Invasion of Alaska

[Rainbow Six]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

A large number of oil workers, miners, etc are contractors, brought in from elsewhere. This is especially true of the more remote locations such as ocean oil rigs, open cut mines, and so on.

That's also a very valid point. I live / work in Aberdeen; my job is related to the oil business and I've had dealings with crew rotations in the past (mostly offshore, some onshore). Whilst I can't put an exact figure on it I would definitely agree that the majority of offshore workers fly in from outside the area when they're due to start their hitch (and obviously fly home again at the end of their hitch).

Rotations vary - in the North Sea two weeks on / two weeks off is the most common, going further afield hitches can be longer...the longest I've ever seen was eight weeks on / eight weeks off, which if I recall correctly was someone going to either Mauritania or Equatorial Guinea.