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Old 7th Oct 2002, 09:39
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"Spirit of Africa"

Who knows anything about this 'new' company?

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Old 7th Oct 2002, 12:46
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Use the search function. Believe I saw something posted a few days ago. Think they moved the topic to Middle East Forum as company is based in U.A.E contrary to what the name makes you think.


never mind here's a link http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...threadid=68683
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Lotīs of Iraqis working with this outfit. They take cheap labour , ie, people that have no other choise. Also Indonesians and Philipinos in their staff. Company is owned my Sheik Al Thani of Qatar.
Those Iraqis where the worst type of people I have ever had the displeasure to work with. Once they are done backstabbing you and there is nothing left to chew they do the same thing to each other. What a bunch. I would not accept a position with this outfit even if the other option is to work in MacD frying hamburgers.


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Thumbs down

Al-Thani is subject to US Sanctions after presenting Saddam with a 747SP...Air Gulf Falcon also affected as I presume Spirit of Africa would be if Al-Thani involved...
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PLEASE STOP WRITTING THOSE RACIST POST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You cannot judge an entire population on one experience. This is 2002 not 1933.
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I don't know what's going on this week, I read more and more racist posts, is it the shortage of job? The muslims, africans, Iraqis, or whatever are not responsible. If you don't like to share your cockpit with people from ohter country, just put all your money together and make your own airline, and you should call it, I don't know: Third Reich, or Aryan Airline...
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Old 8th Oct 2002, 20:02
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Angry Sharing my cockpit

OK...

Now for that bunch that decided my views for me. I stand behind my words.

I have flown and worked with Austrian, German, English,Welsh, American, Canadian, Egyptian, Syrian, Libyan, Iranian, Congolese, Belgian, French, Spanish, Finnish, Nigerian, Swedish and South African pilots and others...
Add all the others that I have crossed paths with around the whole world. Saudis, Kuwaitis, oh a whole lot.

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No it is not 1933. I am very well aware of that.
My example in the thread above was just one. I have had many run- ins before and equally bad.
I am not judging the whole population with one encounter. Neither Am I suggesting that every citizen of a particular country are somehow twisted or all should be put into one category. To this day I do not have objections to flying with a qualified pilot regardless of race, colour, religion or sexual preference. I have just had bad experiences and will take every precaution to avoid getting into a situation where this would happen again.

I think that I am quite qualified to make my own judgement on the basis of my exposure on different cultures and nations. Let alone that I have lived as an Expatriate since early 1997 in different parts of the world ( Still am ) and I come from a family where all major religions are represented. Yes my sister and her daughters are Muslim.

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I always thought that "The Spirit Of Africa" was a gallon of "Klipdrift"!!
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Old 9th Oct 2002, 01:49
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OK, sorry , I think I over reacted, actually because one day before I read a stupid racist thread, and I mixed up everything, but you can admit that what you wrote the first time was not clear, sounded like you had problem with Iraq population , not with few of them.
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Selective Racism

Can't argue with that JJ mate! Personally I'm sick of the do-gooders of the world who sit back and watch, whilst their well laid plans push countries off the edge, and entire populations into irrecoverable poverty and misery! Just the other day their forefathers were on a worldwide rampage colonising everything in site; now they divorce themselves from all responsibility of colonialism, yet claim victory in two world wars! Nothing like a dose of selective standards to boost their self esteem!
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