To A300 man:
I totally agree with you. AAB did a very good job untill a few months ago. He was capable of turning a worthless company into a real airline and he managed to create some sort of dicipline amongs his 55 nationalities workforce!
But nowadays he is realy loosing it and the whole airline is running on fear! He has become a controll freak......
Do you think it is normal to see a CEO in the dispatch at 3 oclock in the morning busy checking that everybody is wearing his hat allright. Do you think its normal that a CEO drives over the tarmac in his private car, stopping an aircraft on pushback in order to get onboard and do a quick inspection???? Etc Etc Etc
Demotion is like a sword of damocles hanging above your head the whole time, everybody is afraid of getting a report....
He is pushing the tech crews as well. Wearing the hat is obligatory, no uniform in public, no smoking in uniform, no more orange juice to the tech crew, no more capuccino, no bottles of water allowed in the cockpit, line checks can take place any time any place.....last month he told the cabin crew to report every pilot asking if there where any leftover pax meals to have instead of the lousy cockpit meals.....reason: they are just drivers!!!! Some of the cabin crews where ashamed in his place!
Besides that he has no clue what is going on in flight ops....everybody is so terrified of him that nobody dares to say something! The amount of money being wasted in this company is just unbelievable! The backstabbing, promoting of friends......amazing!
Result: zero morale and zero goodwill......second result: efficiency inexistant!
We are all grown ups, most of us came here very motivated and willing to fight for what we tought was "our" company! Unfortunately this all dissapears within the few months and everybody just comes to do his job and then gets out of there ASAP!!!!!
Pilots are starting to leave right now and so far the reaction of the managment has been: " that is their problem!" Can you believe that! IMO, if I was a CEO I would make damn sure that my people where happy and motivated!
We have a turnover of 100% of the cabincrew each year and an average of 4 pilots leave every month.......try to immagine this cost!
And all they have to do is look after the people, respect them, provide them with what they deserve! A slap on the back saying" you did a nice job" would do so much good.....but no, nothing like that!
They pay us so we are their slaves...at least that is what they like to think!
No wonde EK is ran by expats only! No arabs allowed.....I know why!