The Rift ,... has begun

[Boeingrestricted]

GCC envoys withdrawal from QR. It's a bad sign,.....

[Iver]

Please explain further. What does this mean and what are the implications?

[X-BleedOpen]

Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain withdraw envoys from Qatar - CNN.com (http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/05/world/meast/gulf-qatar-ambassadors/)

there you go man... :-(

[GoForIt]

"a security agreement and a commitment to the principles that ensure non-interference in the internal affairs of any of the GCC countries, either directly or indirectly, and not to support any activity that would threaten the security and stability of any of the GCC countries from organizations or individuals, including support for hostile media."

Al Jazeera is a Qatari company, and a radical departure from the typical government controlled media in the region. It has often been given credit for the Arab Spring which makes many of these countries very nervous. See this YouTube video of a 60 minutes segment on it.

[vinayak]

Wow! The guy is very down to earth!

[ArkPilot]

He is also very deposed, and living in London.:hmm:

[Iver]

If Qatar is actually supporting radical groups like the Muslim Brotherhood and the like then I don't blame Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, etc. WTF???????

[heavy.airbourne]

@7: Yeah, really bad stuff - that much worse than Saudia financing Il Qaeda :ugh:

[NG_Kaptain]

The Other UAE airline is hiring as many QR pilots it can get away with before AAB starts complaining, then it slows down. Every ex QR pilot I've flown with has been happy to move to the capital.

[fantom]

Relax. GCC = chickens + headless.

[salamalikum2]

AAB complaining his fellow pilots were leaving to EY....:}

[ItsMeFromEarth]

Meanwhile, QR is training E.T. Had, captains on the B787 :eek:

[salamalikum2]

Yes itsmefromearth....there will be always exceptions to the rule.

[Boeingrestricted]

You started a new thread about this salamalikum2 (that's fine btw) but your thread is one of the things I was referring to,...

[allaru]

"Just imagine the flood of pilots from QR to Emirates if they scraped the non-poaching agreement over this government rift."



Not as many as would leave Emirates if Qatar were to offer basings....

[ironbutt57]

And now it seems Bahainis, Saudis and Emiratis are banned from shopping in Harrods....wtf

[PanAmFalcon]

And now it seems Bahainis, Saudis and Emiratis are banned from shopping in Harrods....wtf

is your source from a facebook article? :rolleyes:

[ironbutt57]

Qatar to bar Saudis, Bahrainis and Emiratis from Harrods in response to ambassador withdrawal | The Pan-Arabia Enquirer (http://www.panarabiaenquirer.com/wordpress/qatar-to-bar-saudis-from-harrods-in-response-to-ambassador-withdrawal/?fb_action_ids=10152241369295169&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5B673646659360624%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22og.likes%22%5D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D)

almost as good

[ironbutt57]

The Pan Arabia enquirer is a satirical 'news' publication....in other words a smart-arses newspaper...this hasn't REALLY happened...its poking fun at the situation

[Boeingrestricted]

The Qr wealth fund owns the London sewage, So they could bar them from
using it. I will not comment on the technical implications, sniffers etc etc.