Gulf Air badly needs an efficient cockpit crew welfare officer like they had back in 1975.
This man attended to all the hassle pilots face on their days off trying to administer their Gulf Air admin problems into a partime office system that is closed for nearly three days a week and only open for a few very inefficient hours the rest..if you are lucky and the wind is 40knts and the surface temperature Bahrain is minus five C!
Needless to say this man was never replaced after he resigned to again move Eastwards to Dxb...he attended to everythying properly and proptly and pilots had nothying to worry about regarding houseing/leave tickets/getting amendments etc....he was a God send.