See my previous post predicting the latest launch date will be missed.
Check out
http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles.../10122315.html
2007 itself is being called into question. The new CEO realises there is still 'much groundwork to be done.'
Like getting postholders for flight ops and training. Fixing the only aircraft in the fleet so it can be added to the AOC. Etc.
And for all those innocent little darlings the reason Indians are preferred is because they are cheaper to employ. It's a fact, and their recruitment policy from the top down is based on that. It may be abhorrent but it's true. I bet there aren't many western expats in the cement factory, or working on the many construction sites in RAK......
Sources there predict some disquiet in the ranks.....