What's New In W. Africa (Nigeria)
Director of ?...... Has also just quit.
Nigerian In Law
Another One ?
212,
Has another Q & S Director gone ? I'm a bit behind the curve maybe ? GW left some time ago, has his successor now left as well ?
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Has another Q & S Director gone ? I'm a bit behind the curve maybe ? GW left some time ago, has his successor now left as well ?
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Has another Q & S Director gone ? I'm a bit behind the curve maybe ? GW left some time ago, has his successor now left as well ?
(Genuine question, not insinuation....)
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Not Q&S from Caverton.
S76Ds are on the cards to replace the 412s in Warri as well as Eket, but who knows if Chevron will ever actually get around to replacing the singles (which do a good job) with twins, and if they do will Bell or Airbus Helicopters win the day? No matter what, there are a lot of disgruntled people, especially in PH now particularly after a few people were forced to depart and excessive roster changes were yet again order of the day. Despite that, management still keep banging on about being overstaffed (whilst at the same time almost every month there is an announcement of a new VP of this, a manager of that, usually in the human remains, financial disaster, service delivery, supply chain 'biz dev and elf and safety departments
).
PAAN's managing director is supposed to be going to Tanzania soon as part of the Bristow-contract-that-isn't-a-Bristow-contract
. A lot of people are confused about this, especially with photos of the helicopters having the names of 2 operators on them.
How many pilots have now heard whether they'll be able to escape Nigeria to the peaceful delights of flying out of Malta to offshore Libya? Of course, if the aircraft are not going to be going near Libyan soil and all the staff are based in 5he holiday destination of Malta, the allowances are likely to be almost non-existent when compared to the 'tropical paradise' with its delightful accommodation in 5 star, secure holiday camps
S76Ds are on the cards to replace the 412s in Warri as well as Eket, but who knows if Chevron will ever actually get around to replacing the singles (which do a good job) with twins, and if they do will Bell or Airbus Helicopters win the day? No matter what, there are a lot of disgruntled people, especially in PH now particularly after a few people were forced to depart and excessive roster changes were yet again order of the day. Despite that, management still keep banging on about being overstaffed (whilst at the same time almost every month there is an announcement of a new VP of this, a manager of that, usually in the human remains, financial disaster, service delivery, supply chain 'biz dev and elf and safety departments
). PAAN's managing director is supposed to be going to Tanzania soon as part of the Bristow-contract-that-isn't-a-Bristow-contract
. A lot of people are confused about this, especially with photos of the helicopters having the names of 2 operators on them. How many pilots have now heard whether they'll be able to escape Nigeria to the peaceful delights of flying out of Malta to offshore Libya? Of course, if the aircraft are not going to be going near Libyan soil and all the staff are based in 5he holiday destination of Malta, the allowances are likely to be almost non-existent when compared to the 'tropical paradise' with its delightful accommodation in 5 star, secure holiday camps
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Didn't know BP awarded the Libya tender yet. It's not due to start for another 10 months. They are looking for 3 heavies. 92 or 225 will do.
http://www.libya-businessnews.com/20...opter-service/
http://www.libya-businessnews.com/20...opter-service/
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Bristow have quite a few EC225s they'd like to shift from Aberdeen right now!
However, it looks as if Nigeria is not much safer than Libya anyway and barely outranks CAR and DRC - oh yes, we know how to rock and enjoy ourselves in the TP
And if you work for Caverton, you can double the fun with late pay, grrrreat accommodation and security you know you can trust (oh ya, the bad guys stay away because they're afraid )
However, it looks as if Nigeria is not much safer than Libya anyway and barely outranks CAR and DRC - oh yes, we know how to rock and enjoy ourselves in the TP
And if you work for Caverton, you can double the fun with late pay, grrrreat accommodation and security you know you can trust (oh ya, the bad guys stay away because they're afraid )
Top 10 Most Dangerous Countries in Africa, Nigeria 6th position
This top 10 list of most dangerous countries in Africa is based on the degree instability and danger that commonly erupt in these countries. Most of these countries are characterised by war and political instability, acts of terrorism, crimes against humanity. This list is taken from the Global Peace Index report of 2012. Global Peace Index has been classifying 153 countries according to how peaceful they are. The 2012 Global Peace Index has actually discovered that the world has become slightly more peaceful when compared to the previous year. The list considers renewed fighting, the resurgence of political instability including terrorist threats. Here is the list of:
10 Most Dangerous Countries in Africa
10. Ethiopia
Ethiopia comes up at number 10 on our list of 10 most dangerous places in Africa. Ethiopia has been involved in a conflict with Eritrea for more than ten years. Eritrea got her independence from Ethiopia about 30 years ago following a prolonged fight for freedom. The Border disputes between Eritrea and Ethiopia have been going on ever since Eritrea broke free from Ethiopia in 1991. The International Court of Justice had clearly defined the borders between the 2 countries but there is still a tense relationship between the nations. The Ethiopia have not fully withdrawn from the region.
There is also a group known as Oromo Liberation Front which has been labeled as outlaw and a terrorist organisation by the Ethiopian government. The organisation was started in 1973 by Oromo nationalists to promote self-determination for the Oromo people against what they call “Abyssinian colonial rule”
9. Burundi
For the past 15 years, Burundi has known political conflict and for more than a decade, the local and regional peace talks have been initiated. The international community other peace loving organisations have tried to find a way out of the endless Burundian conflicts but the outcome seems to be a worsening state of political, economic and social violence and inequalities. The misaligned political interests have fuelled these instabilities over the years.
8. Zimbabwe
Following the country’s presidential election in 2008 between Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai, his main rival, both claimed victory in the first round of elections, Zimbabwe has regenerated a wave of renewed violence and instability. with the establishment of a system with two-heads: president as Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai as Prime Minister in 2009, the situation has eased off a little bit.
Zimbabwe Peace Project reported a 15% increase in human rights violations that were “directly linked” to the new push for polls in 2012 and 2 years earlier, attempts by the Prime Minister to develop the Constitution have been sabotaged by the camp of Robert Mugabe. Public meetings were banned, arbitrary arrests, looting and ransacking, have pushed the country into violence. In general, Zimbabwean government has remained a troubled coalition characterised by bickering and stalemate. The political impasse has impacted negatively on the benefits of a good governance and stalled Zimbabwe from operating in its full capacity. It has generally constrained peaceful political participation as well as economic progress.
7. Chad
Chad has drastically improved it’s position by striking a more healthy relationship with her neighbouring countries. In the recent past, Chad was politically insecure and volatile. Ethnic clashes, banditry and fighting between government forces and rebel groups contributed to a worsening security situation in the region. It was reported that an estimated 180,000 Chadians were forced from their homes within three years while 285,000 refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Darfur region of Sudan have fled violence in their own countries and live in refugee camps in eastern Chad. The instability also impacted some 700,000 Chadians whose communities have been disrupted by fighting and strained by the presence of the displaced.
6. Nigeria
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and home to over 155 million people is in the midst of political, economic and social instability. The north, central and south eastern parts of Nigeria are the most affected parts. In the recent times, there has been a sharp increase in religious conflict at the north of the country where the killings of Muslims and Christians have sent nearly 20,000 to their death within the last decade. There has also been an increase in acts of terrorism and inhumanity against government and public structures including churches carried out by a sect called Boko Haram.
The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) operates in the southern part of the country, attacking the facilities and personnel of oil companies. Kidnappings of expatriates and attacks on oil pipelines are their predilections. The Amnesty programme initiated by the Federal Government seem to have successfully reduced these attacks on government properties But the country is facing a rising wave of kidnapping and corruption.
5. Libya
The crisis in Libya seized the attention of the international community and has been labeled a clear case for when timely and decisive response to uphold response in the face of an imminent threat of mass atrocities should occur. The protests led to the downfall of the authority of Muammar Gaddafi in the east. Since then, international intervention under the authority of NATO has still not managed to completely restore calm in the country.
4. Central African Republic
Despite the signing of a peace agreement in 2008, some groups have not signed the agreement and are still active. The security situation in the Central African Republic is growing more precarious by the day as an insurgent coalition advances toward the capital city of Bangui. In south-east, the troops of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) led by Joseph Kony, continue unabated. This group is part of the most violent in the world, has expanded internationally and is present in the DRC and southern Sudan, where he is engaged in looting and abductions of civilians.
The Central African Republic has recently joined the list. Central African Republic faces a devastating humanitarian crisis that threatens to plunge the population even deeper into misery.
3. Democratic Republic of Congo
A series of landmark and peer-reviewed studies by the IRC and some of the world’s leading epidemiologists conclude that an estimated 5.4 million people died from conflict-related causes in Congo since 1998.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has faced a lot of border insecurity and violence within. The massive influx of refugees after the Rwandan genocide.
To the east, the Allied Democratic Forces-National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (ADF-NALU), Ugandan rebel movement, is in conflict with the Congolese government. This group is related to the Shabab Somali fundamentalist Islamic group linked to al-Qaida.
2 – Sudan
Sudan is a country that has suffered internal conflicts with serious political, security and humanitarian consequences over the years and the situation in has worsened from the past 2 years. Violence has flared along the border since South Sudan became independent last year. Conflicts have erupted in two border states where communities traditionally allied to the south found themselves north of the border after independence. The conflict in Darfur has killed about 300,000 people, including those due to famine and disease, and 2.7 million people have been displaced since 2003. The peace agreement signed in 2006 between the government and the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), one of the strongest rebel groups, is fragile because all factions did not sign.
In the South, thanks to self-determination referendum in 2011, the conflict in Southern Sudan is in the process of healing. However, the situation in Abyei, remains uncertain.
1 – Somalia
For over 20 years, Somalia has been in the face of a civil war. There has been constant conflict between the Transitional Federal Government which is supported by the United Nations and several groups of Islamist rebels, some of which are close to al-Qaida.
The government of Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed seems to control part of the capital Mogadishu, which happens to be the scene of regular fighting between both sides to maintain control.
With Somalia’s stability still foggy, over 20 percent of Somalis under the Office of the United Nations for Refugees (UNHCR) have fled the country controlled by fear.
Among all the sub-Saharan African countries which experienced wars in the past 10 years Rwanda have not been ranked among the ten most dangerous countries.
This top 10 list of most dangerous countries in Africa is based on the degree instability and danger that commonly erupt in these countries. Most of these countries are characterised by war and political instability, acts of terrorism, crimes against humanity. This list is taken from the Global Peace Index report of 2012. Global Peace Index has been classifying 153 countries according to how peaceful they are. The 2012 Global Peace Index has actually discovered that the world has become slightly more peaceful when compared to the previous year. The list considers renewed fighting, the resurgence of political instability including terrorist threats. Here is the list of:
10 Most Dangerous Countries in Africa
10. Ethiopia
Ethiopia comes up at number 10 on our list of 10 most dangerous places in Africa. Ethiopia has been involved in a conflict with Eritrea for more than ten years. Eritrea got her independence from Ethiopia about 30 years ago following a prolonged fight for freedom. The Border disputes between Eritrea and Ethiopia have been going on ever since Eritrea broke free from Ethiopia in 1991. The International Court of Justice had clearly defined the borders between the 2 countries but there is still a tense relationship between the nations. The Ethiopia have not fully withdrawn from the region.
There is also a group known as Oromo Liberation Front which has been labeled as outlaw and a terrorist organisation by the Ethiopian government. The organisation was started in 1973 by Oromo nationalists to promote self-determination for the Oromo people against what they call “Abyssinian colonial rule”
9. Burundi
For the past 15 years, Burundi has known political conflict and for more than a decade, the local and regional peace talks have been initiated. The international community other peace loving organisations have tried to find a way out of the endless Burundian conflicts but the outcome seems to be a worsening state of political, economic and social violence and inequalities. The misaligned political interests have fuelled these instabilities over the years.
8. Zimbabwe
Following the country’s presidential election in 2008 between Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai, his main rival, both claimed victory in the first round of elections, Zimbabwe has regenerated a wave of renewed violence and instability. with the establishment of a system with two-heads: president as Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai as Prime Minister in 2009, the situation has eased off a little bit.
Zimbabwe Peace Project reported a 15% increase in human rights violations that were “directly linked” to the new push for polls in 2012 and 2 years earlier, attempts by the Prime Minister to develop the Constitution have been sabotaged by the camp of Robert Mugabe. Public meetings were banned, arbitrary arrests, looting and ransacking, have pushed the country into violence. In general, Zimbabwean government has remained a troubled coalition characterised by bickering and stalemate. The political impasse has impacted negatively on the benefits of a good governance and stalled Zimbabwe from operating in its full capacity. It has generally constrained peaceful political participation as well as economic progress.
7. Chad
Chad has drastically improved it’s position by striking a more healthy relationship with her neighbouring countries. In the recent past, Chad was politically insecure and volatile. Ethnic clashes, banditry and fighting between government forces and rebel groups contributed to a worsening security situation in the region. It was reported that an estimated 180,000 Chadians were forced from their homes within three years while 285,000 refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) and the Darfur region of Sudan have fled violence in their own countries and live in refugee camps in eastern Chad. The instability also impacted some 700,000 Chadians whose communities have been disrupted by fighting and strained by the presence of the displaced.
6. Nigeria
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and home to over 155 million people is in the midst of political, economic and social instability. The north, central and south eastern parts of Nigeria are the most affected parts. In the recent times, there has been a sharp increase in religious conflict at the north of the country where the killings of Muslims and Christians have sent nearly 20,000 to their death within the last decade. There has also been an increase in acts of terrorism and inhumanity against government and public structures including churches carried out by a sect called Boko Haram.
The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) operates in the southern part of the country, attacking the facilities and personnel of oil companies. Kidnappings of expatriates and attacks on oil pipelines are their predilections. The Amnesty programme initiated by the Federal Government seem to have successfully reduced these attacks on government properties But the country is facing a rising wave of kidnapping and corruption.
5. Libya
The crisis in Libya seized the attention of the international community and has been labeled a clear case for when timely and decisive response to uphold response in the face of an imminent threat of mass atrocities should occur. The protests led to the downfall of the authority of Muammar Gaddafi in the east. Since then, international intervention under the authority of NATO has still not managed to completely restore calm in the country.
4. Central African Republic
Despite the signing of a peace agreement in 2008, some groups have not signed the agreement and are still active. The security situation in the Central African Republic is growing more precarious by the day as an insurgent coalition advances toward the capital city of Bangui. In south-east, the troops of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) led by Joseph Kony, continue unabated. This group is part of the most violent in the world, has expanded internationally and is present in the DRC and southern Sudan, where he is engaged in looting and abductions of civilians.
The Central African Republic has recently joined the list. Central African Republic faces a devastating humanitarian crisis that threatens to plunge the population even deeper into misery.
3. Democratic Republic of Congo
A series of landmark and peer-reviewed studies by the IRC and some of the world’s leading epidemiologists conclude that an estimated 5.4 million people died from conflict-related causes in Congo since 1998.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has faced a lot of border insecurity and violence within. The massive influx of refugees after the Rwandan genocide.
To the east, the Allied Democratic Forces-National Army for the Liberation of Uganda (ADF-NALU), Ugandan rebel movement, is in conflict with the Congolese government. This group is related to the Shabab Somali fundamentalist Islamic group linked to al-Qaida.
2 – Sudan
Sudan is a country that has suffered internal conflicts with serious political, security and humanitarian consequences over the years and the situation in has worsened from the past 2 years. Violence has flared along the border since South Sudan became independent last year. Conflicts have erupted in two border states where communities traditionally allied to the south found themselves north of the border after independence. The conflict in Darfur has killed about 300,000 people, including those due to famine and disease, and 2.7 million people have been displaced since 2003. The peace agreement signed in 2006 between the government and the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), one of the strongest rebel groups, is fragile because all factions did not sign.
In the South, thanks to self-determination referendum in 2011, the conflict in Southern Sudan is in the process of healing. However, the situation in Abyei, remains uncertain.
1 – Somalia
For over 20 years, Somalia has been in the face of a civil war. There has been constant conflict between the Transitional Federal Government which is supported by the United Nations and several groups of Islamist rebels, some of which are close to al-Qaida.
The government of Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed seems to control part of the capital Mogadishu, which happens to be the scene of regular fighting between both sides to maintain control.
With Somalia’s stability still foggy, over 20 percent of Somalis under the Office of the United Nations for Refugees (UNHCR) have fled the country controlled by fear.
Among all the sub-Saharan African countries which experienced wars in the past 10 years Rwanda have not been ranked among the ten most dangerous countries.
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And if you work for Caverton, you can double the fun with late pay, grrrreat accommodation and security you know you can trust
. But in Lagos we have the impregnable fortress of the BRC where we stay in a delightful area in 5 star luxury because of its safety and nothing to do with links to the ..u family
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You should see Caverton Staff house, I have been in both of them, Bristow and Caverton( in PH and Lagos) ones and I can tell you that Bristow Staff house is a 6 hotel start comparing with Caverton one...
I don't want to commend about the other things mentinoned in the previous post but all are very true...
I don't want to commend about the other things mentinoned in the previous post but all are very true...
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Wacko Jacko is Alive and Well in Nigeria
It seems Wacko Jacko is alive and well and in Nigeria and has just been appointed, in yuck-speak terms, Service Delivery Manager Nigeria leapfrogging his old boss in Bristow .Depending on your point of view, this is either 'a very, very good thing, top-man Nigerian with degrees up too his armpits (but no common sense) now takes over as number 2 in the Bristow Nigeria operation and lots of good things will happen as a result ...... or the lunatics have finally taken over the asylum and everyone hopes nobody will notice 
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Reports of deep joy throughout the Bristow community as Wacko with his vast experience of running a couple of EC155s for Smell, now gets the recognition he so richly deserves. Naturally there is much speculation in our happily united community as to who will replace him as deputy head of fright slops and how much say DD will have in this. Will it be NEO, will it be Hoofie or will a woman hold that post for the first time.
There are also reports of many messages of congratulation from Al-tantric Aviation, No-more Contractors and the Nigerian Center of Excellence at the news that their future is now safe
From a personal point of view ..... anybody know of any openings for S76 or B412 pilots?
.Depending on your point of view, this is either 'a very, very good thing, top-man Nigerian with degrees up too his armpits (but no common sense) now takes over as number 2 in the Bristow Nigeria operation and lots of good things will happen as a result ...... or the lunatics have finally taken over the asylum and everyone hopes nobody will notice . Reports of deep joy throughout the Bristow community as Wacko with his vast experience of running a couple of EC155s for Smell, now gets the recognition he so richly deserves. Naturally there is much speculation in our happily united community as to who will replace him as deputy head of fright slops and how much say DD will have in this. Will it be NEO, will it be Hoofie or will a woman hold that post for the first time
. There are also reports of many messages of congratulation from Al-tantric Aviation, No-more Contractors and the Nigerian Center of Excellence at the news that their future is now safe
From a personal point of view ..... anybody know of any openings for S76 or B412 pilots?
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Maybe, GS is leaving Cavers..... to join his original company, Bristoe as deputy head of fright ops. He'd probably like that as if he had to actually fly he'd have to wear one of our very tasteful viceroy blue flight suits, which will go down as the lasting legacy of DD.
The post about a woman as deputy HoFO was rather tongue-in-cheek as the upper echelons of our company in Nigeria are not somehow keen on women. Strange, as we have a number of very capable, highly esteemed, totally incorruptible women who are prominent in our aviation industry, such as the former financier and wife of the former CEO of No-fly Contractors, Mrs Cecilia IrnBru and our highly respected and esteemed Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi
The post about a woman as deputy HoFO was rather tongue-in-cheek as the upper echelons of our company in Nigeria are not somehow keen on women. Strange, as we have a number of very capable, highly esteemed, totally incorruptible women who are prominent in our aviation industry, such as the former financier and wife of the former CEO of No-fly Contractors, Mrs Cecilia IrnBru and our highly respected and esteemed Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi
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KN, you're wide of the mark; Adinba is taking over from Wacko Jacko - something of a sensible counterbalance in the nationalisation of the senior positions in Bristow Nigeria. I suppose EA could take over from him as TM and it seems poor old Stilo has been passed over again. What of their course mate, AO? It seems that the saffers may be in the decline.
Lots of pilots looking elsewhere, but no matter how green the grass may seem and how appalling the BRC actually is, it's still apparently good money in Nigeria ((until you look at what's available in so many other (far more pleasant) places now)).
It's a brave attempt at Nigerianisation but doesn't look to solve any but political problems.
Meanwhile what on earth are PAAN going to come up with when they only have about 3 Nigerians working for them
Lots of pilots looking elsewhere, but no matter how green the grass may seem and how appalling the BRC actually is, it's still apparently good money in Nigeria ((until you look at what's available in so many other (far more pleasant) places now)).
It's a brave attempt at Nigerianisation but doesn't look to solve any but political problems.
Meanwhile what on earth are PAAN going to come up with when they only have about 3 Nigerians working for them
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Well, we're all wondering what Bill is coming up with in the big Bristow announcement today. Quite a lot of the Senior Management Team sold large tranches of their shares recently, so could this be a prelude to some of them retiring with their profits, or some of the company being sold off?
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Bill Chiles to Retire 31 July 2014
As suspected, there's just been an announcement that Bill Chiles is to retire in July of this year, though he will continue as a consultant until July 2016. Shame, he's a good man. At least his replacement Jonathan Baliff, although an accountant/financier, was also a pilot in the USAF and flew F4Gs in Gulf War 1
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Understand Atlantic Aviation / CHC have finally captured some permanent work. They are flying a single AW 139 for Shell at the moment with more to come if the rumours are correct.
I'm from Missouri, show me a picture of passengers and an Atlantic 139, otherwise it is just more hot air. Or maybe you meant to say that they hope to be flying soon.........
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malabo,
I believe it is true from a guy on site. Good for them!
JABAG,
AA is across the runway from Caverton in one of the Navy hangars adjacent to the tower.
I believe it is true from a guy on site. Good for them!
JABAG,
AA is across the runway from Caverton in one of the Navy hangars adjacent to the tower.
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Do you guys actually work there??
AA is not across any runway in DNMM, nor is the Navy hangar adjacent the tower unless they moved it while I was taxing in minutes ago. They are across town in Snake Island... Does that ring a bell?? Use google earth you will find it. Flying Yes, Passengers Yes, Contract Yes. Pax pick up, their lies the secret, but I bet it is around the Caverton ramp area plus or minus 100 meters.