Ok a trade union like we know it in the western world doesn't exist in the Middle East. so dont bother, they won't do anyting !
I was disgusted reading the front page of GDN yesterday. They wrote: most of the people leaving GF would be (...) Cabin Crew who are 'Non Bahrainis' ... First of all you won't save that much money by axing the Cabin Crew, second this is a category of staff who most of the time is hard-working and underpaid (again see the average salary for CC in Emirates, Ethihad etc.).
If you really want to save money axe all this Medium-Level managers (see W.Walsh in BA), they cost a lot of money and make GF organisation complicated. Plus get rid of these guys who swipe their IDs at 7am and go back home in their cars, just to come again at 5pm and swipe again after a long day of work!
some figures for a thought (2004 figures):
EK: 5000 employees and 52 airplanes (please this are 2004 figures, I know they have more now) so this is an average of 100 people / airplane
QR: 1350 people for 30 aircrafts so this is an average of approx 50 people / airplane
AND IN GF we have approx 6000 people and 30 aircrafts so this is an average of 200 people per aircraft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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BD