State of the Industry
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Originally Posted by helicrazi
Over capacity, new management, new strategies blah blah blah
The biggest crisis in this industry is the one being ignored - the lack of pilots, lack of new pilots entering the industry and pilots leaving for fixed wing or retiring.
Its all very well turning these companies around but there is a lack of pilots!!! Urgent investment needed. However these days they are more likely to invest in HR instead
The biggest crisis in this industry is the one being ignored - the lack of pilots, lack of new pilots entering the industry and pilots leaving for fixed wing or retiring.
Its all very well turning these companies around but there is a lack of pilots!!! Urgent investment needed. However these days they are more likely to invest in HR instead
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Originally Posted by ApolloHeli
As someone soon to be at the "ab initio" stage of CPL(H)/IR could you please point me in the vague direction where pilots are lacking?
Bristow are offering an IR sponsorship that may be of interest to you.
Lots of onshore jobs have been vacant for a very long time, however as an ab initio these wont be suitable
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Originally Posted by helicrazi
You will get a type rating as a new FO on the north sea at the moment, also other job adverts for FOs being advertised without the requirement of a type rating.
Bristow are offering an IR sponsorship that may be of interest to you.
Lots of onshore jobs have been vacant for a very long time, however as an ab initio these wont be suitable
Bristow are offering an IR sponsorship that may be of interest to you.
Lots of onshore jobs have been vacant for a very long time, however as an ab initio these wont be suitable
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Rumour has it that CHC is still burning through cash and another round of redundancies are incoming. The new CEO has been in the position a week and appears his aim is to run the company super lean in order to reduce costs and increase profitability.
Staff (Global) were apparently told about this plan yesterday? Any insight? Seen nothing in the mainstream media yet, only snippets on social media.
If true, I can’t see them buying out any company if they don’t have the cash to sustain its own business model, never mind another.
How can a company that recently exited Chapter 11 be in such a position already after such a short period of time? Something seriously seriously wrong in the helicopter services world at the moment. Are the big oil companies pushing far too hard now?
Very interesting anyway. (If the rumours are true)
Staff (Global) were apparently told about this plan yesterday? Any insight? Seen nothing in the mainstream media yet, only snippets on social media.
If true, I can’t see them buying out any company if they don’t have the cash to sustain its own business model, never mind another.
How can a company that recently exited Chapter 11 be in such a position already after such a short period of time? Something seriously seriously wrong in the helicopter services world at the moment. Are the big oil companies pushing far too hard now?
Very interesting anyway. (If the rumours are true)
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Originally Posted by Mitchaa
How can a company that recently exited Chapter 11 be in such a position already after such a short period of time? Something seriously seriously wrong in the helicopter services world at the moment. Are the big oil companies pushing far too hard now?
Chapter 11 has just provided another tool for these people to generate more bonuses as the people doing the real work and taking all the real risks suffer through endless rounds of redundancy.
There, now I feel better with that off my chest.
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Mitchaa, yep, bit of a “Hunger Games” parallel, with Dallas being the “Capitol” to the other districts of Panem. Don’t know what inside rumours you have but there are still vacancies advertised for the Dallas office. Flight Operations now run by Supply Chain. Dallas was chosen as a First Reserve strategy to bring Dobbin’s questionable Canadian public company into an MBA-run American airline model. Take it private, tinker with the internals, then flip it back in an IPO for huge profit, and get out. Timing was bad.
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Maybe ‘waiver’ was the wrong word.
The customer sets the minimum flying experience requirements for the crews they want on contract for their O&G flying - after all, they are paying.
Regardless of total hours there was a general minimum requirement of 500-hrs multi-engine for the co-Pilot.
Makes sense I suppose - the more the merrier?
There is the facility to accept 250-hrs ME but a program of Line Training and mitigation had to be in place to counter the lack of ME time. Not all operators are equal - some have training departments used to such programs, others do not.
It wasn’t often that this ‘facility’ was drawn upon but operators are now having to use every ‘trick’ in the book to attract suitable pilot material to fill the cockpits.
Maybe ‘waiver’ was the wrong word.
The customer sets the minimum flying experience requirements for the crews they want on contract for their O&G flying - after all, they are paying.
Regardless of total hours there was a general minimum requirement of 500-hrs multi-engine for the co-Pilot.
Makes sense I suppose - the more the merrier?
There is the facility to accept 250-hrs ME but a program of Line Training and mitigation had to be in place to counter the lack of ME time. Not all operators are equal - some have training departments used to such programs, others do not.
It wasn’t often that this ‘facility’ was drawn upon but operators are now having to use every ‘trick’ in the book to attract suitable pilot material to fill the cockpits.
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Originally Posted by ApolloHeli
As someone soon to be at the "ab initio" stage of CPL(H)/IR could you please point me in the vague direction where pilots are lacking?
https://jobs.babcockinternational.co...0LQ/556860501/
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I wonder what this will mean for the helicopter operation?
https://www.theage.com.au/business/c...18-p52snb.html
https://www.theage.com.au/business/c...18-p52snb.html
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I wonder what this will mean for the helicopter operation?
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Originally Posted by Nescafe
I know you shouldn’t answer a question with another question, but how many oil and gas companies operate their own helicopter squadron?
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Originally Posted by Nescafe
..how many oil and gas companies operate their own helicopter squadron?
The two big players are Saudi Aramco and Esso Australia. Both have owned and maintained their own helicopter fleets for many years. Only branching out to contractor crews to supplement their own direct hire crews.
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Originally Posted by gulliBell
The two big players are Saudi Aramco and Esso Australia. Both have owned and maintained their own helicopter fleets for many years. Only branching out to contractor crews to supplement their own direct hire crews.
Don't Chevron have a financial stake in the operators in Angola?
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Originally Posted by 212man
good point about Aramco, but I guess he knew about Esso (XOM) which is what prompted the question.
