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Forum: Rotorheads
5th Feb 2015, 09:20
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

Post hostessmostess, I don't know of anybody...

hostessmostess,

I don't know of anybody hiring, but we have a large FBO in Lagos called EAN and they sell and lease quite a number of VIP jets, so they may know of somebody looking for a hostess....
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Feb 2015, 07:17
Replies: 25
Views: 6,654
Posted By Tokunbo

The 365 N3 has the same sized cabin as the N2 and...

The 365 N3 has the same sized cabin as the N2 and for 7 people in VIP configuration it would be very cramped. The ones I flew in VIP role were configured for 4 people, with the possibility of...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Jan 2015, 10:43
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

The Nigerian Air Force has never covered itself...

The Nigerian Air Force has never covered itself in glory. When ferrying the first of the Hinds to the NAF Base in Port Harcourt they managed to write one off by taxying it into a storm drain in...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Mar 2012, 19:44
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

Thumbs down SASless, It's a total (sic) sell out to...

SASless,

It's a total (sic) sell out to pressure from a client :ugh: :yuk:. Souls have been sold to the devil and consequences will be suffered :uhoh:.

The totally independent Nigerian...
Forum: Rotorheads
17th May 2009, 14:52
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

Post The truth is out there somewhere

Here are a few of the reports around at the moment from 'Jomo Gbomo', a MEND spokesman, to newspaper reports, JTF official spokesman an texts from friends in Delta state. The truth is out there...
Forum: Rotorheads
16th May 2009, 15:55
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

Thumbs up The fighting in the Niger Delta is winding down...

The fighting in the Niger Delta is winding down now according to Reuters reporting:
Forum: Rotorheads
14th May 2009, 13:51
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

Danger Niger Delta region a No-Fly Area?

There was a fairly major clash between members of the Nigerian Joint Task Force and militants from the MEND group in Delta state yesterday as a result of which MEND have advised all oil companies...
Forum: African Aviation
14th May 2009, 10:43
Replies: 4
Views: 942
Posted By Tokunbo

Thumbs up Well Done Chalkie

Well done Chalkie :ok:

I can't understand why so many people are negative about a feat of endurance over hostile terrain by a 61 year old man.

I don't know if it's meant as cheap a jibe, but...
Forum: Rotorheads
13th May 2009, 15:19
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

Some of the Aero national staff who were sacked...

Some of the Aero national staff who were sacked have now been offered employment again but as contractors and subject to not being in a union. This story sure as anything hasn't played out yet and I...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th May 2009, 12:57
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

Rumour has it that they'll be operating an AW139...

Rumour has it that they'll be operating an AW139 for NLNG. But then again, rumours here have been wrong before :}
Forum: Rotorheads
11th May 2009, 12:05
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

It looks as if the future of 2 once-great...

It looks as if the future of 2 once-great companies are now in the balance :sad:. Maybe CHC is like the Roman empire whose decline has been attributed to a combination of such factors as decadence,...
Forum: Rotorheads
9th May 2009, 17:31
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

Seems Aero national pilots have agreed to be paid...

Seems Aero national pilots have agreed to be paid in Naira rather than $$ and returned to work.
Forum: African Aviation
30th Apr 2009, 11:23
Replies: 0
Views: 641
Posted By Tokunbo

Thumbs down Jet A1 Shortage in Lagos

To add to the woes of Lagos commuters who have been badly hit by a shortage of petrol, there is now a shortage of Jet A1 at MMIA according to The Punch online Punch Online, Jet A1 Shortage...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Apr 2009, 12:40
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

Addax is taking an AS332L and at least one 412...

Addax is taking an AS332L and at least one 412 will be available for spot charters. Bristow also has at least 2 more 76C++s destined for Nigeria.

jonny,

Shell was just part of a consortium led...
Forum: Rotorheads
12th Apr 2009, 12:26
Replies: 19
Views: 2,834
Posted By Tokunbo

HC, Your research hasn't been very good as...

HC,

Your research hasn't been very good as CHC don't operate the Bell 47 or Bell 206 in Nigeria. There have been no Bell 47s here for many a long year, the last being operated by Pan African. ...
Forum: African Aviation
17th Mar 2009, 23:54
Replies: 33
Views: 12,845
Posted By Tokunbo

Bf, Maybe they'd prefer to employ someone who...

Bf,
Maybe they'd prefer to employ someone who can write in English as that's the national language in Nigeria :}
Forum: Rotorheads
14th Mar 2009, 21:15
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

Mama, Maybe the Dash 8s are leased from CHC or...

Mama,
Maybe the Dash 8s are leased from CHC or Heli-none at rip-off rates :{. Are you sure Aero won't just get rid of them and lease in from a company with more reasonable rates like Arik do? CHC...
Forum: Rotorheads
21st Sep 2008, 14:39
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

Cool It seems Mr swamp dwarf is in urgent need of a...

It seems Mr swamp dwarf is in urgent need of a course of anger management if he gets this wound up over such an obvious wind up :sad: I hope I don't have to fly in a helicopter with him or...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Aug 2008, 13:02
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

SAS, That was announced quite a while back...

SAS,

That was announced quite a while back and it also announced that many of them are being replaced by new twins. The market in Nigeria for single engine qualified pilots is pretty limited and...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Aug 2008, 20:05
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

Devil Now the totally out of touch local management...

Now the totally out of touch local management with Bristow have issued an eat-before-reading memo saying that expat staff should get their girlfriends or wives to send them out money for their chop...
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Aug 2008, 12:49
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

soggy, Good point about the change in the...

soggy,

Good point about the change in the relative values of the £ and $, but aren't a lot of 'old school' Bristow still paid in £ and unaffected by such things? Anyway, any favourable change in...
Forum: Rotorheads
10th Aug 2008, 11:48
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

Angel The Twinned Ootter at Last

Apparently the new Twin Otter will be the new Viking DHC-6-400, truly a Twinned Ootter :E

Maybe they're getting all these helicopters because the've won the fabled Agbami contract :}
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Jul 2008, 14:24
Replies: 79
Views: 10,582
Posted By Tokunbo

wigwam, That would probably depend on your...

wigwam,

That would probably depend on your definition of "captive" as over here in Nigeria many of us are captives :yuk:. At the moment I'm a 'willing' captive, held in a compound for my own...
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Jul 2008, 13:36
Replies: 79
Views: 10,582
Posted By Tokunbo

Gordy, Actually, either usage is correct,...

Gordy,

Actually, either usage is correct, depending on which side of the Atlantic you live:

'Spelt' is the traditional British form but it's not recognised in most other parts of the world....
Forum: Rotorheads
27th Jul 2008, 00:17
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

8 Bonny Captives Released

The 8 expatriate Russian, Latvian etc., who were abducted from the LPG tanker in the Bonny River have now been released unharmed.

Trog,

Haven't seen Tree, tree, for many years now - do they...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Jul 2008, 16:12
Replies: 79
Views: 10,582
Posted By Tokunbo

wigwamwilly, Before criticising the English...

wigwamwilly,

Before criticising the English of those who profess it to be their second language, I suggest that you "first cast out the beam out of thine own eye".



This is not exclusively a...
Forum: Rotorheads
26th Jul 2008, 15:44
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

Angry Another 8 Kidnapped from tanker off Bonny

In the early hours of this morning armed men boarded an LPG tanker just off the mouth of the Bonny River and kidnapped another 8 expatriates. Despite the presence of 4 naval personnel (who warned...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Jul 2008, 05:22
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

The new MD of Bristow, like the old and like that...

The new MD of Bristow, like the old and like that of Aero do not live 'with the boys' in Ikeja, so they don't really know what it's like at their respective companies' guest houses (rather like RL in...
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Jul 2008, 19:46
Replies: 71
Views: 68,675
Posted By Tokunbo

Danger It's probably too late anyway, I expect they're...

It's probably too late anyway, I expect they're inundated with applications from Bristow pilots in Nigeria right now :E
Forum: Rotorheads
15th Jul 2008, 19:41
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

GMIA, I know about the 3 who left earlier in...

GMIA,

I know about the 3 who left earlier in the year, the one who quit last month and the 2 new guys - is there another now as well? Is it HR who have asked for a pay review just days after it...
Forum: African Aviation
15th Jul 2008, 19:04
Replies: 5
Views: 891
Posted By Tokunbo

Grrr Rani, Why do you need a report - after all...

Rani,

Why do you need a report - after all the airport manager himself said that it was merely a 'minor incident'. It just be small thing for aircraft to over run the runway, nah be so?...
Forum: African Aviation
1st Jul 2008, 17:38
Replies: 4
Views: 953
Posted By Tokunbo

This Day (Lagos) 1 July 2008 Posted to the...

This Day (Lagos)
1 July 2008
Posted to the web 1 July 2008
Sufuyan Ojeifo
Abuja

Two former Ministers of Aviation, Professor Babalola Borishade and Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, were yesterday...
Forum: Rotorheads
29th Jun 2008, 09:46
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

212man, You're obviously forgetting that the...

212man,

You're obviously forgetting that the NCAA now has a 12 hour 'bottle to throttle' rule, so forget that Mama Mangrove's until 2230 :{. At least in Escravos you only have to spend 28 days in...
Forum: African Aviation
28th Jun 2008, 16:48
Replies: 45
Views: 11,855
Posted By Tokunbo

Grrr One of the mods please merge this with the thread...

One of the mods please merge this with the thread on Arik Air, with the same title, which has been running for months now :oh:. Some people seem to be incapable of scrolling or searching :bored:
Forum: Rotorheads
24th Jun 2008, 11:36
Replies: 5,788
Views: 2,107,333
Posted By Tokunbo

The CHC EC225 crews who had gone to pick up the...

The CHC EC225 crews who had gone to pick up the new helicopters from the Eurocopter factory have been sent home and the aircraft are still in France. The Agbami contract has still not been announced...
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