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Old 16th Feb 2012, 07:28
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I doubt many GF guys even know what a C-208 is...
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Old 16th Feb 2012, 08:43
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You're probably right
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Old 16th Feb 2012, 13:44
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I doubt many GF guys even know what a C-208 is...
Some of them don't even know which kind of aircraft they flew in the flight school just few months ago...

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Old 16th Feb 2012, 17:18
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no the only people who knows are the managment
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 04:06
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It follows a call to ban alcohol by Mr. A S during parliament's weekly session on Tuesday, as well as Mr. A M claiming during a special extraordinary session yesterday that banning alcohol is more important than constitutional amendments.
So this is what all the bother is about.
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 06:17
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Better polish off the rest of the alcho i got at home at the moment! Soon they'l be doin random house raids, confiscate your booze and you'l get flogged in public.
Whats next... Forced prayer. Indeed that was an extraordinary palimentary session. Will we hav to stop flying at prayer time, it seems only fair!
But i do agree... Alcho is the root cause of all evil.. Famine, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, ignorance... Wahahahaha!
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 09:09
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to put it in perspective.

bahrain is a pimple on earth's ass that as a country doesn't even qualify among the 400 companies in the world let alone countries.

The World's Biggest Public Companies

Now you have a bunch of unrealistic people who think they know everything from running a country to operating a so called airline. go figure
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 09:37
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Why dont you guys just go back to your country? And fly your country airlines, if you don't like what you are getting here, remember it was your choice to come live and work here and still is.
Stop blaming everyone for your current situation. No one is forcing you to accept anything you don't like.
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 10:07
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I did leave in 2008 and now work for a bigger and better thing BUT having spent over 10 years, of which the first three were probably the best in my life, I feel pity to see/hear things change for what it is. There are many reasons why I left.

I remember when you could swing by Traders (or any other hotel) during ramadan for an aperitif on the way home from BAH. not any more.

I remember when you wouldn't get your fingers chopped of in a village. not any more.

I remember when over 1,000 police officers weren't hospitalized. not any more.

I remember many other things that aren't today.

For a second to believe that bahrain is the greatest place on earth these days is a total misconception.

I have many friends working in saudi and chose to go to either DOH or DXB for some relaxation.

Godspeed.
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 10:48
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Ok, but also don't forget every part of the world have changed, nothing stays as we want. People change and some of them change in the wrong way.
I don't say Bahrain still is as it was, and what happened was bad. But which country doesn't have problems. Even if you went any part of any country in this world and entered a place and that was the wrong day, wrong time. Something bad could happen. Not all your fingers are same.
Like coupe days ago. A 14 years old girl been killed in a day time at a park in a European country, so would you want me to say that country is bad or as you said about Bahrain "pimple on earth's ass" cause you will hear almost everyday someone has been killed.
Also when there is a riot, there must be people get hospitalize, tell me a place where big riot happened and no one was hospitalized.
What is happening in Bahrain is bad but the people who running the country trying their best, but can't make everyone happy like what is happening in GF. So who isn't happy can look for somewhere to be happy as you did.

By the way, I don't work for GF and I'm not Bahraini.
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 13:37
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Makes sense
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 16:30
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@Jackx123

That has got to be the funniest post I have read. Both of them.
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Old 17th Feb 2012, 22:06
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latest update: the C-208 on order are now with winglets and free icepacks for the pink palace. Flak jacks are still under negotiation. Standard issue doesn't come with head scarf.

ps.@tankdrvr. I tried some rhyme but won't give up my daytime job.
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Old 18th Feb 2012, 20:29
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So guys, 6 destinations which will be shut we already know, any thoughts about the rest 9? place your bets
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Old 19th Feb 2012, 05:45
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I heard ist, and pew might be axed, prob copenhagen, cmb aswel
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Old 19th Feb 2012, 05:50
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I reckon.. GF will forfeit a few routes that bahrain air might pick up.. Bahrain might end up with two sick airlines to worry about but that would keep the ignorant MPs quiet.. Yes quiet, fat and happy.
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Old 19th Feb 2012, 06:08
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Heard MNL and BKK might be axed also
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Old 19th Feb 2012, 10:03
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Keep smiling, I like your second post which shows greater maturity & balance than the first. You must understand that many people were extremely happy in Bahrain. Most have left & many are preparing to go. In life, if you can make the change, it is worth having a go. If we just accepted your philosophy of running away "if we don't like it", there would be no change & the bully boys would rule, rampantly. In Bahrain, the bully boys are going to win. There is, now, no hope. Very, very, sad.
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Old 19th Feb 2012, 14:39
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heard that Cessna will shortly be introducing C-208LR aircrafts (wait for comments) that can do BAH-BKK non-stop. GF will be launch customer.
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Old 19th Feb 2012, 14:45
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