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When is Bahrain going to learn that the only reason Dubai is so successful is that they have employed, in the most part, expats to run their businesses.
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Was it not the previous PCE who Put GF in this situation in the first place, and I believe he was Expat…. Just in case you didn’t know.
No - it was the years of inept management prior to his arrival. Add to the fact that the fact that he, as well as Dose, we hamstrung by the board and you see the result today.
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Whether Dose is the right man is debatable, clearly the Board is not.
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And you came to this conclusion after which intensive research?
Doesn't take much research. Just read the papers - the Board constantly making statements on behalf of GF. Medling in the day to days ops of the company. Dose is leaving becasue they want to meddle further. The Boards job is not to run the airline but ti hire management to do it. Even if you believe that Dose and Hogan were bad then the BOD is faulted again - for failing to hire good management
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Redundancies are required and one way or the other Bahrain will have to bite the bullet.
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GF is 75% Expats and 25%Locals, if there are any Redundancies it should be the expats that go, thank you very much.
What are you smoking????? LOOK at the office - 90% local
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And more locals who between them are destroying the Falcon that could still yet be the pride of Bahrain.
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British Airways announced 750mills losses, according to your theory above the British are useless at running an airline.
No BA lost money the last while. But overall they are profitable. GF - not even close.
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GF is still capable of being an engine of growth for the country employing well trained locals with a can do attitude, this will take time and will involve a seed change in the way the country manages its assets and infrastructure
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Not true, Very capable Bahrainis are running Air Arabia and making huge profit, this negates your theory, however, let me tell you that it is the corrupt Expats who suck up to the influential figures who are really failing the airline or any other business they touch.
Of course there are competant Bahraini's!!! Just not at GF (well, outside of flt ops not many competant ones). GF has been a place for various Bahraini's to gorge themselves on cash while some in the country live in poverty!!!! Get rid of the cronyism, place good Bahraini's and Expats in proper postions, stop meddling and the company might survive.