Gulf Air Developments

[parabellum]

Paxing to LHR for simulator one day I was told at check-in that First was full with revenue pax and 'very senior staff'! I was put in business class at the last minute, having been told by BAS to 'expect economy'. Boarded aircraft and the first people I see sitting in First are one BAS load sheet clerk and one from catering, going to the UK on useless but expensive courses, (so it transpired), declined my business class seat and spoke to A). The captain, a Bahraini and B). The BAS senior who came on board at the Captains request. End result seat 2a to LHR, great trip!

am currently type rated and "recent" on my Lidle's inflatable with five years home pool experience

Gordo, surely this qualifies you to be an SEP instructor (water) and to spend your days bobbing up and down on the swimming pool in BAH training all the young CC?

[PanAmFalcon]

lol Gordo! BAS really needs a lot of major changes . The disaster during the fog season in Bahrain was an example of how unqualified most of them are. Try volunteering again and promises raises to the management , that should do the trick ! But I guess Waleed Abdul hameed al Alawi beat you to it .

[Gordomac]

Cheers PanAm. When I heard that Mahar Salman was taking over as CEO I sent a warm, explicit, naughty, full of memories type of congrats to my ole buddy Mahar only to find out it was a different guy altogether ! Oooooops. Nearly did the same again. Thought the new guy was Hameed, ex 767 Boss, went to QR in 2008 ! Naughty, ok, quite filthy, loadsa jokes & fond memories letter at the ready but. despite your PM, not the same guy at all! New CEO is similar name but not the same guy. OOOOOps ! Came within inches of really offending, probably, a really nice guy.


Thanks all. Staying in the pool. New Lidle's inflatable type rating renewal due!

[777boyo]

Pan Am.......assuming your reference to Mr Waleed A H al Alawi refers to a newly appointed CEO? Is this the same chap who was a 737/767 Captain in the early 90's and whose late father (Mr Hameed al Alawi, an absolute gentleman) was Manager Inflight Services (or similar title) in the early 80's?
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[slowjet]

777BOYO ; tread careful. Look at the mess Gordo nearly got dropped into ! Unwittingly, of course. Place is littered with similar names and similar backgrounds.

[PanAmFalcon]

so word on the street is that a new expansionist Croatian CEO is headed to gf

[Landflap]

What happened to Al Alawi ? Revolving door is spinning so fast, no-one can actually get in ! Absolute joke. At the same time, somewhat tragic.

[Luibar]

so word on the street is that a new expansionist Croatian CEO is headed to gf

It's official now...

[BLSA]

Read online that this guy turned around Croatian Airlines, by selling LHR slots, ordering new aircrafts and left)) Sounds familiar???))))

[PanAmFalcon]

Well Croatian airline had an increase in passenger and profit recently in the competitive European market. I don’t think anyone could allow him to sell the lhr slot in gf.

[bluebirde2000]

Where did the CCO Ahmed Janahi go?? Anyone know anything about that??

[BLSA]

Originally Posted by bluebirde2000

Where did the CCO Ahmed Janahi go?? Anyone know anything about that??

Heard that he was asked to leave

[CALLE13]

Any news on the 787's?

Any hiring expected for this fleet?

[Basil]

Originally Posted by parabellum

Paxing to LHR for simulator one day I was told at check-in that First was full with revenue pax and 'very senior staff'! I was put in business class at the last minute, having been told by BAS to 'expect economy'. Boarded aircraft and the first people I see sitting in First are one BAS load sheet clerk and one from catering, going to the UK on useless but expensive courses, (so it transpired), declined my business class seat and spoke to A). The captain, a Bahraini and B). The BAS senior who came on board at the Captains request. End result seat 2a to LHR, great trip!

I flew for GF for four years but, years later, when flying for a UK company, we checked in to pax BAH-LHR on our company flight.
The FO and I were given either Business or Economy boarding cards (can't recollect which).
We went straight to the gate and observed several BASmates given upgrades to F.
I strolled over to the desk, removed the boarding card from the agent's hand and asked what was going on.
Cue senior chap arriving all smiles and our boarding cards agreeably altered.

[Landflap]

CALLE13 ; I suspect "wasta" rules will determine who goes where if they take delivery. Guys still there because they have nowhere else to go are getting excited though.


BASIL: at least you got your upgrade after a fight. Same old with senior management incapable or couldn't care less to change. Or, unable because of the "wasta" referred to in para one.


I know Gordomac very well. He was so disappointed with his treatment ( no reply from Staff Travel) that he is not bothering with this year's final entitlement. Well, one soon relies that it is not an entitlement. Free, Firm ? What a larf. Subload to BAS as usual . Do GF care ? Of course not. Hands tied & couldn't care anyway.


Gordo, apologies for speaking of your experience.

[Gordomac]

It's ok LF. Blimey, nice to see bods still mentioning me ! After being booted out of GF by the stitch-up of all time , (rather clever, actually) , I have enjoyed annual visits using my GF retirement gift to fantasy island. Ditched this year's firm ticket in the bin as you know. Prefer HONESTLY , FIRM, economy, EK to OZ. Holding on to warm experiences, though. Cheers all.

[Tamii]

Should i apply?

hi everybody
i was thinking about applying to gulf air as a cabin crew. Can you give some advice about whether i should apply or not and why and did they make some changes?

[PanAmFalcon]

Originally Posted by Tamii

hi everybody
i was thinking about applying to gulf air as a cabin crew. Can you give some advice about whether i should apply or not and why and did they make some changes?

decent work life balance. Although the pay is not as good as the competitors, living in Bahrain is relatively cheaper..Great hotels for stop overs. It has not changed so much over the years.

[Tamii]

Thank youuu. I was just thinking about it or maybe qatar?

[PanAmFalcon]

Originally Posted by Tamii

Thank youuu. I was just thinking about it or maybe qatar?

QR is a fairly decent place to work at now. Qatar itself is not my favorite country, QR would be by far better than GF. But the quality in life of cabin crew in Bah is a lot better.