Well let's face it, in September the Head of Training resigned because the CEO and Ops Director tried to bend the rules which did not work. Shortly afterwards the designated Head of Cabin Crew Training and Cabin Crew Admin. Manager resigned followed by the QM. They have two sets of B733 crew sitting around since June doing nothing and one B733 sits ready in the US with A6-reg. on it for the past six months. AOC? No AOC. They hired a guy from the UK as Operations Director who did not work out. Thereafter they made him B 757 Fleet Manager and now he was given 3 days to leave the country!!!!!!The B757 is not even on the UAE type register hence it would take them considerable time to get up and running if ever. The government of Ras Al Khaimah did not put a single penny into the airline. They launched an IPO back in late 2005 (see Gulf News) but only locals have been allowed to subscribe and instead of the projected USD 400 000 000 they got USD 50 000 000!!! Mind you, Ras Al Khaimah has four hotels which includes one beach hotel and nothing around. If you drive to the airport you think you are somewhere deep dwn in Tschad.Make up your own mind but I would not jump on it. Let's wait and see.......
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