To the gang still at GF...glad to read that at least one of your old birds is up flying again. Good luck to all of you there.
Look, people, Gulf Air was a great place to work. It STILL has potential to be great!! Almost all of the crew were terrific, the routes were great, the equipment, until recently was fine (up to when I left, anyway)...but improvements could be made. I left (on good terms) for money reasons. I was happy there, but I understand the many reasons why people leave in droves. I have plenty of great friends still there, but I have no regrets leaving (my bank account loves me!). My family loved our time there, and even some of the schools are good there (NOT the School FEES GF says you get, mind you!) so do not take anything I am saying as against any one person - except CG11.
Most of the rest of my post is directed at CG11, but I can't watch this thread from afar without tossing in some legit comments about other areas that have been touched on briefly by others. Please feel free to respond back to whatever I say, and good luck to all of you there.
CG11, whoever you are, you are pretty hypocritical (wow - correctly spelt!).
A number of posts earlier you were ranting, albeit in some mashed-up language of your own, about this thread being all about the grounding of the 767's at your airline. And then you go off on a tangent (look it up), with the audacity (wow again...spelling is fun!) to rip a hole into the side of one of the most polite, KNOWLEDGEABLE (another multiple-syllable word - gasp!) and helpful true gentlemen many have worked with - the same person who you, in one breath say he is a nice guy and before you finish that breath, you say he is useless?? Are you on drugs (as had been asked by others about you)??
You are a real winner. A winning PRATT, actually. You fire off rude unfounded comments to people who are trying their best to help others like yourself out, and you smash them broad-sided! Do you like taking cheap shots?! You truly are pathetic! You should be so lucky to have a true advocate (look it up, bub) with Tonga Michael in your management. He joined before I left, and was well received by everyone (except jealous anti-social jerks like you, perhaps!). His kindness and generosity are appreciated by many people. And from what I hear nowadays with the crisis you are all facing there, Mike makes an to effort to check on the situation of your fleet, continues to help any crew out, works his fat a$$ off, and gets the job done.
And he knows a thing or two about being POLITE. Learn from him (and others). You might improve your attitude (which is pretty doubtful, though. You smell like a real bad apple.)!!
I cannot believe you would strike out at anyone the way you have done. SHAME on you, CG11. If you want to go on a mission to eliminate the garbage that is screwing your airline up, aim your target higher. Even the new CP of the 767 seems to be someone else you are after for whatever reason. I don't know him (he joined well after I left) however if he just started, why would you take cheap shots against him, too? Others say he is doing well. Maybe give him a chance?! Maybe HIS hands are tied by HIS top boss(es)?? (Wasn't THAT the reason the previous CP left?)
Shouldn't you use your WASTA (doubt you have any) to awaken your seemingly-useless "BORED" of Directors, or the new incoming CEO, and have them brought up to speed on how to clean the house of the poor performers that infests that place? Going after the wrong people the way you have shows you are confused about what is really happening there.
Too bad you are stuck there and are bitter about it, CG11. Maybe you couldn't leave to better places like many of us have. This is no fault of the people that FLY there, but of those higher up who are responsible for the stagnation in that place. THEY are the real targets. THEY are the reason you are losing more good people. You started asking about why PM, RJ, CR, and many others gone or going soon...re-visit that. Does that help adjust your aim??
SO many other airlines pay better (WAKE UP GF - no wonder people are leaving, with the $hit pay that is still being offered, NO WONDER people still change their mind about going there!). So many other companies have an organized Staff Travel (is the ST Manager and p!ss-poor staff there replaced, yet?! - and this is not a cheap shot at the lower ranks...what a joke that Staff Travel was!! There was only ONE guy (a local Bahraini) who knew his stuff, and WORKED, while the rest sat and pecked messages on their mobile phones while the queues kept growing!! Is it still as bad as a couple of years back?). So many other airlines have non-corrupt housing departments (T had a shady background and yet he still oversees the housing contracts? And how about the amount that they give to find your own place (nothing
is "provided" like they said in the contract...). Get one of the "BORED" of Directors to find a place with what GF thinks ANYone might find with the money they say will get something decent. NOT!! NO WONDER people are pissed off about their housing - and still leaving! (Read what is in the contract and what they "offer"!!!). So many other airlines have a true HR department - USEless - , or an engineering department that can hire and retain a legitimate amount of engineers...or a medical clinic that WORKS (unlike the mess that GF has. Are your Doctors still quitting in frustration?! Ever wonder why it is open 24 hours then not then 24...? The doctors know it is spiraling out of control, too, and QUIT!)...and with this latest fiasco you are dealing with...who oversees the maintenance there now?! At least someone had the balls to bring them in for checks. (Oh and your acting big-boss said it was "minute traces" of "minor corrosion" in his letter to everyone that someone posted here?! HAH! He needs glasses.)
...has your management listened and been able to fix the above issues yet??
If these issues would be addressed, instead of being mindlessly ignored, your company would retain ALL of the people that left, and attract lots more.
CG11 - you really are a jerk for your comments about those who are not responsible for your airlines woes. If you modify your postings (read how to do that elsewhere...) and address the issues (the main ones which make people leave) I will chop most of this post down. Deal??
Good luck, GF. You truly are a great bunch, and I will never forget the great people there. It's too bad that those at the top have left it rusting too long in the sand. As I said before, it could still be a great place to work. Time for a SERIOUS clean sweep, Andre.
Cheers,
R.D.