Debowing

I have been offered a posting in Libya.
Please, your kind thoughts are requested.

co durham boy

We have a small operation there but it's in it's infancy . It's totally run by a local subsidiary at this present time . We're due to go in within the next 6 months for an extended period of time.

I know visas are a nightmare and flights are chaotic . Emirates do some kind of overnight stopover in Malta before you get there .

The firm needs to be very well connected as there's still militia all over the place . Security is getting better but there's still a lot of unresolved problems all relating to the usual carve up of cash .

Big things expected in 2013 , loads of work , good margins and lots of decent payment options for companies but there's still a risk of a 7.62mm whizzing past your ear lobes

scrubbedexpat141

Placed a few guys in the East (Benghazi) before all the trouble, in fact, a few years before.

It was considered proper hardship so on rotation working 13 day fortnights, 8/2 weeks. (not the best).

I'd be wary.

scot47

Unsafe.

littlejimmy

I worked there (near Tripoli) just before the uprising and it was fine. The Libyans were lovely people in the main, even if their driving made Dubai look safe. Obviously the situation now is still unstable. The FCO website backs this up, or it did last time I checked.