One thing the IROVA will probably never do!

Member Joined: Mar 25, 2009 Location: planet earth

IROVA,
Thanks for your comments,

timebandit wrote:

IROVA,

eh?

Member Joined: Jun 13, 2010

ccc

Member Joined: Mar 25, 2009 Location: planet earth

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Member Joined: Jun 13, 2010

Yes I agree with you and I actually just came on to delete my last.
You caught me at the wrong time bud.Im up to my ears and pretty tired.
Suffice to say everything relating to our industry will be looked at as time goes on.
The 21 day rule in the uk imho is a bit short and 60 days is too long.I tried to politely explain my absence for a while and should not have jumped at you.
I have no intention of implimenting any rules by myself.
The whole idea of this association is to have rov people to be democratic and make the rules themselves.
I and others will try to create direction and suggest ways forward but in these early days there are so many topics to be covered.They all need time and discussion.

Member Joined: Mar 25, 2009 Location: planet earth

IROVA
respect to you Bro....Nice to draw swords with you.
At the end of the day it was only You, Scott and myself that have chosen to discuss the issue. It would be interesting to see how many weeks offshore other folk consider to be within their comfort zone.

timebandit wrote:

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Very reasonable approach. Much appreciated.

timebandit wrote:

...would be interesting to see how many weeks offshore other folk consider to be within their comfort zone.

Maybe in another thread set up for that purpose.

Member Joined: Jun 05, 2004

Just a leeeeeeetle input from me Smile

As far as days go , IROVA or any other governing body should NOT have a say in this.................................
We are all big boys who have left our mummies tit Shocked

You agree to the terms set down in your contract ( Yearly or Day rate )
You no like ................. Don't do the job or accept the contract Cool

Some Contracts are Easy Peazy because of where they are in the world ,
Some contracts are great because you know the personnel on the job and know it's going to be a blast Very Happy

It's up to you to get the info on the contract and act accordingly Shocked

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It's not an Office job and logistics = common sense you aint going to go home every night to your loved ones Confused

That's part of the perks of earning more money than some other professions ( apart from the obvious other dangers of course Cool

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If it's not for you to spend time away from land ........................
(I have no problems doing long stints if asked subject to conditions above)
Change your profession !

Member Joined: Dec 17, 2003 Location: Thailand

Lost,

In my opinion, there are too many numpties ending up doing too long of periods offshore which leads to safety issues in my book. These issues include damaging equipment. Reading back, I think you'll see that IROVA had done the mobe prior to the job he/she was on.

Member Joined: Jun 05, 2004

Hmmm , I agree with alot of things you have said on here regarding other topics but on this one I disagree.
The downward spiral on a long contract is usually down to moral.
And people will damage the equipment anytime and it aint down to length of time the certain muppet broke it...................... or lost it Shocked

Some of these muppets had lost it years ago let alone because they did four weeks instead of two Shocked

Moral is the killer on any contract................... Accomodation , food , Bad Team mates and Hygiene to say some examples.
But the choice to stay or not is down to the individual not some governing body or advisory service Very Happy

This thread has gone off topic... no surprise there!

A new thread has been started where people can discuss ROV personnel - Safe offshore trip duration?

Member Joined: Jun 05, 2004

Ooops , saw mistake , I meant Morale not moral. Very Happy

In keeping with Topic........................ James Cool

It's not up to the IROVA to dictate what number of days you do offshore.