To Hockham and Maurice,
The facts are as follows:
Ex Technical Director of DHL Bahrain "Ashley" parted company with DHL in September 2005 and was offered the position of Technical Director with HeavyLift International in Sharjah almost immediately. It is totally incorrect to say that he was made feel unwelcome, in fact quite the opposite occurred. And Mario is indeed Director of Flight Ops, he started the week before Ashley did. The Dubai/Sharjah operation was far removed from what he was trained and experienced in and is now 'sufferring the hardship posting' of living and working in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) Vietnam with Pacific Airlines. Since he departed Bahrain the majority of well qualified and experienced B727, B757, A300-B4 and A300-600 engineers have all left for greener pastures, including the Monarch engineers.
I trust this info clears up a few loose ends.