Have a look at the Middle East Forum for the answer to your questions, BKK GF 151 is currently under investigation and as GF is keeping the crews as up to date as possible, no comment on it should come out until the facts are in...
As far as pay goes I would think that a search would help, but look at this, GF pilots have had a 16% increase inside two years, and more is on the way...although allowances haven't kept up with the rapid increases in school fees and rent that is seemingly part of the Middle East's (not only in the Gulf) rush for the spoils.
