mattk
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do you have to be in scotland?
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AK
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uumbungo in the congo... Angola is my bet 
I was holding out for a job off Brunai, but looks like i'll be back to this shite hole in May.
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AK
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do you have to be in scotland?
dont be daft 
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mattk
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all the traning places I can find are in scotland
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Colin
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do you have to be in scotland?
Only when your flying out, if central north sea. Theres no restriction on where you live though as long as it doesnt effect you being there when your meant to be there.
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Colin
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all the traning places I can find are in scotland
TTE in Teeside do Electrical Engineering trade training.
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mattk
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I should have been a spark 
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AK
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i've still never flown out of the UK on a chopper
Germany, Norway, Holland, Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia, America.... not the UK though
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Colin
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Originally posted by AK
uumbungo in the congo... Angola is my bet
I was holding out for a job off Brunai, but looks like i'll be back to this shite hole in May.
Brunai would be cool, get in with the sultan & have your pick of a go in his cars
Have you ever been working in the Philippines Adam? I wouldnt mind going there
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Matt H
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Originally posted by AK
uumbungo in the congo... Angola is my bet
I was holding out for a job off Brunai, but looks like i'll be back to this shite hole in May.
There's limits in place at the moment regarding how much oil they can process as they have the Presidency, but once that's over it's going to get MASSIVE in Angola.
Quite shallow waters too, in comparison to some other places!
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AK
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nope.... Worked near canibals and headhunters down in Papua though. That was interesting.
Trenching a cable, and telling a vessel where to avoid due to unexploded ordenances... i.e WWII mines. Saw parts of WWII planes in fields etc, guppy fish on land.... strange place.
[Edited on 18-03-2009 by AK]
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Colin
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i've still never flown out of the UK on a chopper
Germany, Norway, Holland, Africa, Malaysia, Indonesia, America.... not the UK though
Brace Brace Brace............prapare for ditch!!!! Ive done my safety training in the 'chopper carcus' thats as close as ive been allowed so far.
Whats the African choppers like? Assembled out of old washing machine parts?
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AK
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superpuma's..... operated or vetted by BP so arent shitty.
Worst one iv'e been in was the states... ex 'nam pilots etc
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Matt H
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Has anyone told you about how they used to get people on/off the rigs?
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Colin
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BP's stopped using the Superpumas over here after that ditch off ETAP last month.
Hoping I dont get put in the Northern North Sea, flying in & out of Shetland..........Yuck. Couple mate's doing this & are always delayed!!
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Colin
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Has anyone told you about how they used to get people on/off the rigs?
I thought it was ex US forces choppers when they started in the North Sea back in the day? Probably from Nam....probably still had the bullet marks
Are you going to correct me?
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Matt H
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I mean before choppers were so widely used
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Colin
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I dunno.............zip line from the shore 
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AK
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basket transfer to supply/crew boat
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Matt H
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You know how they whip supplies on/off boats as it moves with the tides? & they literally have to time it right or it gets messy... 
Thank fuck for helicopters eh?
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AK
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Hoping I dont get put in the Northern North Sea, flying in & out of Shetland..........Yuck. Couple mate's doing this & are always delayed!!
Shetland isnt so bad.... been up there quite a few times now, and spent a few drunken nights staggering around the place.
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Colin
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Adam did you have to do that sky-escape thing when you done your survival?
I want one for the house, it was fully ace ken
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AK
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You know how they whip supplies on/off boats as it moves with the tides? & they literally have to time it right or it gets messy...
Thank fuck for helicopters eh?
i guess you've never seen it done then
Moves with tides you mean waves
Its all pretty stable in decent weather now... DP systems on boats etc. Weather resrtrictions apply to crane ops as well as helicopter.
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Colin
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Originally posted by Colin
Hoping I dont get put in the Northern North Sea, flying in & out of Shetland..........Yuck. Couple mate's doing this & are always delayed!!
Shetland isnt so bad.... been up there quite a few times now, and spent a few drunken nights staggering around the place.
Apparently chopper in & out can be a nightmare when theres fog, as im reliably informed happens a fair bit.
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AK
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Adam did you have to do that sky-escape thing when you done your survival?
I want one for the house, it was fully ace ken
Yeah.... every year it gets less and less hand on that course. Done it 3 times now.
First year I got my lugs burnt, stuck in a helicoptor as some fat bas couldnt get out.
No its all simulated fires/smoke, and you dot double up in the chopper simulator etc.
Still worth while, but too diluted i think.
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