"They almost kicked out some 200 pilots last year, saw many of them on recruitment interviews in the gulf area and all said the same thing: "they decided to downsize the airline", and now less than 1yr later they start hiring again close to same numbers..."
Yeah - the most pointed part of the article posted elsewhere doesn't look like it's on their site.
It was basically a table listing the contradictions in the last year
eg
Dose: "We need to downsize the airline"
Gulf Air buys 40-50 aircraft
Dose: "Aircraft from two manufacturers adds complexity and costs"
Gulf Air orders new planes from both Airbus and Boeing.
Dose: We can't keep losing money
Now: We will be losing money for the next five years.
Here's hoping it's the right path now!