(1) I'm merely establishing that in my experience it seems to be unusual for a fully laden Bkk-Bah to park on the tarmac and bus people to the terminal.
(2) Gulf Air would never cover anything up. Oh no. Please get real
(3) Totally agree with you that Hoges has turned the airline around. I believe his conditions were that he bring his own team in and that started with the bean counters. My point is that turning it into a budget airline is a terrible shame.
As someone else stated, it used to be a prestigious airline. Now it's just a cheap one. Maybe that's the market, I don't know.
Cheers,
Desertia