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Interesting read. The problem is that the both the catchment area (Emiratis) and recruitment pool (suitably qualified Emiratis) are quite limited. i.e. How do you entice a 20+ yr old Emirati into a job that offers anti social, non family hours and that also requires a fair amount of hard work especially when the average intake to the student pool has approximately 3,000,000 Dhs in his current account! Plenty of Omanis willing to take the plunge but they are not Emiratis. I seriously doubt that the GCAA will ever be able to recruit enough Emiratis to ever completely staff the ACC, especially when one considers the generous retirement packages available to locals.
The GCAA in its ANS/ATM Dept is a better place now since the demise of the "Gruesome Twosome" but the HR Dept is not a help to meaningful recruitment.
Regards to AAJ aka Executive Director.
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To infinity and beyond and, hopefully, back in time for tea.