Normally I'd cry
to this whole story but it's veeeerrrry strange that this thread has been running for a few days now and no comment from PPRuNe management ... can one of the mods please get in here and confirm or deny what's going on asap!!
If it's for real that airline management have finally managed to compromise the anonymity of PPRuNe posters, and people have lost jobs over it, whether it's in the Gulf or anywhere else, then it's a pretty big story, it will basically be the end of the website as far as I'm concerned with regard to serious discussion / criticism of airlines from a professional pilot point of view. We've all got too much to lose. Guess some other website will pick up the slack soon enough though