American Pilots at Prestige Jet?
We don't have enough American pilots remaining at Prestige Jet to affect the operation, one way or the other, do we? Seems we have mostly Spaniards, French, Aussies, South Africans and Arabs. So what's with:
"Prestige jet was loosing money because american pilots were taking money from company from management. This is know to the DGCA and everyone in management." [Tayar, thread "Prestige Jet - Exodus Begins", now this merged thread, 25th May 2011, post #253, page 13]
Note use of DGCA in place of GCAA. Isn't that Spanish? In any case, statement is ludicrous because the role of GCAA or DGCA or any oversight authority is with regard to safety, not being involved in management of company cash expenses (unless receiving same.) Sadly, in case of Prestige Jet, it appears that GCAA chooses to overlook serious safety issues which have been brought to its attention repeatedly - such as the illegal operation of different types and forged simulator session documentation (when actually operating an aircraft thousands of miles away at the time that the simulator session was alleged to have been performed) by Capt. Jose - who either tipped his hand with this DGCA error, or CEO Faris trying to implicate Jose.
As for the accusation, I concur with those who see it as a pathetic public self-incrimination by management which publicly admits that it is not in control of the operation or the finances of the company, and intends to not pay its employees, including those who have obtained judgments from the Court of Abu Dhabi ordering Prestige Jet to pay these employees their salaries and dues. If that is true that the company is so out of control that management cannot control "stealing" by pilots (how does a pilot steal anything, in a properly managed company which is not a cash operation?), management should be sacked immediately. If that is a lie, management is unnecessarily bringing great discredit upon the company and its Chairman, Hamed bin Hamed, and should be sacked immediately.
Please, Hamed, get us some professional management which knows how to, and cares to make the company successful.