Gulf Air Developments
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 18
Likes: 0
From: Bahrain
Back on topic, I've heard that the Prime Minister personally advanced a cheque for 100 billion dinar to merge the 2 national airlines and make the new Gulf Air bigger and better than EK, EY and QR put together
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 199
Likes: 0
From: neverland
I have been away from prune but could not sit here and listen to this. FPA u r a real piece of work. U sit there and say completely rude and flat out BS comments about someone on here. Thats a personal attack and should be just that PERSONAL. u have a prob say it to his face, oh u wont do that cause u might have to stand up and confront him! SAD u R, also to continue my rant, being an instructor is not about ur 320 obsession its about mentoring and assisting in the learning process something MANY people could learn from good old IB!
IB,
still a stand up guy in my book
IB,
still a stand up guy in my book
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 47
Likes: 0
From: Middle East
ODMEA, do everyone a favour and go and lock yourself in a private F cabin on your travels and please don't use the call bell. I feel sorry for the cabin attendants already. Your arrogance and ignorance really has no limits. FYI a lot of pilots hold university degrees in different fields or have their own businesses. Most of us do this job out of passion for flying. There will be plenty of pilot jobs as long as you need to travel from A-B.
Nauron, rid3r, Ironbutt57, really? Come on guys I thought it was ridiculously obvious. Intended quite the opposite with my remark.
Irony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nauron, rid3r, Ironbutt57, really? Come on guys I thought it was ridiculously obvious. Intended quite the opposite with my remark.
Irony (from the Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία eirōneía, meaning dissimulation or feigned ignorance)[1] is a rhetorical device, literary technique, or situation in which there is a sharp incongruity or discordance that goes beyond the simple and evident intention of words or actions. There is presently no accepted method for textually indicating irony, though an irony (punctuation) mark has been proposed.
Ironic statements (verbal irony) typically imply a meaning in opposition to their literal meaning. A situation is often said to be ironic (situational irony) if the actions taken have an effect exactly opposite from what was intended.
Ironic statements (verbal irony) typically imply a meaning in opposition to their literal meaning. A situation is often said to be ironic (situational irony) if the actions taken have an effect exactly opposite from what was intended.
Joined: Aug 2007
Aviation Qualifications: ATPL
Posts: 816
Likes: 230
From: Cyprus
Desert Hawk, with you on that. IB, absolutely top instructor & many of us lucky to have had his tutorship. As someone else said, stress levels exceptionally high and understandeable re-actions coming from all quarters. Try very hard not to take swings at eachother though. Every man for himself right now but stay professional and you will get through this.
Joined: Feb 2012
Posts: 18
Likes: 0
From: Suburbs
Oh my,I signed up here wishing to give a piece of my mind to FPA but seems like he has been taken care of...
I do have some time since the chicken must be marinated for an exact 28 hours so let me write up my posty....
Haven't prepared what to type on so here it goes,don't you all think that Gulf Air reducing in size may come to the point that the revenue it may result in will be so insignificant that it would no longer be an asset to Bahraini government? This will just kill the very reason for downsizing this rust bucket.We don't know what will happen to the beloved golden falcon but what I hear and predict is many of you might as well just abandon ship.There is certainly no room for expatriates in this airline.I know I am pointing out the obvious but take it as a reminder since you need to think long and hard before you decide to stay loyal or jump ship since a lot of you have families who depend on you.This is the first time I have ever typed up a message on an internet forum so sorry in advanced making a "bad post"
I insist that what ever you were smoking,please, for the love of god stop it...Don't get offended I was just trying to lighten the mood here. 
I do have some time since the chicken must be marinated for an exact 28 hours so let me write up my posty....
Haven't prepared what to type on so here it goes,don't you all think that Gulf Air reducing in size may come to the point that the revenue it may result in will be so insignificant that it would no longer be an asset to Bahraini government? This will just kill the very reason for downsizing this rust bucket.We don't know what will happen to the beloved golden falcon but what I hear and predict is many of you might as well just abandon ship.There is certainly no room for expatriates in this airline.I know I am pointing out the obvious but take it as a reminder since you need to think long and hard before you decide to stay loyal or jump ship since a lot of you have families who depend on you.This is the first time I have ever typed up a message on an internet forum so sorry in advanced making a "bad post"
I've heard that the Prime Minister personally advanced a cheque for 100 billion dinar to merge the 2 national airlines and make the new Gulf Air bigger and better than EK, EY and QR put together 
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 47
Likes: 0
From: Middle East
I insist that what ever you were smoking,please, for the love of god stop it...Don't get offended I was just trying to lighten the mood here.
Goodness me, are we are group of educated pilots or a bunch of illiterates?
Satire, Irony, Sarcasm. Look it up in the dictionary if you still don't understand. Often executed by stand up comedians, taking a subject so far out of the ordinary, obvious and opposite to an extend that it is: funny.
Ok here for the reality: no extra money coming, reduction of fleet, no merger, crew resignations in the pipeline and certainly no competition with the other GCC airlines. (sigh)
it needed explanation.
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 89
Likes: 0
From: dubai
the bus is moving on when mft a330/a340 is leaving its time to go no hope here unless you are a manager or instructor both are leaving if your are anexpat think about it the company is down when they moved away staff travel benefits the company run out of money
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 600
Likes: 0
From: Havana
So are expat pilots getting retrenched or not?
Furthermore, several expats are on the move already, just waiting for course dates with our neighbours. Lets not forget that they are very very short of crew already with aircraft deliveries due very soon, and no, they have not been cancelled yet......major loss of face if they were to be, for sure, not good for the 'brand'....
Good luck all.
Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 139
Likes: 0
From: somewhere in the sky
Quote:
So are expat pilots getting retrenched or not?
Unless they are going to put second officers in the left seat, no.
Furthermore, several expats are on the move already, just waiting for course dates with our neighbors. Lets not forget that they are very very short of crew already with aircraft deliveries due very soon, and no, they have not been cancelled yet......major loss of face if they were to be, for sure, not good for the 'brand'....
Good luck all.
So are expat pilots getting retrenched or not?
Unless they are going to put second officers in the left seat, no.
Furthermore, several expats are on the move already, just waiting for course dates with our neighbors. Lets not forget that they are very very short of crew already with aircraft deliveries due very soon, and no, they have not been cancelled yet......major loss of face if they were to be, for sure, not good for the 'brand'....
Good luck all.
Hmmm... Did everybody read that?? EVERYBODY?!
Cheers Che!
& yeah... Good luck!
