CEO resigns from GF
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Be fair you all wanted him and the rest to leave but now changing your mined and want him to stay.
The airline needs new blood from the good loyal people as they have shown that in other airline.
So we need new board that understand something about running an airline and not bunch of group that made bad calls in the past and the present.
And if you want to know why AD resigned it because there will be no more loose money from the gov from sep 2007
I hope there will kick out all the bad people from GF Bahraini and non bahraini
I always hope for the best.
The airline needs new blood from the good loyal people as they have shown that in other airline.
So we need new board that understand something about running an airline and not bunch of group that made bad calls in the past and the present.
And if you want to know why AD resigned it because there will be no more loose money from the gov from sep 2007
I hope there will kick out all the bad people from GF Bahraini and non bahraini
I always hope for the best.
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Slowjet: Trader had justified his spellings in his second paragraph; he is thirty years behind, i.e. assuming he is a GF employee.No offence, Trader – its part of the game
p.s.
Slowjet, what is this ‘(many joining my consultancy Recruitment efforts)’ about? Any decent jobs in the offing?
“Sorry Bjorn's Dog but the consultants do NOT make decision - the managers do. The problem at GF is that almost NO one can do their job with any degree of competatancy!!!!
What answers could the staff have provided?????? The staff that had any ability did provide answers but just LOOK at our HR dept!! How 'bout our finance dept?????? How 'bout admin!!???? This company is quite literally THIRTY YEARS behind when it comes to management, systems and employee ability.”
What answers could the staff have provided?????? The staff that had any ability did provide answers but just LOOK at our HR dept!! How 'bout our finance dept?????? How 'bout admin!!???? This company is quite literally THIRTY YEARS behind when it comes to management, systems and employee ability.”
p.s.
Slowjet, what is this ‘(many joining my consultancy Recruitment efforts)’ about? Any decent jobs in the offing?
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congratulations all you corrupt sons of bitches on the take with the golden falcon.
well this golden falcon has stopped laying those golden eggs that you've benefited from for all these years.
what is supposed to bolster the bahrain economy may well sink it now due to a few individuals who most profusely opposed changes put forward by this management because of great risk to their personal interests.
well ha ha ha.....everyone can see what has happened. you are now in the spotlight. because AD had not bluffed with that resignation but forced you to come up with excuses like blundering blabbering fools. kahooji and board, congratulations for your contribution to bahrain and it's people!!!!!
well this golden falcon has stopped laying those golden eggs that you've benefited from for all these years.
what is supposed to bolster the bahrain economy may well sink it now due to a few individuals who most profusely opposed changes put forward by this management because of great risk to their personal interests.
well ha ha ha.....everyone can see what has happened. you are now in the spotlight. because AD had not bluffed with that resignation but forced you to come up with excuses like blundering blabbering fools. kahooji and board, congratulations for your contribution to bahrain and it's people!!!!!
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It was obvious that AD was another copy of Hogan. He only did minor changes nothing much was changed. Different type of propaganda WE CAN DO IT and other usless stuff!!
SYD flight cancelled ZURICH flight was on the way!!! And WE CAN DO IT.
Good decision and all the best MR. alkooheji and co
SYD flight cancelled ZURICH flight was on the way!!! And WE CAN DO IT.
Good decision and all the best MR. alkooheji and co
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why don't you put one of your locals on the hot seat....see how well they do in lying about nonexistent profits and debts swept under the carpet? (they all seem to do that well) too bad for bahrainis. reaffirmed the right decision for me to leave woohoo!!!
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Mr. Al kooheji is doing a great job, screw AD, who the hell is he?
Trying to come and setup his own sphere of influence around contracts etc.... watching as managers and VPs tie this company to the ground knowing well that these managers will be leaving to the competition soon....So where is this accountability?
If I were Al kooheji now I would investigate all expat managers who are responsible for contracts, prior to them completing their service with GF, marketing is an area to look into a total disaster area with contracts flying left right and center without any corporate approval, and their manager is now leaving to join EY....fantastic, did AD not know about this or is he plain stupid?
Accountability my @rse!
Trying to come and setup his own sphere of influence around contracts etc.... watching as managers and VPs tie this company to the ground knowing well that these managers will be leaving to the competition soon....So where is this accountability?
If I were Al kooheji now I would investigate all expat managers who are responsible for contracts, prior to them completing their service with GF, marketing is an area to look into a total disaster area with contracts flying left right and center without any corporate approval, and their manager is now leaving to join EY....fantastic, did AD not know about this or is he plain stupid?
Accountability my @rse!
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When is Bahrain going to learn that the only reason Dubai is so successful is that they have employed, in the most part, expats to run their businesses.
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Was it not the previous PCE who Put GF in this situation in the first place, and I believe he was Expat…. Just in case you didn’t know.
No - it was the years of inept management prior to his arrival. Add to the fact that the fact that he, as well as Dose, we hamstrung by the board and you see the result today.
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Whether Dose is the right man is debatable, clearly the Board is not.
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And you came to this conclusion after which intensive research?
Doesn't take much research. Just read the papers - the Board constantly making statements on behalf of GF. Medling in the day to days ops of the company. Dose is leaving becasue they want to meddle further. The Boards job is not to run the airline but ti hire management to do it. Even if you believe that Dose and Hogan were bad then the BOD is faulted again - for failing to hire good management
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Redundancies are required and one way or the other Bahrain will have to bite the bullet.
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GF is 75% Expats and 25%Locals, if there are any Redundancies it should be the expats that go, thank you very much.
What are you smoking????? LOOK at the office - 90% local
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And more locals who between them are destroying the Falcon that could still yet be the pride of Bahrain.
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British Airways announced 750mills losses, according to your theory above the British are useless at running an airline.
No BA lost money the last while. But overall they are profitable. GF - not even close.
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GF is still capable of being an engine of growth for the country employing well trained locals with a can do attitude, this will take time and will involve a seed change in the way the country manages its assets and infrastructure
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Not true, Very capable Bahrainis are running Air Arabia and making huge profit, this negates your theory, however, let me tell you that it is the corrupt Expats who suck up to the influential figures who are really failing the airline or any other business they touch.
Of course there are competant Bahraini's!!! Just not at GF (well, outside of flt ops not many competant ones). GF has been a place for various Bahraini's to gorge themselves on cash while some in the country live in poverty!!!! Get rid of the cronyism, place good Bahraini's and Expats in proper postions, stop meddling and the company might survive.
When is Bahrain going to learn that the only reason Dubai is so successful is that they have employed, in the most part, expats to run their businesses.
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Was it not the previous PCE who Put GF in this situation in the first place, and I believe he was Expat…. Just in case you didn’t know.
No - it was the years of inept management prior to his arrival. Add to the fact that the fact that he, as well as Dose, we hamstrung by the board and you see the result today.
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Whether Dose is the right man is debatable, clearly the Board is not.
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And you came to this conclusion after which intensive research?
Doesn't take much research. Just read the papers - the Board constantly making statements on behalf of GF. Medling in the day to days ops of the company. Dose is leaving becasue they want to meddle further. The Boards job is not to run the airline but ti hire management to do it. Even if you believe that Dose and Hogan were bad then the BOD is faulted again - for failing to hire good management
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Redundancies are required and one way or the other Bahrain will have to bite the bullet.
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GF is 75% Expats and 25%Locals, if there are any Redundancies it should be the expats that go, thank you very much.
What are you smoking????? LOOK at the office - 90% local
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And more locals who between them are destroying the Falcon that could still yet be the pride of Bahrain.
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British Airways announced 750mills losses, according to your theory above the British are useless at running an airline.
No BA lost money the last while. But overall they are profitable. GF - not even close.
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GF is still capable of being an engine of growth for the country employing well trained locals with a can do attitude, this will take time and will involve a seed change in the way the country manages its assets and infrastructure
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Not true, Very capable Bahrainis are running Air Arabia and making huge profit, this negates your theory, however, let me tell you that it is the corrupt Expats who suck up to the influential figures who are really failing the airline or any other business they touch.
Of course there are competant Bahraini's!!! Just not at GF (well, outside of flt ops not many competant ones). GF has been a place for various Bahraini's to gorge themselves on cash while some in the country live in poverty!!!! Get rid of the cronyism, place good Bahraini's and Expats in proper postions, stop meddling and the company might survive.
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hey salahbuali
you got one thing straight.....homos and philanderers and incompetent auditors to top it all off. with the likes of mk on house arrest, ops about to explode due complete mismanagement ( hey give 'em a break, tough to manage the masses when you are "taking care" of crew downroute and your eyes are on an ey paycheck ) and you have the men in black auditing from the tables at costa......sounds like a perfect org structure to me. bjorndog hit the mark.....they ride off into the sunset, we are left taxiing the rustbuckets trying to keep a straight face. i am gonna try to keep discovering - pick me, pick me , pick me
you got one thing straight.....homos and philanderers and incompetent auditors to top it all off. with the likes of mk on house arrest, ops about to explode due complete mismanagement ( hey give 'em a break, tough to manage the masses when you are "taking care" of crew downroute and your eyes are on an ey paycheck ) and you have the men in black auditing from the tables at costa......sounds like a perfect org structure to me. bjorndog hit the mark.....they ride off into the sunset, we are left taxiing the rustbuckets trying to keep a straight face. i am gonna try to keep discovering - pick me, pick me , pick me
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AD Leaving!!!!!!!!
Was reading in the GDN & The BT today that AD is leaving. Can't blame him with all the crap he has to wade through. The GDN also stated that if he does leave he will not really be missed as the Bahraini's will be able to take over!!!
All I have to say about Bahraini's taking over is :----
" GOD HELP US ALL "
All I have to say about Bahraini's taking over is :----
" GOD HELP US ALL "
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reply to soggyblonde
couldn't agree more with you about this soggyblonde. Gotta say that the local CSM's and not only CSM's but also the regular local F/A's are quite hard workers but unfortunately, this situations have nothing to do with the whole crew members community but with the very, very poor management GF have had during its last few years, and let me make something cristal clear for all of those who still think this GF situation was caused only by Mr. Hogans administration: when you are the CEO or COO it's obvious that you have a lot of power but all that power have certain limits, limits imposed by the Bored of Directors and the shareholders, so please, don't be so naive to think that the BOD have nothing to do with this. Y'all will see in the very near future that MR. MK investigation will stop all of a sudden just for a simple reason: if you dig deep enough, you'd be force to take to the court a lot of very high ranked local guys and don't think this goverment is going to permit that (the **** could stain'em as well, isn't it?
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Astonishing situation. Less than four months in the job after a six month search for the right guy ... or someone who would take the job. You chaps must be wondering what's next? I heard that he wasn't the first choice of the Bahrain board members and now that it is Bahrain-only his support slipped away.
Who will take the job now? Bit of a poisoned chalice.
And what about all those major decisions he and his team of consultants made? Discontinuing six routes. Why? I have heard many people disagreeing with a number of those decisions, particularly Dublin. Will the next guy want to review the review?
The airline has been in limbo for over a year now since the Australian one announced his departure. Now more in-limbo to come. Not a good position to be in.
And with the continuing uncertainty about the future I have heard that many good guys in management will be looking around for alternatives. If you're not careful, by the time you get your next CEO all you will have left is the dregs, the staff no one else wants.
Someone like Rod Eddington needs to come in for a couple of years on a short term contract to turn the airline around and then turn the thing over to a competent CEO.
Good luck!
Who will take the job now? Bit of a poisoned chalice.
And what about all those major decisions he and his team of consultants made? Discontinuing six routes. Why? I have heard many people disagreeing with a number of those decisions, particularly Dublin. Will the next guy want to review the review?
The airline has been in limbo for over a year now since the Australian one announced his departure. Now more in-limbo to come. Not a good position to be in.
And with the continuing uncertainty about the future I have heard that many good guys in management will be looking around for alternatives. If you're not careful, by the time you get your next CEO all you will have left is the dregs, the staff no one else wants.
Someone like Rod Eddington needs to come in for a couple of years on a short term contract to turn the airline around and then turn the thing over to a competent CEO.
Good luck!
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Life after AD
Ok so AD leaves soon, so who will run the shop? All indications are that it will be a Bahraini (remember AD was the compromise choice between Oman and Bahrain).
A couple of posters have said that Bahraini's can run GF and site Air Arabia as an example. Err have a look at the Air Arabia management team. Out of 10 top team, there are 4 arabs.
Take a closer look and the only one I know who is Bahraini is Adel Ali. Look at Adel's background and where did he get most of his experience and grounding - BA !
Fact is that a local GF Bahraini ain't going to make GF work. They will need a non-GF Bahraini. The Bahraini local will have been trained up by a top tier airline, probably has a good job already, so why would they take up the poison chalice?
GF's screwed !
As I posted months ago, GF RIP.
A couple of posters have said that Bahraini's can run GF and site Air Arabia as an example. Err have a look at the Air Arabia management team. Out of 10 top team, there are 4 arabs.
Take a closer look and the only one I know who is Bahraini is Adel Ali. Look at Adel's background and where did he get most of his experience and grounding - BA !
Fact is that a local GF Bahraini ain't going to make GF work. They will need a non-GF Bahraini. The Bahraini local will have been trained up by a top tier airline, probably has a good job already, so why would they take up the poison chalice?
GF's screwed !
As I posted months ago, GF RIP.
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Up until very recently the fortunes of Gulf Air have been directly relevant and interesting to me, less so now, but nonetheless, because peoples livelehods are at stake, I hope things can work out eventually for Gulf Air, if it deserves to survive.
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Ok, official word.
Manama, Bahrain 23 July 2007: The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gulf Air, Mr. Mahmood Hashim Al Kooheji, announced today that the Board in its meeting held today 23rd July 2007 in the presence of the President and Chief Executive of the Company, Mr. Andre Dose, discussed the modus operandi of the company that was approved by the Board last week to ensure transparency and adherence to the rules and regulations of the Kingdom of Bahrain to be executed once the ownership of the company transfers entirely to the Kingdom of Bahrain, represented by Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company B.S.C.(c). The Board of Directors reviewed available options for the ongoing implementation of the company’s restructuring plan.
It has been mutually decided that Mr. Andre Dose will leave the company in accordance with the terms of his employment contract. The Board thanked Mr. Dose for his assistance to the company during his employment period and wished him every success in his future plans.
The Board also discussed the latest developments with regard to the implementation of the company’s restructuring plan and expressed its satisfaction with the positive results achieved thus far. The Board also expressed gratitude and appreciation to all company employees for their positive contributions towards such achievements. In addition, the Board thanked all those involved within Bahrain International Airport, the Civil Aviation Authority and Bahrain Airport Services (BAS) Company for their cooperation in supporting the National Carrier.
The Board is highly optimistic and trusts that the company will have a promising future especially after the implementation of the Company’s network optimisation and overall restructuring plan, thereby continuing its 57 year history.
The Board has also announced that a search for a new President and Chief Executive is ongoing.
Manama, Bahrain 23 July 2007: The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Gulf Air, Mr. Mahmood Hashim Al Kooheji, announced today that the Board in its meeting held today 23rd July 2007 in the presence of the President and Chief Executive of the Company, Mr. Andre Dose, discussed the modus operandi of the company that was approved by the Board last week to ensure transparency and adherence to the rules and regulations of the Kingdom of Bahrain to be executed once the ownership of the company transfers entirely to the Kingdom of Bahrain, represented by Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company B.S.C.(c). The Board of Directors reviewed available options for the ongoing implementation of the company’s restructuring plan.
It has been mutually decided that Mr. Andre Dose will leave the company in accordance with the terms of his employment contract. The Board thanked Mr. Dose for his assistance to the company during his employment period and wished him every success in his future plans.
The Board also discussed the latest developments with regard to the implementation of the company’s restructuring plan and expressed its satisfaction with the positive results achieved thus far. The Board also expressed gratitude and appreciation to all company employees for their positive contributions towards such achievements. In addition, the Board thanked all those involved within Bahrain International Airport, the Civil Aviation Authority and Bahrain Airport Services (BAS) Company for their cooperation in supporting the National Carrier.
The Board is highly optimistic and trusts that the company will have a promising future especially after the implementation of the Company’s network optimisation and overall restructuring plan, thereby continuing its 57 year history.
The Board has also announced that a search for a new President and Chief Executive is ongoing.