Colonel Klink, You have missed the point entirely!!. .. .411A loves it when pilots salaries etc etc are reduced, you obviously do not read PPrune much or you would know that.. .. .I never made any comments about the pilots ar RBA so what are you on about??. . Iam well aware that they have a good bunch of pilots. Their safety record is exemplary which is more than you can say about SIA and others in that region.. .. . What I am saying is that it is a pity that pilots conditions are being reduced because of the excesses of the Royal family there.. . As for saying it was set up primarily to employ locals I cannot agree with that. It was primarily a flag waving exercise when money was no object in the heady days of high oil prices.. .. . How many locals are employed there doing real jobs??