Just had some info via a friend, who was informed by someone very senior in Bristow that Bristow will not hire pilots with less than 500 hours ME time unless they did an integrated CPL at Bristow Academy. Apparently this is due to customer experience requirements.

HM, for fear of sounding a pompous as5, took 7.6secs to get email off www.
[email protected]

good luck with application!

or try through flightglobal.com ?


This appears a regular pilot requirement.........anyone know latest reason for vacancy or are they expanding again?
2-weeks on, 1-off would mean more like 2-weeks on, 5-days off unless you live local?

Yes it does appear to be a fairly regular job vacancy - read into that what you will. Last pilot was dismissed last week from what I hear on the grapevine. If you do a search on PPRuNe you'll find plenty on the operator.

That'll be Nigeria then :ok:

How do you get into offshore business without having offshore time?

Many folks have gained time in undesirable locales (malaria zones) gaining PIC under supervision time offshore. Some contracts allow waivers for pilots new to the offshore, depending on demand. Demand is growing with the aging demographics of our industry and the customers are very aware of the growing shortage.

I have a few colleagues who, due to customer contractual requirement, cannot upgrade without more multi-PIC time so they must look for work in the domestic onshore market to gain some time on a 212 or similar.

Went I worked for ADA in the 90's you didn't need any offshore time. I was soon flying single pilot Bell212 offshore in the Gulf summer (IMC) with an ADF for navigation and a map on my knee to read wellhead numbers. Steep learning curve and I even did a workover in August. I must have been effing mad.

What does this term "off-shore-time" exactly mean? Flying off the coast, over the sea, or strictly flying to oil&gas rigs, helidecks...in oil and gas business ?

A question that has been asked many times before Jetranger. "Offshore' is not simply flying over water.

The term is used by operators and refers specifically to time spent flying to offshore oil and gas platforms and ships. If you say that you have 'offshore' time this is what they will expect you to have.

Although the flying can get mind-numbingly boring it is a specialised type of flying and normally involves IFR procedures and approaches both onshore and offshore, is a two-crew operation, day and night in large or medium sized helicopters.

Flying a Radar Approach to a platform at night 100nm offshore in rough conditions with a low cloud base and poor vis, landing on a small deck surrounded by cranes, shuttling between platforms at 300 feet then returning to shore trying to avoid icing conditions and fly an ILS to minimums is not for the faint hearted.

All pilots new to offshore (at least in N. Europe) must fly a winter of North Sea ops before becoming eligible for Command. They are not usually expected to have any offshore time and will get plenty flying as co-pilot in their first few years (maybe 800 hours per year on busy contracts).

The reason that offshore time is required for co-pilots in the above ad for Bristow International is that most of their contracts are exploration and involve very little flying which, combined with the 4 and 4 roster (i.e. 6 months of the year off), means that you would be lucky to get 150 hours per year. As you will probably need 500 hours offshore for Command you will spend years in the LHS. Added to this is the fact that there is very little IFR or night flying on International operations as many remote areas have no approved navaids, approaches or diversions so it is not really a place for co-pilots to get experience.

Hope this helps.

A friend told me about this one in Ireland but said to speak to one of the numerous previous recent incumbents before applying and moving back from the Gulf; gather the package isn't up to much anymore under the new chief pilot. Anyone got any info (like what are their bonds like)? Keen to keep flying 76 but saw they are due to get a 139 next year.

Korean job
 

Does anyone have more information about the helicopter operations here? I see they are looking for a mechanic? Thinking about applying.


Hanseo University
South Korea

@Epi

Thanks, you helped a lot, made things all clear now. I supposed it s like that.:D

What actually do thay mean with term "Global" or "International operations", is that some independant part of the company, far away from other parts or ...? Which part of the World they operate and for how long is that, do they move every few months?

They wrote that they want 206/407 and off-shore experience?

Bristow is divided into business units. EBU = European Business Unit based in Aberdeen UK with a SAR contract in Holland. NABU = North American Business Unit based in Lafayette USA with operations mainly in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). WABU = West African Business Unit, Nigeria, AUSBU, Australia etc. etc.

IBU is the International Business Unit and operates everywhere else otside of these areas. IBU contracts tend to be short term (3 - 24 months) and are mainly exploration (drilling) contracts.

Bristow operate 407's in WABU (or did) and GOM. I suspect that they are advertising this to attract GOM and WABU pilots with SE offshore experience to IBU for reasons of expendience (i.e. they are nearing the bottom of the barrel experience-wise).

Maybe somewhere they operate with one 206 or 407...on shore probably...generally thay are looking for 412/76/92/332/139 etc...anyway, thanks for additional explanation. :ok:

if I understand well, IBU is Monthy Phyton Flying Circus :E

Don't they operate a fleet of 206 and 407's in Nigeria?

I believe they do but Bristow International do not operate in Nigeria as far as I am aware. Maybe they have won a Bell 407 contract elsewhere else? Bristow USA sold off their single engine fleet to Rotorcraft Leasing some time ago to concentrate on deep water operations.

Far from it. IBU is a very professional organisation with some excellent people who try to do things properly - even in places where that is difficult.

Off course Epy, I know that they are very professionlal org with excellent people ... it was joke, because thay are all around tha world :)

Actually International operations are sometimes Pythonesque but that is more to do with trying to work within the local rules, conditions and frequent inconsistencies which are often a challenge.

In the military we used to say "If you can't take a joke then you shouldn't have joined up". That also applies to IBU ;)

Bristow ABZ Interview
 

Hey all,

Does anybody know whats going on at Bristow Aberdeen?
Got called in for an interview, and the next day it was put on hold due to "manager resources".

has anybody got an insight on this matter?

Bristow Management?
 

Spot on Ropelleri...since especially not even Bristow management know what is going on:ugh:. Chaos is the rumour:ok: