Gulf Air - desperation & woes continue
Gulf Air - desperation & woes continue
The sad Gulf Air saga continues. The 54 year-old airline is so desperate for pilots that it has once again had to resort to paying premium fees to an agency, this time for First Officers.
While pilots are beating the doors down for even the chance of an interview at Emirates, Qatar and Etihad, Gulf Air cannot even find First Officers for itself. The pilots already at Gulf Air are all either waiting for courses at other airlines or simply cannot go anywhere else and moan constantly at their sad situation.
It is pathetic that there is one pilot at Gulf Air who thinks that being able to buy a new bicycle with his meager salary is indicative of a thriving airline. Wake-up and smell the coffee dude!!!!!!
Here’s some of the coffee smell:
Gulf Air: 54 YEARS-OLD - shrinking/self destructing
Versus:
Emirates, 19 years-old – expanding/booming
Qatar, 11 years-old – expanding/booming
Etihad, less than 1 year-old - expanding/booming
The Gulf Air woes took a new turn this week when a former Captain initiated litigation against them in the USA. The legal action is for breach of contract, recovery of salary damages, and compensation.
Gulf Air fired an American Captain after he disciplined a Bahraini purser for disappearing for 45 minutes to have a smoke and abandoning the cabin crew. The purser, not used to being admonished, decided that he would delay the flight by 2 hours by refusing to work (Gulf Air regularly only rosters a minimum cabin crew of 6 thereby not giving the Captain the choice to offload the disruptive purser).
On returning to Abu Dhabi the Captain was suspended without pay and tormented by being made to go to and from Bahrain to attend meetings and was ultimately fired. The purser was promoted!!!!!
Note: The Bahraini pursers are known as the “Untouchables” for good reason.
Any pilot who has considered going to Gulf Air should seriously reconsider or at least make sure you get a return ticket from them. Talk to BALPA, ALPA and the American Allied Pilots Association. They are aware of the Gulf Air situation.
Good luck, you will need it at dying Gulf Air……………