mogley As an ex GF Captain myself who left during the period 95/97 along with 50+ colleagues mostly to SQ all the complaints such as housing,education allowances,staff travel,corruption from within are still there by all accounts.Clearly GF cannot compete with the huge pockets of Qatar,Abu Dhabi and Dubai and a little place like Bahrain cannot afford to compete with the big boys who run airlines just to keep up with the Sheiks so I think GF is in its final death throes.
Whilst serving out my notice with GF and operating AUH/LHR whilst on the tarmac in a shiny B767 ( Yes they were then!!) I had my flight taken off me by the Dr Sheik 15 mins before departure and I was told to make myself scarce in First Class ( he of heavy landing fame later on at Amsterdam I think it was) and now owner of Etihad with his family and he told me then that they would either buy GF or start their own airline which they did albeit a lot later than he suggested would happen and GF would die a natural death.