Thank you all for your feed back indeed very interesting points being raised.
I don't think the fleet is a problem area for QR, A300's being phased from starting from this year and should be out by 2006. A330's will be doing all the long haul work (besides the A340-500s for ultra-long routes). "And the 330 has never been designed to fly DOH/DXB as well" Many major airlines fly long haul aircraft on short routes e.g. CX, SQ and EK I agree it is not suitable but this also has its merits such as utilization as well as product familirazation.
The same thing with the expansion, those higher up in the food chain will know what the reason is (hint: Shareholders). It is strange that people on the inside don't know while many on the outside do.]
But I do agree the number one issue is personnel and safety. Not only does pay package need improving but also the style of management. It is very good that a CEO pays attention to detail and makes sure that nothing goes wrong but only upto a point. People don't like it when the CEO treats personnel as children and checks up on everything they do, it makes it seem that he doesn't trust his staff enough to leave them alone and let them do there work instead he interferes in everything
"I know the QR managment is reading these forums, including AAB and I can only hope that they will make conclusions out of these reports....I hope I hope I hope!!!!"
Here is hoping.
BTW one thing I thing I noticed with you Qatari515 which I haven't noticed with many others is that you keep optimistic while others are much more cynical. *Motivational Speaker mode: ON* This is what I always do, it can be tough but always think positive and positive things will happen *Motivational Speaker mode: OFF*
Sorry about the above
