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Mrs Put and Mr Neon, the reason for not having announced the replacement for Mr Holdon yet is that we need another experienced accountant to do the job of cutting everything back to the bone, maximising returns and enforcing Target Zero. You pilots have already shown yourselves incompetent to do that, so much rather than a pointy-shoes person, expect a pointy hat person who'll start right off with a review of everything and major cost-cutting exercises. We're here for one thing only - $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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TGZ, there is no CHC Nigeria, there's Aero Contractors Nigeria. To find out about jobs, apply to CHC Global who supply pilots and aircraft to Aero in Nigeria. I hear we're now fully manned 
. Yeah, right, in the mind of some lunatic bean counter 
. Yeah, right, in the mind of some lunatic bean counter
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Is a lie! Daddy would never let me to to anywhere else. Once we have our brand new, shinny AW139 here, with the superb new engineers we have hired to replace certain persons who no longer met our toppest of standards, many top international companies will be queueueing up for our services. Its not every day they will be able to have the world's leader in helicopter operations to show them how they may be taken to new levels of service and experience from Nigeria's premiere helicopter provider. With the decline of Bristow in Nigeria, we would advice them to go back to their core shampoo marketing business as we negotiate to take over all their moribund operations.
We also have noted how CHC have massively overstretched themselfs here, which may be the reason their hangar doors in Port Harcourt do not fit the frame. They should have come to us for our advice and made a copy of our superb, toppest facility in Lagos, surely a model for any company wishing a matchless facility. The slightly rolling hangar floor, for example, is in fact a great safety feature as chocks are no longer needed. Our model shipping operations have given us a long, great and wise insight into the transport industry and our continued investment in the right equipment for the job as expected from great financial minds like daddy and me who has attended university in Europe with things such as computer and book, means we are able to dialog at all levels with the industry leaders from both Europe, America and Africa. Recent events with cultist penis removals will accelerate the departure of these cultist juju organisations from our mighty nation and we shall be ready to step once more unto the breach.
We also have noted how CHC have massively overstretched themselfs here, which may be the reason their hangar doors in Port Harcourt do not fit the frame. They should have come to us for our advice and made a copy of our superb, toppest facility in Lagos, surely a model for any company wishing a matchless facility. The slightly rolling hangar floor, for example, is in fact a great safety feature as chocks are no longer needed. Our model shipping operations have given us a long, great and wise insight into the transport industry and our continued investment in the right equipment for the job as expected from great financial minds like daddy and me who has attended university in Europe with things such as computer and book, means we are able to dialog at all levels with the industry leaders from both Europe, America and Africa. Recent events with cultist penis removals will accelerate the departure of these cultist juju organisations from our mighty nation and we shall be ready to step once more unto the breach.
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Aero is in the market for Heli Pilots, know about 7 lads about to complete their training in california with two helicopter training providers and are already in touch with Aero's Nigerian Topguns in PHC for immediate recruitement on arrival in Lagos.
I gather from one of them during my holiday in their training area that Bristow is also looking firmly at picking up a couple of them.
Its good to see our lads having interest in flying choppers, for a while there many preferred the fixed wing sector.
Goodluck to all.
I gather from one of them during my holiday in their training area that Bristow is also looking firmly at picking up a couple of them.
Its good to see our lads having interest in flying choppers, for a while there many preferred the fixed wing sector.
Goodluck to all.
NEO,
Jean Luc Micoud, a French Paratrooper prior to his Bristow days, provided me a gem of wisdom when dealing with Management.....suggesting the French Foreign Legion motto applied directly to the situation.
That being "When you begin to understand.....you begin to disobey!".
Jean Luc Micoud, a French Paratrooper prior to his Bristow days, provided me a gem of wisdom when dealing with Management.....suggesting the French Foreign Legion motto applied directly to the situation.
That being "When you begin to understand.....you begin to disobey!".
Nigerian In Law
Disobey ?? Me ?? The word doesn't exist in my vocabulary. But then I don't begin to understand either............
Cheers,
NEO
Cheers,
NEO
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Aerocontractors and Bristow Nigeria
Which of these two Companies is Nigeria's largest helicopter provider?
1. How many helicopters do they each operate?
2. How many helicopter pilots do they each employ?
1. How many helicopters do they each operate?
2. How many helicopter pilots do they each employ?
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Dangagan,
They're probably little different in size, though I'm sure each company would claim to be the biggest.
Aero operates from 3 bases, but only has one helicopter in Warri, and one or 2 in Lagos (though that will change when the 2 EC225s arrive soon. Their major base is Port harcourt where they operate an AW139, S76 and SA365 for Agip from Agip base, 2 AW139s, 6 S76 and 8 Dauphins. I think that's around 20 helicopters and about 150 pilots now.
Bristow operates from 7 bases. They have 2 Bell 412 in Calabar (though one is being replaced by an S76 at the moment), 5 Bell 412EPs in Qua Ibo Terminal and at present 1 S76 in Eket. In Port Harcourt they have 2 EC155s for Shell and presently an S76 (though that's also replacing a Bell 412 at the moment) and a Bell 407. In Warri they have 4 EC155s for Shell and 3 Bell 412s and in Escravos 2 S76s, 4 206s and 7 Bell 407s (may be slightly out on those numbers). In Lagos they have up to 3 S76s and a Bell 412 and at Snake Island 2 AS332Ls. I think that's around 40 helicopters. Because some of these (mainly the Bell 407s) are operated single pilot, I'd guess they have around 150 - 180 pilots.
Both companies also operate fixed wing aircraft, but Bristow only operates charter or corporate for clients, while Aero operates scheduled international and local flights as well as charter and corporate.
Both companies are also waiting with bated breath to find out which is going to be awarded the Agbami contract, which was due to be announced in mid 2007.
I'm sure there will be those who can provide more accurate figures, but those are about right, so I'd guess Bristow is the bigger company on the helicopter scene for now.
They're probably little different in size, though I'm sure each company would claim to be the biggest.
Aero operates from 3 bases, but only has one helicopter in Warri, and one or 2 in Lagos (though that will change when the 2 EC225s arrive soon. Their major base is Port harcourt where they operate an AW139, S76 and SA365 for Agip from Agip base, 2 AW139s, 6 S76 and 8 Dauphins. I think that's around 20 helicopters and about 150 pilots now.
Bristow operates from 7 bases. They have 2 Bell 412 in Calabar (though one is being replaced by an S76 at the moment), 5 Bell 412EPs in Qua Ibo Terminal and at present 1 S76 in Eket. In Port Harcourt they have 2 EC155s for Shell and presently an S76 (though that's also replacing a Bell 412 at the moment) and a Bell 407. In Warri they have 4 EC155s for Shell and 3 Bell 412s and in Escravos 2 S76s, 4 206s and 7 Bell 407s (may be slightly out on those numbers). In Lagos they have up to 3 S76s and a Bell 412 and at Snake Island 2 AS332Ls. I think that's around 40 helicopters. Because some of these (mainly the Bell 407s) are operated single pilot, I'd guess they have around 150 - 180 pilots.
Both companies also operate fixed wing aircraft, but Bristow only operates charter or corporate for clients, while Aero operates scheduled international and local flights as well as charter and corporate.
Both companies are also waiting with bated breath to find out which is going to be awarded the Agbami contract, which was due to be announced in mid 2007.
I'm sure there will be those who can provide more accurate figures, but those are about right, so I'd guess Bristow is the bigger company on the helicopter scene for now.
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Bristow Nigeria Losing Pilots
Bristow Nigeria is yet again losing pilots, both expatriate and national, for a variety of reasons, including the danger of catching Legionnaire's Disease (something which nobody has so far caught even in the cr*p ADA shanty town in UAE ). With the CHC deal in Nigeria now far more financially lucrative (even more so for LAEs), many pilots living out of suitcases as they transfer between Shell operations or 76 operations, I can see them getting a lot shorter very quickly. It looks as if the movement of pilots from CHC to Bristow last year will be reversed this year. Never mind, I'm sure 'PeeWee' has a stack of applications a foot high on his desk . I'm sure that once the CHC EC225s arrive, a few pilots from down the road will be looking with envious eyes as they fly offshore in their elderly AS332s. Pass the maple syrup boys 
). With the CHC deal in Nigeria now far more financially lucrative (even more so for LAEs), many pilots living out of suitcases as they transfer between Shell operations or 76 operations, I can see them getting a lot shorter very quickly. It looks as if the movement of pilots from CHC to Bristow last year will be reversed this year. Never mind, I'm sure 'PeeWee' has a stack of applications a foot high on his desk . I'm sure that once the CHC EC225s arrive, a few pilots from down the road will be looking with envious eyes as they fly offshore in their elderly AS332s. Pass the maple syrup boys
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Mama,
Sad but true about the Legionnaire's case. I'm not aware of anyone else leaving BHNL though ? I'll have to check my sources if nobody here can shed any light.
Can anyone tell us what the CHC/ACN accommodation in Port Harcourt is like ? I hear they moved ?
Cheers,
NEO
Sad but true about the Legionnaire's case. I'm not aware of anyone else leaving BHNL though ? I'll have to check my sources if nobody here can shed any light.
Can anyone tell us what the CHC/ACN accommodation in Port Harcourt is like ? I hear they moved ?
Cheers,
NEO
As I hear about the "to and fro'ing" between Bristow and ACN it would appear the Pilots and Engineers would be better off by forming a Staffing Agency, sign contracts with both operators and thus be able to minimize the paperwork burden for the drones.
But then I recalled a small problem.....just what company unit would one contract with on the Bristow side of the bargain?
But then I recalled a small problem.....just what company unit would one contract with on the Bristow side of the bargain?
Nigerian In Law
The Grass Is Always Greener............
Sas,
People would never achieve any pay rises or seniority if they went back and forth every year as each operator announces their new deal !! Maybe it's better just to be content with leap frogging each other bi-annually ??
Cheers,
NEO
People would never achieve any pay rises or seniority if they went back and forth every year as each operator announces their new deal !! Maybe it's better just to be content with leap frogging each other bi-annually ??
Cheers,
NEO
Maybe the same juju as the disappearing organs?
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NEO,
I guess you're a bit out in the sticks where you are as I've now heard of 5 pilots on their way from Bristow, though 2 of them may not have put in their resignations yet) and at least another 3 who are still deciding whether to accept offers from CHC.
The story I heard about CHC leaving Cameroon is true, so if their pilots from there are prepared to come to Nigeria, that will also help to boost their numbers here and put them in a good position if they get the Agbami contract. They may think that Cameroon and Nigeria are similar as they're neighbours, but I don't think it will take them long to get disabused of that notion if and when they arrive!
CHC definitely seem to be the flavour of the month here and the Bristow hard-nosed attitude with some of the oil companies and more than a few of its employees may soon come back and bite them in the ass. I think you're also right that for a company claiming to be completely transparent and which in the infamous Bristow song is said to "communicate, they keep you in the loop", they're lousy at informing employees of anything including who the new MD is going to be, 2 weeks after it was announced that the present one is leaving. I expect it's all totally within the concept of Target Zero, soon to be Zero communication, Zero pay review, Zero new helicopters, Zero pilots, Zero engineers, Zero Bristow Nigeria Way to go 
I guess you're a bit out in the sticks where you are as I've now heard of 5 pilots on their way from Bristow, though 2 of them may not have put in their resignations yet) and at least another 3 who are still deciding whether to accept offers from CHC.
The story I heard about CHC leaving Cameroon is true, so if their pilots from there are prepared to come to Nigeria, that will also help to boost their numbers here and put them in a good position if they get the Agbami contract. They may think that Cameroon and Nigeria are similar as they're neighbours, but I don't think it will take them long to get disabused of that notion if and when they arrive!
CHC definitely seem to be the flavour of the month here and the Bristow hard-nosed attitude with some of the oil companies and more than a few of its employees may soon come back and bite them in the ass. I think you're also right that for a company claiming to be completely transparent and which in the infamous Bristow song is said to "communicate, they keep you in the loop", they're lousy at informing employees of anything including who the new MD is going to be, 2 weeks after it was announced that the present one is leaving. I expect it's all totally within the concept of Target Zero, soon to be Zero communication, Zero pay review, Zero new helicopters, Zero pilots, Zero engineers, Zero Bristow Nigeria
Way to go
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PW,
I think you're a bit quick off the mark with that information. I have a friend in Douala who tells me that although CHC have financial problems there they haven't yet pulled the plug. He does admit though, that he's considering other options, including Nigeria! With our 225s due to arrive soon, we'll need more pilots anyway. I'm told that the delay on the Agbami contract is due to internal politics within NNPC, but the rumor is that we'll certainly be getting the S76 part of it (and possibly more). Bristow will have a problem if they get it as they have pilots leaving, NAF Base apparently running down and I haven't heard of anyone going to do any S92 courses yet. With the well-publicised gearbox and engine failure problems on the S92 it may not be the best aircraft for the job for now. Sikorsky will undoubtedly sort out the problems, as they did on the S61 and the S76, but it doesn't help on contracts being bid for at the moment.
I think you're a bit quick off the mark with that information. I have a friend in Douala who tells me that although CHC have financial problems there they haven't yet pulled the plug. He does admit though, that he's considering other options, including Nigeria! With our 225s due to arrive soon, we'll need more pilots anyway. I'm told that the delay on the Agbami contract is due to internal politics within NNPC, but the rumor is that we'll certainly be getting the S76 part of it (and possibly more). Bristow will have a problem if they get it as they have pilots leaving, NAF Base apparently running down and I haven't heard of anyone going to do any S92 courses yet. With the well-publicised gearbox and engine failure problems on the S92 it may not be the best aircraft for the job for now. Sikorsky will undoubtedly sort out the problems, as they did on the S61 and the S76, but it doesn't help on contracts being bid for at the moment.
NEO,
You seemed to be sipping the Kool Aid. The point to my suggestion is the pilots would maintain seniority, pension, perks, pay and the like with their own company. It would be a very similar thing to Shell/Bristow where the customer (in this case CHC/BHL-Biagle-Air Log-Pan African-Olog) own the aircraft and the NIPG provide the staff.
I am sure there are some shrewd Nigerian Oil Industry Leaders that would fancy owning such a goldmine. One might have to start wearing pointy toed shoes or something. But...what the heck it is a thought.
You seemed to be sipping the Kool Aid. The point to my suggestion is the pilots would maintain seniority, pension, perks, pay and the like with their own company. It would be a very similar thing to Shell/Bristow where the customer (in this case CHC/BHL-Biagle-Air Log-Pan African-Olog) own the aircraft and the NIPG provide the staff.
I am sure there are some shrewd Nigerian Oil Industry Leaders that would fancy owning such a goldmine. One might have to start wearing pointy toed shoes or something. But...what the heck it is a thought.
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missing the point
The whole point of working for a specific company is that when times are tight for them, the threat of you leaving applies pressure to improve conditions. If we all worked for some agency, then it would not be down to us. Unless we wanted to leave Nigeria. The way it stands we can vote with our feet without serious changes to the environment most of us have chosen, which despite the random wittering poeple not involved, pays reasonably well. (it could and should be better and we all make our own choices)
SAS do you still work?
SAS do you still work?
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Rah Rah
You know, things aren't that bad with the big B. If they were there may be a few more posts about the issues from guys who actually work for them. Yeah, there may be some over the delta transit, and I am sure that will continue, but it is sad to hear continual drumming about how bad things are for Bristow here, by guys who don't actually work for them. Perhaps just a few are content to just read these forums and stay quiet, as maybe there are things occurring that are ok. I think that is all I need to post......