Gulf Air Developments
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From: Near Iranian Border
Time to pack the bags folks if you don't hold a bahrani passport.
GF to close as to resurrect itself as Bahrain Air so that it can promote the name of the country.
Only run my bahrainis (sunni at the top and shias elsewhere) to enable them to continue to cream off the funds from the government.
Looks like another Kuwait Airways in the making.
Bye!
GF to close as to resurrect itself as Bahrain Air so that it can promote the name of the country.
Only run my bahrainis (sunni at the top and shias elsewhere) to enable them to continue to cream off the funds from the government.
Looks like another Kuwait Airways in the making.
Bye!
Any rumors about which destinations we will not see anymore? 
Heard the KUL is amongst the first ones
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From: oman
Sounds like a regional airline in the making, wonder if we'l still keep our long haul routes or swop them over for profitable ones. Then again the whole plan could change overnight.. Its a tug of war up there.
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From: UK
Showel, it is, often, all that some folk have left. Aviation is littered with these types. Very loyal but failing to see that there is very little loyalty re ward. I was with two major airlines the time that they went bust. Lots of guys, loyal, but with misguided hope got severely left behind in the race for jobs.If you are a Bahrain National, you probably have a job. What type of job is the question & Long haulers will start to miss, severely, that particular lifestyle. Foreigners, follow Ironbut57's vision; start looking for another farm ! What has got me through to the final stages of my 40 year career is that I am loyal, only to my Licence. What is painted on the side of an aeroplane is of little interest. Good luck to all of you.
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From: oman
Well they can't squeeze out another ounce of sweat from the crew, and all flights i'v done in the past 6 months were packed to the rafters. If the yeild is low,GF just have to increase the fare slightly.. Most folk i got chatting to like flying GF.. Mayb restructuring and emphasising on a reduced fleet but uping the quality, but then again a sense of style is much lacking here. Hope its all for the best.
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From: Middle East
The airline, owned by government investment fund Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Co., is suffering from high costs and massive overstaffing that have plagued it for decades.
It is most certainly not massive overstaffing of operational crew, as GF operates with the absolute minimum of engeneering staff, cabin crew and flight deck.
To support a network with as many non-operational staff as Gulf Air employs, you need either: more airplanes or restructure and reduce the non-operational staff or a combination of both.
To reduce the fleet, without reducing national staff numbers mainly employed at HQ is absolute insanity.
The final nail in the coffin for Gulf Air if they follow through.
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From: London
They will follow through because it buys time and shifts the blame somewhere else when the ship finally goes down. It's called NOT "losing face" because that is the ultimate 'No No' in the middle east. Reading through these pages one notices succint summaries coupled with obvious and not so obvious solutions offered by the pilots community.Other corporate failures might have been avoided by listening to other staff & ground root staff too. Modern CEO's are doing just that. Dosse & Naff showed the way too but were thwarted and over-ruled by the dysfunctional Board. And still, GF's CEO talks about reducing fleet but not staff. He dare not reduce National staff levels & fails to acknowledge that expats will take the brunt. Just like watching the Titanic all over again.Failures everywhere. Failure to heed to warnings, failure to recognise the problem exists, failure to admit the ship is holed, failure to take decisive action, failure to listen to advice........oh dear, & as the ship went down, Captain probably still saying.." What f-----g ice berg ???" !!
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From: uk
So guys, all direct entry cp and fo who were suppose to join in feb and mar are canceled, some were suppose to join on 4th with everithing ready (contract signed, visas ready). Once again GF reveals its true face:-)
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From: UK
It would make sense ( open goal, I know) to get rid of the Embraers when the leases expire next year. Wouldn't they otherwise pay a penalty for early contract termination outweighing the cost of finishing another 12 months on the current contract? Also note that the Embraer is the most profitable aircraft in the fleet.
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From: uk
John21, yeap, especially when it is AOG and 340 has to do its DXB turn
And regarding penalties, why do you think they put 180-250 mil Bd to downsize the company???
And regarding penalties, why do you think they put 180-250 mil Bd to downsize the company???
Last edited by showel; 29th January 2012 at 16:04.
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From: Middle East
Originally Posted by showel
So guys, all direct entry cp and fo who were suppose to join in feb and mar are canceled, some were suppose to join on 4th with everithing ready (contract signed, visas ready). Once again GF reveals its true face:-)