Gulf Air did all this DEC stuff in 1977 and refused any FO promotion to Captain for expat Fo but in the spirit of non discrimination they let Arab national Fo pilots upgrade.
Many expat Fo left and this policy was cancelled.
Gulf Air also did a new contract for all its ex pat pilots trick, this was issued as a "Sign this or resign basis" in 1976.
Sheik Eassa cancelled this trick for pilots presently employed and they remained on the same terms.
New hires were allowed to be screwed downwards regarding terms and conditions. Every batch of new hires got a worse contract.
The above management policy resulted in the excellent airline that Gulf Air is today and an accident.
I think the best thing Emirates could do today is to hire a retired ex Gulf Air Captain (like myself) who has seen 26years of Gulf Air management cockups.
This would help Emirates avoid the future huge and costly mistakes GF made and Emirates are presently about to make regarding real cost effective management of crews.
Last edited by scanscanscan; 24th Dec 2003 at 02:17.