Gulf Air Developments
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Many Israeli's use Gulf Air and route in via Amman - Manila flights have regular travellers that use this route and have done for years.
Also, as mentioned earlier, this appears in a drop-down list from the integrated link to IATA Travel Information Manual (TIM) for document and health requirements; Gulf Air has no ability to filter this and as I understand that is stated on the web-site.
About time the Bahrain MP's focussed on real matters; afterall it has been five years or so now since they were first elected and all that has been seen are attempts to stop people hanging out their washing on balconies, movement of foreign labour outside of the village walls, pop singers banned, cultural events blasted, mannequins deemed pornographic and on. Whilst the roads are a mess, housing is poor, and the law is an ass.
Also, as mentioned earlier, this appears in a drop-down list from the integrated link to IATA Travel Information Manual (TIM) for document and health requirements; Gulf Air has no ability to filter this and as I understand that is stated on the web-site.
About time the Bahrain MP's focussed on real matters; afterall it has been five years or so now since they were first elected and all that has been seen are attempts to stop people hanging out their washing on balconies, movement of foreign labour outside of the village walls, pop singers banned, cultural events blasted, mannequins deemed pornographic and on. Whilst the roads are a mess, housing is poor, and the law is an ass.
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My point exactly. All sorts of personnae-non-grata or inadmissibles are able to transfer via airports in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Bahrain, Singapore, Hong Kong, etc. who are otherwise inelligible for one reason or another to enter the country that the airport sits on. It is an advantage that carriers such as Gulf Air have. It is good for business, and the business of doing business. Likewise, Gulf Air (or Bahraini MP's) shouldn't care too much if it is carrying sex-tourists to Bangkok, or people returning from Jeddah on Hajj or Umrah so long as they are buying tickets on GF, rather than on the competition.
Of course, dealing with real issues is too difficult in most parts of the world. That is why politicians, beit in Manama, beit in Washington, pull out the red-herrings, the low-hanging fruit, for political points.
Of course, dealing with real issues is too difficult in most parts of the world. That is why politicians, beit in Manama, beit in Washington, pull out the red-herrings, the low-hanging fruit, for political points.
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Surprise, surprise the new roster will be delayed. Why doesn't Antoine & his gimps just admit that they cannot prepare a roster with the current deadline. Maybe the short f*** has too much pride to step up & admit it?
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Just did the interview with Gulf Air. Very professional, from human resources to the check pilots. Good hotel, 3 meals a day,city tour, lunch with Hr. If the interview process is a sign of how the airline is run I really want to work for Gulf Air. Ive down interviews with QR,(passed)EK(holding pool)Kingfisher(passed)NX(passed) and Air Astana and by far in my view the most professional process. All the staff I met from cabin crew,security guards, drivers,nurses, all top notch. People considering EY or QR should take a look at Gulf Air. There not the biggest in the middle east but by far the friendliest.
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He did admit it would be late and why, I suspect the earlier in the calender month the roster period commences, the harder it will be for them to get the details from commercial needed to publish the next roster..all departments have daily hurdles to cross, lets try to be a bit more understanding shall we?
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Interesting rumour from touk, one that I feel is highly likely. I mentioned before in another post, like what we read in the GDN everyday, talk is cheap however it is now time to walk the walk....only time will tell of course.
I also heard we have no financing whatsoever for the massive order GF put in with Boeing and Airbus...
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A big congratulations to all the F/Os on the 320 fleet for NOT carrying out their pre-flights correctly
Nicely done guys, thank God there were no engine problems on EO for 64 sectors.
Then again maybe it's the training that the guys have recieved that might be leading to the falling GF standards?
Nicely done guys, thank God there were no engine problems on EO for 64 sectors.
Then again maybe it's the training that the guys have recieved that might be leading to the falling GF standards?
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Guess you guys need to be trained when a full cockpit preparation has to be done & when it is ok to omit most of checks & just do to transit stop items.
As to commanders responsibility I agree with you but then I also rely of my number 2 to carry out his checks correctly. Maybe I will have to start questioning the guy on my right to make sure he has had good night's sleep, packed his bag himself, has brought his license & passport with him & ,if he going to get "jiggy" with some of the hosties, then has an adequate supply of condoms.
As to commanders responsibility I agree with you but then I also rely of my number 2 to carry out his checks correctly. Maybe I will have to start questioning the guy on my right to make sure he has had good night's sleep, packed his bag himself, has brought his license & passport with him & ,if he going to get "jiggy" with some of the hosties, then has an adequate supply of condoms.
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I find most FO'd do it whether it's "required" or not, if not then I do it myself..airmanship (common sense) should prevail shouldn't it...