If the owner (Sheikh) is the same principle I worked for in 1996-97 on the 727 (VP-CKA) he is a good man...in 18 or so months I spoke to him maybe 6 times...
We flew worldwide, literally, and spent minimum time in the Kingdom...
Management was a problem, however, and eventually cost me my job...
I had full authority over the actual operations of the jet, budget, hotels, even airports (i.e.-I preferred Burbank over Van Nuys, for instance)...
My biggest problem was the manager hired a totally incompentant F/O...French Armenian whose daddy paid the manager to have him hired...
Money was good and always on time or early...we had late model Toyotas and wanted for nothing...
I'm really sorry to hear things have apparently changed, but if the opportunity were to come up again, I'd go back to work for Sheikh F., in a heartbeat...