North Sea – Do you have foreign nationals on the ROV team?

When I last posted about British and Americans working in Africa you bloody lot thought I was crazy going all gaga on me about companies running for profits…….. what goes around comes around. So live with it, get out of Africa and go back to the North Sea I am sure some of us can manage without you.

get out of Africa and go back to the North Sea I am sure some of us can manage without you.

Maybe if Africa was under British rule you would be singing a different song.

I wouldnt be so much worried about the rooineks as much as the chineese who are taking everything.

If you cant make a living in Africa, you certainly wont be any better off in the UK…maybe…

The question of work permits is a mute point. I dont think work permits are issued to our Asian friends, the same way as would be required for land based work. Offshore work is not classed as working in the UK. Its all days out the country as those that claim tax back will agree. Simple transit visa’s or marine visa’s are all thats required for vessel based work. And of course they dont pay any UK tax.

Cheaper foreign labour has been the downfall of the UK merchant navy and the unions and goverment stood by and did very little. With the exception of Seafarers Earning Deduction which tries to give the UK based marine guys a competitive edge. Perhaps this time they will step in to save the ROV P/T’s from cheaper alternatives.

If your a salaried P/T then your not about to sacked and replaced by a cheaper alternative. But all new trainees and P/T will be day rate Philippino’s. Thats certainly the business model that S7 will be using in the near future. I dont think promotion is easy these days, but those that have just joined the ROV game its time to graft a bit and try and get up the ladder. Those with solid Sub Eng backgrounds or supervisory experiance have little to worry about.

In case you have not realised old sport 🙄
Our economy ( What’s left of it ) has an uncanny way of keeping our pound higher than the rest of the world , Our cost of living in this country is higher , Our tax is higher ( Apparently due to all the benefits we get , Or give to spongers that have no inclination to work in the first place ! )
Hence the reason why all these "Foreigners" have been coming to our country since after the war ! Is there really any other reason why every Tom DICK and ‘Arry would come to little ol Blighty on the map other than the higher wage ? We get paid more but we pay more tax and our standard of living is higher !
If Mr Philipa and Mr Polish can come to this country , earn five times as much than in their own country then send the money back to their own country , that ain’t helping our little economy ( What’s left of it ! ) to grow ……. is it ?
Aaah , but if the same Mr Philipa and Mr Polish come to our country and get paid the SAME as us because they are as good if not better in experience than the old Brit then "Money for courses and ‘Orses" I have no problemo ! As you said , we go around the world to other countries but that is only because we have the experience and they don’t 😯 .
So any of you foreigners over here should be earning between £430 and £500 pounds a day as a ROV Pilot . If not Downtools and go on strike ! 😀
Solidarity……….. Mr Polish 🙂 That’s what it’s all about and if you don’t get the money ?
GO HOME TO YOUR OWN COUNTRY 😀

Here’s to solidarity!!! Kalbo and Lost, PLEASE join the you-know-what… especially if you live there and CAN take advantage of the you-know-what….

Scott

T have alraedy joined up. I did PM you, 1 of the 10 or so you say that you received about the subject!!!
Private board!!!! Still waiting!!!!!zzzzzzzzz

Kalbo.