Heli Malongo BP contract
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What can they do?
Local company, they'll have to get permission from SONANGOL to make any changes and you can bet that the Directors & owners are VERY well connected in Luanda
Price you pay for working in such places I'm afraid
Local company, they'll have to get permission from SONANGOL to make any changes and you can bet that the Directors & owners are VERY well connected in Luanda
Price you pay for working in such places I'm afraid
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From: Here and there...
HM are based up in Cabinda and operate the contract there for Chevron and have been for a while with little hassles.
The exodus from the BP job in Soyo is down to a different factor, I'd hazard. The machines are Sonair's and all spares ordering etc does go via Sonair, but scheduling and Ops etc are all down to HM.
The exodus from the BP job in Soyo is down to a different factor, I'd hazard. The machines are Sonair's and all spares ordering etc does go via Sonair, but scheduling and Ops etc are all down to HM.
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From: Far Far Far Away
The Exodus at Heli Malongo BP isn't due to any contractual issues with SonAir it's simply Management and the way the operations run. Unstable as for Cabinda being hassle free I think you will find there turnover of jockeys was well into 30% to 40% of the workforce for the first part of last year well above the market average.
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Wake up Lads.....the Oil Company could care less what is going on....so long as the Helicopters meet the scheduled flights and the oil keeps pumping.
How much turnover there is....how the Operator treats Staff....how miserable the Management is....how poor your living conditions are.....not their problem and not their concern.
They pay the Operator for a Service and as long as that Service is provided...then Bob's their Uncle.
Deal with it....or move on.....welcome to the Oil Patch!
How much turnover there is....how the Operator treats Staff....how miserable the Management is....how poor your living conditions are.....not their problem and not their concern.
They pay the Operator for a Service and as long as that Service is provided...then Bob's their Uncle.
Deal with it....or move on.....welcome to the Oil Patch!
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No big deal....there are Pilots and Engineers that will jump at the vacancies and the beat goes on.
As sad as it is.....it is what it is....nothing changes but the faces.
Not trying to be negative....just being a realist.
Helicopter work is Contract Work.....you live up to your end of the Contract and hope that the Operator lives up to theirs.....sometimes they do....sometimes they don't.
As sad as it is.....it is what it is....nothing changes but the faces.
Not trying to be negative....just being a realist.
Helicopter work is Contract Work.....you live up to your end of the Contract and hope that the Operator lives up to theirs.....sometimes they do....sometimes they don't.
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SAS,
Agreed about the nature of the job, but getting the wheels turning for an Angolan visa/validation etc is a matter of MONTHS not weeks like Nigeria, so if enough leave at the wrong time, the oil co. will get a short, sharp awakening....alas, a tad late.
Agreed about the nature of the job, but getting the wheels turning for an Angolan visa/validation etc is a matter of MONTHS not weeks like Nigeria, so if enough leave at the wrong time, the oil co. will get a short, sharp awakening....alas, a tad late.
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Yes.....and those that left are gone.
They are the ones looking for work and explaining why they left their previous employer.
In the short term the Oil Company will find a way to keep the oil flowing and the money coming in....and in a few months....a new crop of pilots and engneers will be in place to be worn down and either molded to fit or be driven down the road.
I have watched this scenario played out in several places over the past 40 years.
The trick is make the Oil Company have to make those alternative arrangements but keep your job at the same time. It is amazing what working to the Rule, Regulation, and SOP can do to a thriving Operation. That gets the Operator's attention far quicker than just packing yer Seabag and climbing onto the Dock.
The "We'll Show You....We Quit!" method doesn't help you....it helps the next tranche or two of Pilots and Engineers.....maybe!
They are the ones looking for work and explaining why they left their previous employer.
In the short term the Oil Company will find a way to keep the oil flowing and the money coming in....and in a few months....a new crop of pilots and engneers will be in place to be worn down and either molded to fit or be driven down the road.
I have watched this scenario played out in several places over the past 40 years.
The trick is make the Oil Company have to make those alternative arrangements but keep your job at the same time. It is amazing what working to the Rule, Regulation, and SOP can do to a thriving Operation. That gets the Operator's attention far quicker than just packing yer Seabag and climbing onto the Dock.
The "We'll Show You....We Quit!" method doesn't help you....it helps the next tranche or two of Pilots and Engineers.....maybe!
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From: Far Far Far Away
Greener Grass
In my time in aviation I've worked for some very competent companies who it has been a pleasure to work for and at the drop of a hat would return too if the opportunity were to offer its self. Then there's operations like Malongo's BP contract an accident waiting to happen, Yes the Grass can be Greener, Aviation is very much like a golf course acres and acres of rye with small patch's of well tended well managed greens.
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Famous Hazards
Oh yes some quite Famous Hazards who could forget the likes of the "Count" without the "O" still out there I believe given grief as he always did. One of the only men who could turn a once sort after operation into an Aviators Hell. 
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Would someone actually explain what is happening at Malongo? Some of this is a little not to the point.
Is the management that much of a bunch of counts?
Cheers
A pm would be fine.
Is the management that much of a bunch of counts?
Cheers
A pm would be fine.
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Heli Malongo 412 Chevron contact Dec 2013
Hello Rotorheads. December 2013. Has anyone got a current contact name and number and email address for the guy in charge of hiring 412 pilots for the Chevron contract at Heli Malongo?
