[QUOTE=dncartersweatte1993;149355]’‘Seriously, how many OSV mariners can go anywhere else? 20% tops!’’
I don’t understand why you say that. If they have the credentials they can go elsewhere.[/QUOTE]
CC might be off on his figures, but the rationale is logical…
No MOT endorsement or TOAR… hard pressed as mate to get a job there. I’m sure there are a lot of OSV mates who do have it, but I’m sure there are a lot who don’t, seeing as that endorsement is not that old in the grand scheme of things.
Shipping and MSC… no unlimited MMC (licensed or unlicensed), no job. And that says nothing of competing as a newbie against the members of MMP, AMHo, MEBA, SIU, SUP, and MFOW. (How long can anyone afford to pay hotel bills, food, etc., waiting for a job when your last paycheck was 2,3,4, months ago?)
No plethora of MSC classes (small arms, FPO, CBRD, Helo FF, etc.) , forget about a union job ( ALL ratings) on an MSC or MARAD contract. That alone eliminates at least 20 ships with manning much higher than COI (number is probably closer to 35) .
No Tankerman PIC (certainly not common in the GOM OSV world), you can forget getting a job as a mate at POLAR, ATC, and OSG, as well as any union tanker.
Getting a job with MSC (even when they are hiring) is unpredictable. And if you do get a job, you might as well move to Norfolk or San Diego, because that is where you will be spending a lot of time during and/or before assignment.
Drilling… same thing for unlimited MMC, never mind the fact that their HR hiring process is most often pointless w/o a referral or you just get lucky enough to apply or call on the day the planets are in a once in a 1000 years alignment. They really don’t do walk-ins.
Things certainly don’t look pretty. Atwood and Vantage have pushed back a total of 4 MODUs due for 2015/2016 delivery by at least 6 mos, GM and HOS stocks are plummeting (as well as the deep water driller’s stocks).
I don’t know about the status of other company’s utilization, but GM already has 2 or 3 boats off charter in Fourchon, 1 more in Amelia, another in Amelia coming out of stretch job in a month with no charter, and 2 more due for delivery soon soon with no charter.
The sky may not be falling, but day rates and stability sure as hell are.
[QUOTE=CaptB;149350]My favorite thing about Shane’s email is how he asked us for input and ideas on saving the company money. Well he received an influx of recommendations which obviously struck a nerve. The last email he sent was defensive basically saying he’s done everything we’d reccomended already. So what he was really doing was making everyone think he actually cared before doing what he’s already decided anyways. The majority of us ex GOL guys saw the writing on the wall. There’s no way you can run a company like this with the amount of frivolous spending that’s been going on and survive. I do hope Shane realizes that the only thing that keeps the better employees here is the pay. Cut the pay to be on par with other companies and I bet personnel departments everywhere won’t have to look hard for qualified people.[/QUOTE]
One thing that certainly doesn’t save money is sending guys to STCW classes required no earlier than 12/31/2016, paying the tuition, hotel, flights, rental car, and possibly day rate (not sure about the last one, but sure of the the ones preceding). Was in LMS class with HGMI mate last month… so much for cutting costs.
