Mike Imlach and Jeremy Akel Go in Bristow Cull
 

Bristow Group Strengthens Operational and Leadership Structure

Well the wheel turns full circle. The man who sacked so many in Nigeria has now been sacked himself in a senior management cull by the Cuts Executive Officer, Jonathan Bailiff :D

Any thoughts on this? These are pretty senior guys who had been there a long time. Is the company really in that much trouble?

Imlach has probably turned out to be more trouble than he's worth. When Danny Holder took over as MD in Nigeria, he made a lot of necessary cuts of surplus personnel and unnecessary perks but tried to do it in as humane a way as he could. Imlach seems to just enjoy making cuts because he could and did them in an unpleasant and provocative way which led to a fairly unpleasant strike. It can't have gone un-noticed that after the recent S76 ditching he was sent in as MD and yet again there was a strike of national staff. As far as I can see he got his just deserts. Jeremy Akel was really just over-promoted. He was a salesman and negotiator not a senior manager.

In the present market there will probably be more cuts in the pipeline as Bristow reorganises, but its management structure in Houston is far too bloated and none of the staff on the line who have suffered the biggest cuts will believe anything coming from the fat cats until there are far more cuts in HR, finance and legal to match those on the front line.

So the dreaded Imlach has gone. Le roi est mort, vive le roi!

I hear Akin Oni may be returning as MD again. So despite some of the denigrating remarks made about him by some posters on this forum it seems that Houston feel he's a good anchor man while damage limitation from the tsunami is being put in place.

This is almost the end of Bill Chiles' Baker Hughes managers now it seems. It'll be interesting to see how Jonathan Bailiff manages the next few months, especially with his background as a military pilot then a financier. Chet Akiri has a solid business background since graduating from Harvard Business School.

Imlach won't be missed. I just hope we can get on with consolidating and restoring confidence without too many more cuts and upsets.

Johni,

On the salary point I could not agree more. I've been harping on about it elsewhere but I totally agree. Pay could (should?) be cut hugely and there would still be no issue over filling slots. I'm not after seeing people off but the salaries in this downturn are frankly ridiculous.

With NS captains taking home well over £150k incl benefits, and co-p on about £80k, for working 200 days a year, it's hardly surprising that there is a stack of interested people doing the exams in the hope of success with the big operators.

No wonder the oilcos are looking at boats..

If only:ugh:

Meanwhile, back on planet Earth...

At BRS?! I doubt that very much.. Much more.

Helicrazy - whatever fella. If you don't think making £150k is money for old rope for people in the NS then you are very much part of the problem. You are entitled to your opinion, as am I.

FWIW - I wish those worried at BRS all the best.

North Sea reject are we Nowherespecial?

My comment was in relation to your made up salaries not what people may or may not be worth or should be paid. That's a whole different argument.

If you think they're made up salaries, I suggest your HR team are lying to you.

Sameagain, I've never hidden my background on this forum. Read my posts, you can make your own mind up.

Just did as you suggested, looked through your posts, then made up my own mind. :ugh:

Wow, you can read fast.

190 posts in 6 mins....

I'm sorry, did you just quote data from 6 years ago to illustrate a point?

Do you have anything from this decade?

Current Yr 2 FO £54k = £3000/month

£50,000 loan for 5 years @ 7% (best current rate) for the IR = £1000/month to pay back

The rewards are there but not initially, and are probably only going one way.

This is Bond or NHV right?

CHC is def miles above the 1.5% inflation adjustment now.

Bristow, and your captain figures are wrong as well.

I guess it depends on your definition of 'take home' NWS. 5 years ago top of the scale BRS captains with TRE and Scatsta allowance were GROSSING about 125k GBP.....,

I'll vouch for johni's figures. Having been a year 21 captain for several years, the £104713 was correct for then and hasn't changed much subsequently.

212, I guess that's kind of the point. People on the top whack Capt pay are unlikely to be just a Captain, they will have allowances all over the place for TRE, LTC, TRI, per diems, subsistence etc. Takes 'pay' up significantly. The headline gross number will be much higher than those salaries quoted. If we could see the pay tables for those increments it can all be added together.

All figures are gross, yup agreed. My original post did not make that clear. Apologies.