Jenco, reracked.au
Jenco....... you hit the nail right on the head, you are 100% right about Gulf Air and I agree with you. Gulf Air used to aquire western x-pats AMEs and pay them well and treat them right, those days are gone I guess, as well Gulf Air used to be the pride of the Gulf.....those days are also long gone as long as they continue to aquire cheap labor with limited expertiese.....what a pitty! It seems to me that Gulf Air always have something up their sleeve hoping some desperate AME from the west will become the next sucker into accepting their Asian package crap!
reracked.au
I must tell you that I am fully aware of the AMEs market situation out there weather it be in Aus.,N.America,Europe
it is pretty rough out there no doubt, but at the same time the situation with gulf airlines seem to be quite good comparing to the rest of the world. It seems to me that aviation is still o.k. in that neck of the woods and we don't have to go to far to see it,all we have to look at is Ek as a perfect example generating profit hand over fist, QR is doing o.k. on rapid expansion plans, as well as Oman Air. The only airline struggeling is Gulf Air and have finaly generated profit in its last quarter, which tells me something about their poor mangt. team at Gulf Air!......... Maybe it is about time to stop day dreaming and wake up and smell the coffee and maybe they should stop thinking about their own personal pocket interst and start maybe paying more attention to the airline well being and how to guide it on the right track on day to day basis starting with Aus. ceo at the helm to set an example.
I completely disgree with the fact that due to hard times right now in the aviation field an AME should be happy and thankful for what he gets in job opportunity, very wrong attitude! the reason I say this is because the more we accept low wages,poor working conditions,asian peanut salaries for western x-pats expertiese, the more companies like Gulf Air, GAMECO and others will continue to offer cheap salaries and hope a sucker out there in the western world will bite the bait. And since Gulf Air and others have seen it happen in the past and they were successful they will continue to do it as long as we don't stick to our guns and stand our grounds it is as simple as this.
I will be lieing to say I won't be interested if Gulf Air or other major airline in the middle east come knocking on my door offering me a job, but I will definitly not accept anything less than what I deserve as an AME with a good incentive to work in the sandpit, otherwise I will not prostitute myself. It is a matter of principle and common sense to me that's all. "I provide a highly sought after service, and they need it in order to conduct bus.". And as I said earlier I agree with Jenco tax or no tax Bahrain is an expensive place to live.
Look forward to your replies!
Cheers
