I totally agree with sandborne's comments re how long a certain Sheikh in Dubai will allow these delays to continue. I think not for long.
This also extends to the dubai unit as well because most of them claiim they are such professional and expert app controllers (read "girls blouses") they will only take so many on freqency at one time, hmmm very professional........
So the UAE sectors have to take up the slack of the Dubai prima donnas and this makes them busier. It would be obvious then that Dubai does not have the staff numbers or quality either to cope with major airport congestion.
The same for the outbounds delay heading west. More stupid rules by the prima Donna Bahrainis and Saudi..... all in all this middle eastern mess must be costing the airlines squillions of dollars.
The best you guys can hope for is that the said Sheikh, gets off his bum and takes this hands on and pushes Serco off that contract as well going direct hire either through the Dubai DCA or through DNATA and offer the appropriate rate of pay for controllers (who can really move bulk traffic and to help instigate procedures for this as well) for what is now a major international facility/airport.
The UAE/AUH and Dubai airports and airspace are no longer minnows. These are well out of the Serco management capabilities and this is becoming more evident every day, the sooner they remove the last vestages of British colonialism and RJ from these 2 major contracts and Bahrain for that matter the better off the local will be. The vast majority Serco management have never really operated at extremely busy international facilities for some time if not a long time, the MATO and manager are a classic example, no f?????g idea.
Dont worry for you Serco lover there will still be the little tinpot contracts at RAK, SHJ and Al Ain which Serco are probably capable of running andnot falling into the crap again
HOpe the powers to be are reading this thread and maybe they will realise the incompetence theyare dealing with and have to do something now.
Chow