aneedapo
There was a question just a while back on GAMCO, and I replied to it.
Well GAMCO & GF engineering departments are run very similar by
people who have no managerial skills nor technical skills. It is nice to
get positive feedback about the country and the middle east in general,
but this really dosen't answer your question, does it? I spent few years
with GAMCO engineering department as a system engineer (without going
into details) in Abu Dhabi and I got to meet all of GF current engineering
managment team that are running the show. Matter fact I used to attend
GAMCO/GF morning meetings (Circus) on frequent basis. Then GF moved
their technical ops. including MCC to BAH and that's when I also left GAMCO. I do have some freinds that are with GF as senior AMEs that I tend to stay in touch with! As I said in my previous posts about GAMCO, if you are coming
from a western stds. of doing maintenance dealing with pros. then GF is not
for you Think 2wise! If you are coming from a 3 world country, then it may
make a differnce to you with respect to salary and you become a yes soldier
until things fall on your head & then finger pointing starts! Mate, GF is not
what you think when Brits were running the show ....those were the golden
days for GF including engineering/mtce. Mate..don't waste your time the
clowns that are running GF as we speak I use to deal with them on daily
basis in Abu Dahbi and are truly bad bunch ...of everythig! They always
tell you about how great they are & were educated in Scotland & how their
training was so good & brag about it ...., the only thing they don't realize
the school don't make you who you are! These guys know nothing about
technical, managment, nor comunicating to others....I am sure these guys
did graduate from Hitler/Mussilini school of biggitry! the guy that is head
of GF line mtce. now was Gf rep. at GAMCO, this guy rules with an iron
fist similar to QR CEO. He lacks all of the above + brains that's for sure.
Before they moved to BAH they brought in a new MCC manager....now
where shall I start on this idiot! This guy was one of their line supervisors
who knew nothing about maintenance ...tall, bald, and nothing up there
he also claim he was educated in Scotland.....ook
! I would not even let
him be my shoe shiner let alone work on live airplanes. I am not sure if
this guy is still holding his position. Don't ever belive anybody who tells you
things will improve with GF engineering...they are lieing to you. Things may
improve with the co. in other dept. but engineering will always be engineering
at GF as long as it is run by the idiots. The same goes to GAMCO, and
QR...O QR now that is the worst
. If you really want to go ME go to
EK and you will be with a good bunch. EK continue to get engineers from
GF & GAMCO, guys are just fed up with BS. If GF was so good so why
are engineers coming from Asia are quitting in numbers from what I hear &
going to MAS, SQ, EK, and the list goes on! You never know maybe Hogan is reading this thread and makes a point & cleans the house and does a
real positive change to this department and to the rest of the lads that are
there. A good start will be by getting rid off the VPT who is part of
this whole mess at the first place! As the GF engineers used to call him
snake head! Mate nothing is perfect in life but EK is the best one out of all of the ME airlines. I have been to BAH few times it is pleasnt and people
are nice except you won't be able to enjoy life I would say the way other
lads have expressed due to the fact you will be working most of the time
if not all of the time...unlike flight crew! Anywhere you go in the ME you
will find people pleasant I would say from my experience ...except maybe
in Saudi & Kuwait. What ever you do make a wise decision and take other
people's openion. My freinds that are there only have 1 or 2 years to retire
and are from Asia...EK will not except them. The other thing to keep in
mind if you are going there for the money well I don't know how much you
make but the general pay in the ME for engineers are not up to par with
western stds., and that's the reason why no takers from the west for such
jobs.
Think mate before you decide, and best of luck!
