DHL Bahrain

[four engine jock]

Just heard that DHL in Bahrain will be replacing there B727 with B757.
Hope its true.

[fractional]

It is a natural transition when it happens. It's cheaper and they have older B757s elsewhere needing usage.

[kwachon]

Have a buddy flying right seat for DHL in Bahrain on their 727 and says it's a load of Boll@cks

[Sultan85]

Thy use to have a 757 (( X – GF a/c )) but they hade a sadly accident in Russia:(, any way I think the need to expend there operations,but for Bahraini pilots (( even with B767 rating which is the same rating for the B757 )), I don’t think there's any chance to get into the machine for so many rezones! :ugh:

[fractional]

The accident was not in Russia... http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/bts2937/photo.shtml

[Sultan85]

Thank you for the correction.

Flight 2937 [RA-85816], on a flight from Moscow,

[ironbutt57]

Why would you want to Sultan???

[scanscanscan]

GF crewed the DHL B757 for a few years but did not own it....
Part of the B757 deal was GF also got allocated some cargo space...
As a Gf pilot I was lucky to be often rostered to fly it Bahrain to Brussels... nightstop...and return...it was much nicer than flying GF line passenger operations...Monarch engineers maintained it... and I do not recall any mechanical delays ever....GF expansion into cargo operations ceased after they failed to crew the aircraft one summer evening ex Bahrain... and unfortunately the full load of perisable cargo...well...... perished and liquidised inside the hull...it cost a bomb to clean it all out and then fly it to the UK to re..inhibit the hull against corrosion and get it all legal to fly again....as Kathrin Tate would say..."What a f...ing mess!

[ironbutt57]

well....been there done both...like what I'm doing now...after 357 trips to Brussels....there were other issues as well...like reportedly someone at DHL had managed to purchase a large number of positions on the aircraft at sub-load rates..and ye the aircraft until the very day of it's loss was impeccably maintained..i think in 5 yrs on it i remember maybe 4 delays/cancllations

[Sultan85]

Nice to hear from you ironbutt57:)

For me, I didn’t try with them but I have a friend how did but you know how the things is running there ((all about knowing some one how's in charge regardless of your qualifications!:ugh:)).