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Old 2nd Nov 2010, 20:01
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CHC are managed by Canadians who are in turn being directed by Americans
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Old 3rd Nov 2010, 12:07
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Sorry, I should of said, wolfs disguised as sheep !
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Old 3rd Nov 2010, 12:11
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Rumour has it CHC have won the Woodside contract and will be looking to employ staff shortly. Any truth in this?
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Old 14th Nov 2010, 09:33
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CHC have a few more casualties in Adelaide to put through the wringer first. The remaining Adelaide operations will shortly be under the same spotlight as that their collegues recently experienced. Unfortunately for the people invloved, the decisions have already been made, there is just a bit of role play remains to take place.
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Old 14th Nov 2010, 15:06
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It is clear why CHC brought in an outside manager, and one who was even outside CHC, to push this through.
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Well they had a perfect opportunity to utilise some heavily experienced staff in the suggested process of ramping up H1 ops and save a bucket load of money in retrenchment payouts. Funny that they decided not to. I'd hang my hat on there being nothing in the romour you have heard.
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Old 17th Nov 2010, 09:44
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Those that have been affected were not able to demand any pay rise each year, they had been subjected to a pay freeze on more than one occasion in the past and simply had to be grateful for the 2-3% they were given from time to time. whilst those around them on EBA's managed to squeeze double figures.

You get dead wood in any organisation. Although the dead wood you refer to often pulled a rabbit out of the hat to save the day, when all appeared lost.

My predictions are not based on any scientific theory, more simple facts from a couple of people very much in the know.

Only time will prove me right or wrong. I am not a betting man, but if the bookies were taking bets, I think even a scientific theory would be backing my prediction.
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Old 20th Nov 2010, 07:51
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Woodside Contract to CHC

Hi Guys ,

The Woodside Energy contract has been awarded to CHC . If you go to the jsfirm website , CHC has advertised for AW-139 IFR Captains .

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Old 20th Nov 2010, 08:24
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Re AW139 Captains.

Won't they need to advertise in Australia first before they start looking at overseas contract pilots?

There are no Australian based pilot jobs advertised on the CHC webpage at the moment.
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Old 20th Nov 2010, 08:36
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Its not the only location CHC global operate AW139's. So who said they are advertising for the Oz contract?
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Old 20th Nov 2010, 11:04
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The fella above my last post was sort of making that connection by mentioning the Woodside contract and AW139 Pilots being needed. At least that's the way I read it.
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Old 20th Nov 2010, 20:14
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AW139

The CHC website only asks for IFR Captains Touring no mention of Australia
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Old 20th Nov 2010, 21:21
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CHC Global will not be recruiting or supplying pilots for the Woodside contract. This is an Australian contract and as such CHC Australia will be responsible for it. I would be very surprised if CHC Australia advertised for or recruited pilots from outside Australia for this or any other contract.
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Old 20th Nov 2010, 21:55
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Prepare to be surprised, Woodside is very much a Canadaian run global project.
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Prepare to be surprised, Woodside is very much a Canadaian run global project.
I disagree, there's a very simple reasons why Australian contracts will be manned by Australian citizens - they can! Government rules and union agreements will tie the hands of any company who thinks they can bid low on the basis of cheaper overseas labour.

Only if demand outstrips supply can a company then apply for work permits.

This ain't unique to Oz either, it's the same the world over. There are no touring GO pilots in Europe, there are no CHC Scotia pilots in Norway, there will be no CHC GO pilots in Australia unless there's not enough qualified and experienced Aussie pilots to man the aircraft.

CHC GO exists because they operate in countries that don't already have sufficient pilots/engineers/managers to run an operation.

It's not a bad time to be an offshore pilot in Oz, things are looking up
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Old 21st Nov 2010, 02:32
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Mmmm ...

And anyway .... there are now quite a few Aussies/Kiwi's qualified on the 139 and who could make themselves available ....


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And there are a number of Oz pilots working for Global already who could easily change business units from Global to CHC Australia.
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Old 28th Jan 2011, 07:56
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Have CHC Australia started recruitment for the Woodside contract. I have seen the criteria on the CHC jobs page but has anyone been called forward for testing and interviews, or since I have not heard anything should I assume I've been unsucessful on this occasion?
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Old 29th Jan 2011, 07:50
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Heard a bunch of the HNZ blokes have a gig.
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Old 29th Jan 2011, 08:43
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Mmmmm ....

I have it on very good authority that , Yes ... some have been asked
to interview and be psych tested.



Also heard of the Kiwi rumour ... and also that there was a sign on bonus .... surely that can't be right ???


.... Interesting eh

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