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It's all so easy...
Silica - with JG that's what you'll get -- holding the fort but not moving anything forward. Perfectly nice gentleman and good at his job, but not the one to lead ops. Probably knows BA from USAir days, so that relationship will be interesting.
Any feedback from anyone at Indigo about BA?
Change not a bad thing, but unless BA can, with the sweep of his hand, change the fare caps, PSO routes, fuel price, etc. then Sama will be in the same cash position as before. At least it's better than NAS -- that has been the ultimate management revolving door.
If government changes do happen, I predict you will see Sama growing fast. Let's hope BA is up to it.
Any feedback from anyone at Indigo about BA?
Change not a bad thing, but unless BA can, with the sweep of his hand, change the fare caps, PSO routes, fuel price, etc. then Sama will be in the same cash position as before. At least it's better than NAS -- that has been the ultimate management revolving door.
If government changes do happen, I predict you will see Sama growing fast. Let's hope BA is up to it.
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Bond, assessment, etc...
Regarding the bond in contracts, i don't believe it will hold anyone; it's not the best practice and what should happen is the company to provide quality accomodation on overnights, respecting rest periods and days off. The assessment on boeing 767 sim at gulf facilities it's the only boeing sim in the place where the company is using for ground training, the sim session is simple enough for those who can handle an airplane without auto pilot on a single engine acft and to manage the situation. Sama crews are multinational, brazilians were just the ones to start the operations there.
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it's not what's happening, really!
Malcontento : More 50% of pilots have turned in thier resignations now and ALL of the rest are working hard on the CVs to get away from this company as soon as they could.
The Prophet : Good point and 100% truth
The Worst
people keep coming in, the F/Os are aiming for upgrades (by friends).
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SAMA conditions
Can anyone shed some light on the following questions;
-Do they allow commuting, or do you and family have to based in KSA
-Does the company have any inter-airline agreements to benefit from ZED fares?
-What is the companies future intentions on fleet expansions? will there be any, if so how many and what type etc...
-Do they only operate 2 x B737-300
-Where will the recurrent sim trainings take place for current crew.
-What is the current atmosphere amongst the cockpit crew and in the company in general.
-Is there any change in the Pilot salary scale from last posted in 2007?
Thanks in advance for the information.
-Do they allow commuting, or do you and family have to based in KSA
-Does the company have any inter-airline agreements to benefit from ZED fares?
-What is the companies future intentions on fleet expansions? will there be any, if so how many and what type etc...
-Do they only operate 2 x B737-300
-Where will the recurrent sim trainings take place for current crew.
-What is the current atmosphere amongst the cockpit crew and in the company in general.
-Is there any change in the Pilot salary scale from last posted in 2007?
Thanks in advance for the information.
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no commuting, no zed's or interlines or agreements on that, base is jeddah, 6x 737'300's, nobody knows about expansion or types in the future, simulator is in casablanca, environment in the cockpit is good, about the company not so good... 14k capt, 10k sf/o.
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CEO new and old
"With Sama having achieved profitability in August and September of this year, with 1.5 million guests carried to date and with an international route network spanning the Middle East, now I believe is the right time to hand over the day to day leadership of Sama. I extend my best wishes to Bruce who takes on a great Sama team without which, none of Sama’s considerable accomplishments would have been possible." Andrew Cowen
What does hand over the day to day operation to new ceo mean, does the exiting CEO still have a role, is the new ceo housekeeping, is the exiting ceo a share holder?????????????
What does hand over the day to day operation to new ceo mean, does the exiting CEO still have a role, is the new ceo housekeeping, is the exiting ceo a share holder?????????????
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applying in Saudi Arabia
i just waNT TO ADVISE ANY PILOT APPLYING FOR A JOB SPECIALLY IN SAUDI ARABIA ,MOST OF THE RICH AIRCRAFT OWNER IS LOOSING MONEY BECAUSE OF THE STOCKS CRACHED IN SAUD AND OUTSIDE WHERE MOST OF THE RICH PEOPLE INVESTING MOST OF THEIR MONEY SOME OF THEM LOST ALOT OF MONEY POSSIBLLY SOME OF THEM PUTTING THEIR AICRAFT FOR SALE ,YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL IF YOU APPLY GET MORE INFO BEFORE YOU STEP IN? GOOD LUCK EVERYONE.
SAMA.......LOOSING
NAS.........LOOSING AND THEY ARE GOING TO REDUCE THE FLEET OF A320
STAYING WITH THE BRAZILIAN (CHEAPER)
SAMA.......LOOSING
NAS.........LOOSING AND THEY ARE GOING TO REDUCE THE FLEET OF A320
STAYING WITH THE BRAZILIAN (CHEAPER)