26th April 2006
Gentlemen, it has just gone midnight here in Dubai. Today there will be an announcement and it will go something like this:
"We have had a difficult year, the fuel prices have hit us hard, but our hedging policies and fuel surcharges have helped us through the worst of it. But despite this we would still like to announce a record year of profit. This last fiscal year the Emirates Group made a Net Profit of US$bloody millions. We would also like to announce a X week bonus to all our staff and a Y% payrise too!"
For all of you out there that are basing your future decisions on today's announcement, I hope it is what you are hoping for.
If it is any less than 4 weeks, I have my resignation letter aready written and will just leave the Grand Hyatt and head straight up to Flight Ops to meet the returning managers.
Good luck to us all!