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Old 10th Apr 2009, 14:38
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Maybe the next new A330 will boast a new F1 livery...

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Retro fitting does it take 2 months? I doubt ... I asked GF if they will apply a new F1 livery and they said no. However, there was a plan for an F1 livery and the blue prints show KH as the one receiving it
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Old 10th Apr 2009, 16:38
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KB is under HMV should be landing in bahrain in a day or two
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Old 10th Apr 2009, 19:33
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Just heard that the gentlemen upstairs have desparately been trying to find a way out of the Jet 777 contract but to no avail since,understandably, Jet management have zero interest in taking back their unwanted 777s. So who is responsible for signing these crippling contracts & will they be axed? Of course not since the ink for the contracts was supplied by the board!!! So next step is to start firing cabin crew,again.
And the cycle continues. One day, most probably after most of us are long retired & travelling in GF hat racks(Thanks to our CPO), it will come to light just how much was stolen by the blood sucking board members & senior managers.
God bless Gulf Air, she really does deserve better than this.
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Old 10th Apr 2009, 19:47
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I am not sure about the comments you raised however, I can for sure tell you there are companies wanting the 3 777 Frames such as Turkish Airlines and others!
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Radar Contact, I believe THY will only be leasing the Jet 777s for 6 months dry then 25 months wet. That's until they start taking delivery of their own 777s starting in October 2010. On the other hand we have leased them for 6 months dry then 36 months dry. Our original Airbus deal had taking delivery on A330-300s starting May 2010-that since has been revised to even earlier. So I am sure you can see that it seems a bit unreasonable for us to be leasing them especially since it is a totally new type for us & we will not be getting any of our own in the future.
Also THY got a far better deal than us!!!
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Mephistopheles, I think you got it wrong - 6 months dry and then 36 months WET - CC are being trained on B77W and I heard that pilots are due to start T/R'ing for it. A good friend of mine on the A320 F/O has received an offer to transfer to the 777

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Ref Mephistopheles comment about trying to get rid of the 777s, maybe that deal is the reason for the finnish guy being fired? Just speculating like.
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What GF is trying to get rid are the two wet-leased A330.
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Old 11th Apr 2009, 12:28
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JWD/JWE are about to leave anyway unless they renewed them - I remember it was 6 months dry
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330's are gone bro...
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And are going to WY First one on 01 may and second one on the 17 may 09
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Ouch, that was fast. ironbutt, you sure? I saw it 3 days ago as GFA071/070 (JWD) .. WY need these badly .... Is it me or is GF keeps changing their talk every 2 minutes? 1st, they were happy with the 77W. Now, they don't want them - MAKE UP YOUR DAMN MIND!
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From what I understood the 330's were very short term anyway...don't see them on the sked anymore..I could be mistaken though...
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The 330s are gone to Oman and i heard it from a lot of people. I havent seen them for a while now nor seen the Jet Airways crew lately in Ops.
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At least KB is back - it looked beautiful as always - It went off as GF005
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So much for strategic planning, and by the way when is gf going to unveil its new livery and cabin designs which are designed by James Park?

And are there any news about the retirement benefits?

Thanks
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New livery & seats in September I heard
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Old 13th Apr 2009, 05:34
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Devil GF Premium Cabin Trademark

I'd appreciate knowing which brand duct tape the new seats will be in. I got quite used to the think black electrical wire brand..although some of my colleagues preferred the more narrow navy blue-a tad more regal for F class they thought.

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New livery & seats in September I heard
Hmmmm. Somewhat disappointing that they could not have planned all of this a few months earlier, what with the receiving of new airplanes now (including the 777 fleet and the A330's).

Fingers crossed on what they will come up with.
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