If any of you still have a copy of an early 90's paper timetable book Tel Aviv appeared most prominantly as a destination city with arrivals and deps from various GF served cities.
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So, who cares? If an Isreali resident (citizen, foreign resident in Isreal, diplomat, whatever) wants to join GF Frequent Flyer program he should be able to. Doesn't mean that he will come to Bahrain. Heck, with the way things are going, why will anybody even want to come to Bahrain in the future with the exception of working or transit?
OK, back to discussing the great evils of alcohol, nightclubs and manequins.
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.
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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.
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?
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.
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?
The problem ib57 is that it is getting tiresome to read that blame game time and time again. Every airline in the world has to deal with those same issues so why is GF any different? The real reason for those repetitive roster delays is that we are understaffed and simply do not have any people on STBY.
I would respect and be a lot more understanding of the Crew Planning department if they did not treat me like a moron and actually acknowledged the real issues at play...
GF offers a very good package. However, the lifestyle on the 320 fleet leaves a lot to be desired. None of the pilots I know minds working hard but the problem is simply that we do not presently get enough OFF time to recover and keep up with our "normal" life outside of GF HQ... Again it comes down to low crew numbers and, frankly, appalling planning.
On a side note, I heard that Munich and Milan are definitely on the way. Also, rumors of new 320 deliveries starting from April...
it's amazing the amount of rumors going around these days...
I've heard 777 wet lease...
330 from jet... 340-600 from Qr or Jet... 320 from every carrier going bust in the west...
I also heard we have no financing whatsoever for the massive order GF put in with Boeing and Airbus...
the only confirmed thing I know of is the memo from company stating three 330's from MEA in the spring '09, and 4 new 320's from Airbus in the fall '09
in the end... who cares... as long as I am getting my paycheck on time and in order... I'll fly whatever they give me as long as it is Safe and Legal...
I also heard we have no financing whatsoever for the massive order GF put in with Boeing and Airbus...
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.
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?
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