PERSONALLY......Gulf Air has the friendliest working enviroment especially amongst the crews........like a small knit family. When you head to work you don't fear for your back in case somebody is trying to stab you .........in EK and QR it looms on you most of the time you got to work. The only drawback for most people about GF is they are not on expanding rapidly like EK, EY, and QR hence GF is "frowned upon".