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G'day guys.
been a fun thread. Think I'll fly away on my magic carpet.
Good luck to all the 3rd spear carriers in the 2nd act.
May you continue to believe that one day you might become leading men.
Nurse, nurse, pass the ZIT cream.
Burj, corner shop doing ok?
Ciao, bambini
Apologies to the good guys/girls out there
been a fun thread. Think I'll fly away on my magic carpet.
Good luck to all the 3rd spear carriers in the 2nd act.
May you continue to believe that one day you might become leading men.
Nurse, nurse, pass the ZIT cream.
Burj, corner shop doing ok?
Ciao, bambini
Apologies to the good guys/girls out there
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its funny how some atco's on this thread is talking about poor management, second-hand furnitures, lousy accomodation, sh!ty airlines etc., when there's quite a few second-hand expat controllers as well 
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KK (sfb)
Good to see you have finally come up for air. If you had bothered to read all earlier posts I have already said I did not work on ABu Dhabi GCAA contract, but elsewhere in the sandpit, so I am probably one of the last to recieve info, but usually is reliable though.
I am just boxing with foxxy and as he said all will be revealed shortly. Dont worry fox you're OK son!
KK I sugguest you hop back in your box (and Beamer) in Doha and stay there, unless you have something positive or interesting to add this thread, that does not involve playing the man or attempting to discredit others.
Again, you like the others (ie ANSA, cheery twit, sandstorm, cat... most of whom are management or would be management) who are attempting to back up their reasons for staying there (because like you they have no where else to go unlike me who does and will).
The sooner and the longer this thread goes andthe more people who actually get to see what Serco and the GCAA is really like ;the better off those of us who are left here may be in the long term because the pay and conditions will have to improve to fill the voids left by those who are leaving or about to leave, simple market forces will see to that AND PPrune of course. And mark my words, if the GCAA start offering contracts out at different levels of pay (which would appear to be actually what is happening) then there will be a riot down the line.)
The potential losers short term here will be those Serco supervisors (mainly Seffricans and hasbeens ...who are like kaffirs as they are bootted around and told what to do by management and obey!!) who may end up being under paid compared to the directs...like foxxy and being a single guy will be laughing all the way to the bank or the pub. (lol)
My closing remark is to CS the Satco in Muscat is, it looks like you were incorrect when it was said that that sort of money would not be on the horizon in the Gulf, well think again my friend, it would be wise to get the check book out if you want to get the quality controllers there, and you will be needing to pay in the vicinity of the equivalent of 33,000 - 35,000 dhs per month.
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Good to see you have finally come up for air. If you had bothered to read all earlier posts I have already said I did not work on ABu Dhabi GCAA contract, but elsewhere in the sandpit, so I am probably one of the last to recieve info, but usually is reliable though.
I am just boxing with foxxy and as he said all will be revealed shortly. Dont worry fox you're OK son!
KK I sugguest you hop back in your box (and Beamer) in Doha and stay there, unless you have something positive or interesting to add this thread, that does not involve playing the man or attempting to discredit others.
Again, you like the others (ie ANSA, cheery twit, sandstorm, cat... most of whom are management or would be management) who are attempting to back up their reasons for staying there (because like you they have no where else to go unlike me who does and will).
The sooner and the longer this thread goes andthe more people who actually get to see what Serco and the GCAA is really like ;the better off those of us who are left here may be in the long term because the pay and conditions will have to improve to fill the voids left by those who are leaving or about to leave, simple market forces will see to that AND PPrune of course. And mark my words, if the GCAA start offering contracts out at different levels of pay (which would appear to be actually what is happening) then there will be a riot down the line.)
The potential losers short term here will be those Serco supervisors (mainly Seffricans and hasbeens ...who are like kaffirs as they are bootted around and told what to do by management and obey!!) who may end up being under paid compared to the directs...like foxxy and being a single guy will be laughing all the way to the bank or the pub. (lol)
My closing remark is to CS the Satco in Muscat is, it looks like you were incorrect when it was said that that sort of money would not be on the horizon in the Gulf, well think again my friend, it would be wise to get the check book out if you want to get the quality controllers there, and you will be needing to pay in the vicinity of the equivalent of 33,000 - 35,000 dhs per month.
Chow
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KK I sugguest you hop back in your box (and Beamer) in Doha and stay there, unless you have something positive or interesting to add this thread, that does not involve playing the man or attempting to discredit others.
If you had bothered to read all earlier posts I have already said I did not work on ABu Dhabi GCAA contract
The potential losers short term here will be those Serco supervisors (mainly Seffricans and hasbeens ...who are like kaffirs as they are bootted around and told what to do by management and obey!!)
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Have been watching all the antics on this thread. In amongst the drivel is also a lot of very good info for those thinking of making a change to AUH/GCAA contract.
IN a nutshell, go if you dare as it is a bloody nightmare.
Considering the amount of management types who have attempted to hijack this thread, Cat, cheery arse, CMF, ANSA, sandborne, and so on and so on in an attempt to put the Serco and the whole contract in a good light have failed miserably I must say.
I must agree with Ferris, burj and Yak that you are all attempting to qualify your own reasons to stay (and must assume from this that you do not have anywhere to go to) as you have no choice.
While that is the case you will always get the raw end of the prawn and be treated as second class employees, but then I guess you are used to it by now.
As for procedures and keeping to CARS well it has never happened, and doubt it ever will while the current mangement clowns Cat, cheery arse, CMF etc are in charge.
Have been watching all the antics on this thread. In amongst the drivel is also a lot of very good info for those thinking of making a change to AUH/GCAA contract.
IN a nutshell, go if you dare as it is a bloody nightmare.
Considering the amount of management types who have attempted to hijack this thread, Cat, cheery arse, CMF, ANSA, sandborne, and so on and so on in an attempt to put the Serco and the whole contract in a good light have failed miserably I must say.
I must agree with Ferris, burj and Yak that you are all attempting to qualify your own reasons to stay (and must assume from this that you do not have anywhere to go to) as you have no choice.
While that is the case you will always get the raw end of the prawn and be treated as second class employees, but then I guess you are used to it by now.
As for procedures and keeping to CARS well it has never happened, and doubt it ever will while the current mangement clowns Cat, cheery arse, CMF etc are in charge.
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Could be worse ....
It could be worse you know .....
You could be living in a 5 or 6 storey high Khaladiya Block having your toilets flooding and water pipes bursting .... and workmen falling off the new floors being built above your heads (with their rubbish chutes coming down past your bedroom window ....)
Working all night on AR5 at Bateen with pipe smokers (2) and ciggy smokers (nearly all the rest !) and rats pinching your sandwiches .....
You lot have it so good now !
You could be living in a 5 or 6 storey high Khaladiya Block having your toilets flooding and water pipes bursting .... and workmen falling off the new floors being built above your heads (with their rubbish chutes coming down past your bedroom window ....)
Working all night on AR5 at Bateen with pipe smokers (2) and ciggy smokers (nearly all the rest !) and rats pinching your sandwiches .....
You lot have it so good now !
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Yo quad...
Yeah...but we don't have Arlene's scones, and the boss doesn't shout morning tea on Friday's! 
See you in January, make sure you have a dozen cold Mac's Ales in the fridge and don't skimp on the whitebait paddy's for beer snacks!
See you in January, make sure you have a dozen cold Mac's Ales in the fridge and don't skimp on the whitebait paddy's for beer snacks!
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Quadradar,
Khaladiya! Sheer luxury.Try Choitrums(forget spelling been so long) Any floor below 4th no go area.No doors in the lifts,and outside turns into a lake if it rains.Good point was it was away from Management and a supermarket at the bottom. wow!!.
Khaladiya had 10 or 11 floors eventually but I think it was condemned, fell down or something
Khaladiya! Sheer luxury.Try Choitrums(forget spelling been so long) Any floor below 4th no go area.No doors in the lifts,and outside turns into a lake if it rains.Good point was it was away from Management and a supermarket at the bottom. wow!!.
Khaladiya had 10 or 11 floors eventually but I think it was condemned, fell down or something
Quadradar
You were lucky mate! I was living in Al Slummit Block having my toilets flooding and water pipes bursting .... and workmen falling off the six new floors being built above my head (with the rubbish chute coming down past my bedroom window).
After a long battle with management I was moved to .... the 5 or 6 storey high Khalidya Block etc etc!!!
Wasn't it Margaret C who had a workman leave his flip-flop on her balcony as he raced by at terminal velocity?
Ah, memories!
You could be living in a 5 or 6 storey high Khaladiya Block having your toilets flooding and water pipes bursting .... and workmen falling off the new floors being built above your heads (with their rubbish chutes coming down past your bedroom window ....)
After a long battle with management I was moved to .... the 5 or 6 storey high Khalidya Block etc etc!!!
Wasn't it Margaret C who had a workman leave his flip-flop on her balcony as he raced by at terminal velocity?
Ah, memories!
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Actually it was a boot !
Actually it was a boot not a flip flop ! (Minus the foot thankfully !)
But then we were so lucky - we got moved to Abandoned Villas knee deep in sand and geckos with leaky roofs and stuffed air con units .... such luxury sitting in the third seat of a 504 driven by Graham Fangio W at 160 kph on unlit camel strewn roads from Jebel Ali ....
Amazing we are all here really isn't it !
Fond memories of fish and egg rolls from Bateen canteen and "Emirates Burgers" from EAS ....
Shwarmas to die for at Satwa ....
Watching a bloodshot eyed Mal C digging a dhow out of the beach at the Corniche in the middle of Ramadan ....
"On On" you lot ....
But then we were so lucky - we got moved to Abandoned Villas knee deep in sand and geckos with leaky roofs and stuffed air con units .... such luxury sitting in the third seat of a 504 driven by Graham Fangio W at 160 kph on unlit camel strewn roads from Jebel Ali ....
Amazing we are all here really isn't it !
Fond memories of fish and egg rolls from Bateen canteen and "Emirates Burgers" from EAS ....
Shwarmas to die for at Satwa ....
Watching a bloodshot eyed Mal C digging a dhow out of the beach at the Corniche in the middle of Ramadan ....
"On On" you lot ....
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Yep
and guys sitting in approach sucking on oranges. Happy Daze!
Tweety, Yak Yak: All same person, uh? Reckon you flew away on Burgal's magic carpets?
Burgal mentioned his wardrobe before. Did you take that or where you in it when he came home?
and guys sitting in approach sucking on oranges. Happy Daze!
Tweety, Yak Yak: All same person, uh? Reckon you flew away on Burgal's magic carpets?
Burgal mentioned his wardrobe before. Did you take that or where you in it when he came home?
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Sad thing is, your not far off the mark! BTW We were on 7000AED/month and nobody moaned (probably because PPRUNE hadn't been invented). Come to think of it, computers hadn't been invented!
quadradar
Tell me about it. I was in the number two seat when OBJ had a 140kph blow-out 10k short of Jebel Ali after the afternoon shift. Thinking ourselves lucky to have survived we then discovered that there was no spare, so the three of us (Warren effing E was in the back) started legging it in the sweltering summer heat. We thought our troubles were over when we were stopped by the fuzz who wanted to know what we were up to on the main highway in the middle of the night . Having tried to explain our problem, he then grunted and drove off! If it wasn't for four locals in a clapped out Sunny who gave us a lift (think of it - seven big blokes in a Sunny!!!)we would have been in a right old state.
Do you remember the spoof LATCI after the new cleaner binned all of the days flight strips. Mike B, the deputy SATCO blew a gasket and introduced the "handwriting specimen book" to try to identify the spoofer. Does it still exist, I wonder?
mmmmm - almost makes me want to sign up for another tour!
Apologies to Piniped for hijacking the thread.
On with the bun fight.
letMfly out
Ahhh yes those were the days eh? Tiger Moths, Vary Pistols, Biggles, "chocks away" and all that good poop!
quadradar
Amazing we are all here really isn't it !
Do you remember the spoof LATCI after the new cleaner binned all of the days flight strips. Mike B, the deputy SATCO blew a gasket and introduced the "handwriting specimen book" to try to identify the spoofer. Does it still exist, I wonder?
Fond memories of fish and egg rolls from Bateen canteen and "Emirates Burgers" from EAS ....
Shwarmas to die for at Satwa ....
Shwarmas to die for at Satwa ....
Apologies to Piniped for hijacking the thread.
On with the bun fight.
letMfly out
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Blimey...7000 AED back in '37' would equate to about 38,000 AED now. No wonder you weren't complaining! 
BTW don't worry about hijaking Pinipeds thread, I know who he is and I think he is quietly amused by the results of the hand grenade he threw into the forums with this topic...
BTW don't worry about hijaking Pinipeds thread, I know who he is and I think he is quietly amused by the results of the hand grenade he threw into the forums with this topic...
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hiijack away!!!!!
The thread had run its course anyway.
I may change my handle to the scarlet pimpernel...they seek him here, they seek him there, etc etc
good to see a bit of friendly banter for a change
I may change my handle to the scarlet pimpernel...they seek him here, they seek him there, etc etc
good to see a bit of friendly banter for a change
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Sign up for another tour??!! What would the ZZZZZ team do without you?
Hey you didn't mention a certain Ronnie Renege and his Bloody Mary parties after the doggos.The Cardinal took no prisoners especially in Ramadan.
I also got kidnapped a few time as those guys had run out of booze licence;After 2 days into the month!!!
I think this bun fight has finally been torpedoed into the Straights of Hormuz.Then again
Sign up for another tour??!! What would the ZZZZZ team do without you?
Hey you didn't mention a certain Ronnie Renege and his Bloody Mary parties after the doggos.The Cardinal took no prisoners especially in Ramadan.
I also got kidnapped a few time as those guys had run out of booze licence;After 2 days into the month!!!
I think this bun fight has finally been torpedoed into the Straights of Hormuz.Then again
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Good to see that that some nice guys with good stories and pleasant memories have turned up.
Also good to see that all the little gribblies, 2nd hand jobs, etc i.e Ferris, Yak Yak, Burj, & other assorted losers have wandered off into the wide blue yonder.
Now, the world will be a better place.
Salam Al aleikum.
Also good to see that all the little gribblies, 2nd hand jobs, etc i.e Ferris, Yak Yak, Burj, & other assorted losers have wandered off into the wide blue yonder.
Now, the world will be a better place.
Salam Al aleikum.
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First night in Abu Dhabi ....
My first night in Abu Dhabi kinda says it all about ATC Management .... although there was a tech at the airport to meet a new arriving tech there was no-one to meet the two new ATCO's .... Keith K and myself ....
The "local" tech said "I think you usually go the transit flat on first arrival - I'll take you there ... ...."
At something like 3am we hammer on the door of said flat ..... door opens to reveal a toothy bleary eyed Pakistani in a dishdash ..... tech tells him the story while we stand there thinking "what the hell have we come to ......" .
After pondering the story said dishdash speaks ....
"Welcome darlings ...... do come in ....."
Never slept a wink that night ..... (!) but soon got to know the Great Man "Huss" of ancient Bateen Tower fame !
Many a urination I had on Huss's Bateen Tower balcony escape hatch toilet after that !
Wasn't long after that John W (Al Dhafra / Muquatra Manager) got escorted from the base after offending the Base Commander at morning briefing and Cliff C got the job.
Must have been about the same time Ron H pinched the royal boat in the Maldives and got kicked out of there .... God bless you Ron - rest in peace mate.
You lot missed the "Best" years !!!
The "local" tech said "I think you usually go the transit flat on first arrival - I'll take you there ... ...."
At something like 3am we hammer on the door of said flat ..... door opens to reveal a toothy bleary eyed Pakistani in a dishdash ..... tech tells him the story while we stand there thinking "what the hell have we come to ......" .
After pondering the story said dishdash speaks ....
"Welcome darlings ...... do come in ....."
Never slept a wink that night ..... (!) but soon got to know the Great Man "Huss" of ancient Bateen Tower fame !
Many a urination I had on Huss's Bateen Tower balcony escape hatch toilet after that !
Wasn't long after that John W (Al Dhafra / Muquatra Manager) got escorted from the base after offending the Base Commander at morning briefing and Cliff C got the job.
Must have been about the same time Ron H pinched the royal boat in the Maldives and got kicked out of there .... God bless you Ron - rest in peace mate.
You lot missed the "Best" years !!!
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Yo Quad! I have fixed up your bill at the Thummers O's mess bar on the last Magic Carpet, so you can sort me out with a few beers when I get over in the new year...they also mentioned something about the Base Commanders daughter