Gulf Air Developments

[T O G A Boy]

Ex Dubai, why be sorry. You nailed it.
And are you astonished as to why?
Less than adequate management in place taking decisions on hourly basis.
Subsequently the outcome is transparent.
They need to be cannonballed as far away as possible from the Pink Palace.
Maybe then and only then can the Golden Falcon be revived.

[Landflap]

The "mindset" and deep corruption will never change. Far too deep and a way of life. I was there for a short time but a so-called sweep of corruption was the claimed target. Dead heading from BAH to MCT, a former senior manager who was sacked but was still rewarded with free first class travel , stood up to disembark but trapped his pillow in his briefcase ; brilliant FSS said" Mr......., first you take all our money, now you try and take our pillows!" The nice thing is that even he found it funny and giggled down the steps ! It really will not, ever, change.

[TheDesertGardener]

Olbie, thanks. Just asking because, to me, its a sensitive point as I want to provide the best possible to my kids education.

[777boyo]

Captain Rod Taylor - former Head of Flight Ops 1980's/90's

Please excuse the thread drift.

I very sadly learned today that Capt Rod Taylor, ex Gulf Air HOFO, passed away last week. Rod was an absolute gentleman who was extremely kind to me and many others at a time when we were starting our jet careers in GF. Sincere condolences to Mark, Simon and Rod's family.

7B

[BLSA]

TheDesertGardener, actual school costs are at least double of what gf gives, and for best possible you need even more They have not been revised for maaaaany years

[Shisha2015]

If he is looking for the best thing regarding his kids life ,,he must stay away from GF DONT even come close to this place

[TheDesertGardener]

Well, its odd education allowance not been adjusted. I understand that Gulf Air is through a reorganization but at least they should try to bring the T&C closer to the other competitors.

[BLSA]

DesertGardener, last meeting it was rejected as the company is going through reorganisation, and they need to cut costs, not to increase

[slowjet]

Shisha, what's deaing and who the hell is grace ?

[Fly4Fun]

The end of subsidies won't help atracting expats as the cost of living will increase...

[Fly4Fun]

Heard through a colleague, who was looking at GF as an option that pilots are leaving due to poor T&C being the rosters one the main reasons due to minimum rest between flights. He said the situation is serious because they cannot attract candidates with enough experience to fill the gaps. He also told us that, hopefully, GF is recovering under a strong reorganization and preparing to expand again. If true, how is GF dealing with the shortage of crews?

Thanks.

[slowjet]

"Strong re-organization" ??? Do you mean same old clowns playing Pass the parcel, or, musical chairs ?? Strong re-organization means ridding the company of clowns with connections. Ridding the company of "Wasta" ( sorry, that is what 'Clowns with connections' means !). Ridding the company of grossly inept & incompetent management. Here's the biggie, ridding the company of historical & inbred corruption. Ridding the company of Parliamentary, incompetent, meddling. Now, that's what I call "Strong re-organization". You will not be seeing any of this in GF for a long time.

[Fly4Fun]

Well, my colleague told me that he asked what to expect from GF and from that day silence. Strange indeed...

[kuksinhyd]

DEC

Hi All,

Could someone please throw some light on the present T&C's and the screening process for DEC.

Thanks

[slowjet]

oooooh us "commercial pilots" ! Dangle a fat wallet in front of us and we just keep lining up !

[Luibar]

Hi, is Gulfair going ahead with the plans to make na order of 50 aircraft from Airbus? Expansion in sight?

[ExDubai]

Hi, is Gulfair going ahead with the plans to make na order of 50 aircraft from Airbus? Expansion in sight?

Gulf is a dead horse, for what reason should they order 50 Aircraft?

[Luibar]

I read it on Arabian Business. Gulf Air in final talks to order 50 aircrafts. Thats it. It said they wont´t disclose the manufacturer. Scroll some lines down and it mention that the information minister refer to 50 Airbus aircraft...

[PanAmFalcon]

The Orders seem like they are too good to be true. As for now they have 20 320 neos on order and 16 787s. Since they already have started training engineers for the 787 and already maintain KLM's 787 on the Bahrain sector , I don't think they will back out for once. 50 more possible airbus order sounds too good to be true but from what I heard it was to connect Bahrain to major cities around the world since the Oil dependent country needs foreign investments; the only way that can be done is getting the island easy to access. Hence,there are hardly any visa restrictions on the island as well. That is why it is possibly true but I don't suppose they can be all 320s ,can they? probably a mixture of 321neo and airbus 350s.

Sounds like some good news but the management would remain the same Unless those 50 aircraft comes with a free competent CEO.

[South Prince]

Can't and do not want to comment on CEO and overall Airline's Strategy but a good and competent Crew Planning will solve problems such as fatigue and frustration by crews. Unfortunately very few "Industries" believe that a moderately happy employee is of a great benefit to the "Industry" first of all.