good kanu was, he's got to be at least 50 now. Anyway back to Arumemi, reminds me of how Okada used to treat their employees back in the days to the extent that the owner slapped one of his pilots for not landing on time. He certainly didnt expect the pilot to put his flight bag down, roll his sleeves up and returned a very hot slap back to the owner. We need more of those types of pilots today.

I understand the staff freeze at the sight of the man, even in social circles. So i wonder if there's anyone with guts to ask why they haven't been paid.

I reckon they should stand up and demand the creation of a Union to fight for them. Question is who has the guts to initiate the process?

The best person(s) to form a union at Arik are those who have already been fired / quit / ran from the company, and would like to give something back !!!

I'd like to buy a beer or three this Saturday eve, but without some quid, I'm probably just going to sit and think about how best to form a union.:cool:

My Rolex is still ticking ;)

Yeah but...
 

That is the one you bought on Bar Beach for $50, right? I have one too, around here somewhere... Oh, yeah, there it is on my wrist!

At least they still have money for new aircraft. A332 is delivered...

June 7, 2010.

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This watch must be Made in Absurdistan.

Hi guys,

Looks to me like "TIA" (this is Africa")..
Got a potential offer with Arik as an A330 Skipper through a UK based broker. Would working for Arik through a broker make life easier or pay day more accurate?
How about the rest? What is it like to work with them? :uhoh:
Fire off, guys or else pm me.

Depends on the broker, some will pay you, and pay you on time, regardless of what the cr@p airline does. Others (the majority unfortunately) don't have the foresight/balls to ask the airline for the money in advance, so if they ain't paid, toi non plus.
If there is a clause in the contract stating "if the airline does not pay us we are not responsible Bla Bla Bla", well, don't say they didn't warn you. Tread carefully.

I wonder how the man on the chair(the chairman) can expect his staff to run his airlines with a good interest when he is treating them like this... still no juice!

:ugh:

Thx, CaptPlay, will consider that.

Apart from that, anyone more info on rosters, accommodation en route, training, cockpit atmosphere etc? Will the company hold up for another year?

"The Big Oga" syndrome is clearly at play here with Arumemi Johnson and his son. There's money in the company yet he chooses to en slave the workforce. Maybe the pilots dont acknowledge his presence enough, perharps when he comes onboard he's expecting a special PA to the pax informing them the "Big Cheese" is on board, and then maybe all the pax should be asked to stand up and acknowledge him. Something like that. That might bring the pay date back maybe 3days. What he needs is a good beating or perharps a refferal to the EFCC. That tends to humble a lot of these big politicians/thieves.

Leave rotations canceled for all CRJ Pilots as of the other day. Interesting move by the management in the face of recent Pilot resignations.

Pay still not in the bank but we are all getting fairly used to that.

The Dang thing
 

Chuck, Glad these dang things still work, but it's slowing down now as everyday passes ticccck toooock. I will be getting it's next wind up, next payday that's if I've got the strength too.

Pops out the Bag
 

Not quite so HP. He is like a little mouse on board, seen but not heard, that's until the main gear touches down, then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

Well...
 

If you or your Bar Beach Rolex need a wind-up you have come to the right place!

Ok, just thinking about the registration letters for the chairman's GlobalX:


Very Quickly Broke Johnson Arumemi


With a change in president of Nigeria, there may be a change to the fortunes of Arik's back door flow of government cash. This airline will probably be around in a year or more, but only on momentum. It's a completely leadership devoid entity plowing through time until momentum is spent.

My salary clock is broke, and I have no money to fix it. So, I'll tap on my beer glass:

Tink, Tink, Tink, Tink, Tink..................................

Just pulled this from the Virgin Nigeria thread:

"Grapevine has it that W3 CP has put in his letter. Had it up to his gazookas with --- you tell me. Word is end of June, he'll take a graceful exit. Pity. Nice chap.
Gave a lot of guys opportunities on the NG and CRJ, and even A340. Hope he goes to VK."


If I recall, he made a similar announcement last year, with a 1 Sept 2009 date. That never transpired, so don't know if this is just a ploy to demand more money, or not.

I dont know what the poor guy gets a month, but whatever it is, he needs a raise. To put up with all that BS from AJ takes a special kind of person.

@Oyindo, what you need to do is fly him through one of those massive CB's between Benin and PH. That should put the fear of God into him. I'm sure he'll sign all the cheques b4 you land.

Does this mean that they will be hiring pilots?? I need a job.

You need your head examining. Great first post, let's hope your next few are as funny as this one!

I heard that they shut down the entire Arik fleet this morning for about 2 hours for non-payment of government fees for ATC.

Still no pay check.

Clonk, click, clack, crack, bang, pop, poop.........