Gulf Air Developments
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Great now anything wrong with the paperwork or if its not put in the correct box will be met by a nice call from the office asking for an explaination. As usual the managers(term used very loosely indeed) cannot deal with the problem of FOs not completing the paperwork correctly head on & have to put it on all of us. Why can't they just call the responsible parties or better yet train the few useless FOs upto standard. I guess from now on I have to keep looking over the FOs shoulder inflight whilst he completes the paperwork & then escort him/her to the relevant box & make sure the envelope is delievered. I wish that that was the only problem but none of the managers want to confront our biggest problem, which yet again is the fast decline in the maintenance status of the aircraft.
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as always, they divert all the attention to the little people in the company to cover the REAL problems with the airline, them.
especially the marketing and the commercial departments who are almost always impossible to nail down as the single biggest cause of ALL THE WOES OF THE AIRLINE.
especially the marketing and the commercial departments who are almost always impossible to nail down as the single biggest cause of ALL THE WOES OF THE AIRLINE.
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Did you read the GDN few days ago?
The company last year had 660 cancelations and 11000 flights were delayed. WOW!!!!!!
Did you know that we are paying SIA 9000000 $ every year for only A checks? The rest is additional. So far we have paid an additional 1000000$
That sounds like a recovery plan to me
But on the other hand what can we do. We are just some poor CPT & F/Os.
The company last year had 660 cancelations and 11000 flights were delayed. WOW!!!!!!
Did you know that we are paying SIA 9000000 $ every year for only A checks? The rest is additional. So far we have paid an additional 1000000$
That sounds like a recovery plan to me
But on the other hand what can we do. We are just some poor CPT & F/Os.
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The company last year had 660 cancellations and 11000 flights were delayed.
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Its a politic game
Why not go on strike,when the support is indirectly offered,not only from some outsiders and those trying to fuel the fire,but from two top senior management,who represent two major and largest political parties.Gulf air is has been going towards week management,because its going to a wrong direction,and the slogan used is Whom do you know,not what do you know. To be promoted and liked you need to be an active member of one of those two parties,otherwise........
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Did you know that we are paying SIA 9000000 $ every year for only A checks? The rest is additional. So far we have paid an additional 1000000$
That sounds like a recovery plan to me
That sounds like a recovery plan to me
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Bahrain Air Show
I am a little mystified as to the reason for the air show bearing in mind that the Dubai Air Show is not that long before.
Talking to a few contractors working on the site it is a huge amount of Do Dahs being spent on the show including a new runway at the Sakir Air Base.
Anyone shed any light on this ???
Talking to a few contractors working on the site it is a huge amount of Do Dahs being spent on the show including a new runway at the Sakir Air Base.
Anyone shed any light on this ???
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A few years ago, everybody wanted their own airline, ski-hills, water parks, fantasy luxury islands (mission accomplished) so now everyone wants their own airshow. Expect the Doha Airshow, Muscat Airshow and Kuwait Airshow to debut within the next few years.
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A9C-AD will be supporting a Bahrain Airshow livery, looking sexy! 
Will be shown on Thursday, expect some pictures
Will be shown on Thursday, expect some pictures
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Time to start packing lads
Expats will be the first to go
EXPATS will be the first to go under a new three-year turnaround strategy drawn up by Gulf Air management, it was claimed yesterday. Details of the rescue plan were revealed for the first time to members of parliament's financial and economic affairs committee on Monday.
Committee chairman MP Abduljalil Khalil told the GDN he could not go into detail about the package, but told the GDN yesterday that workforce cuts could start within a few months.
"It will happen in the upcoming months, when the strategy is implemented," he said.
"Considering that Gulf Air has a 60pc expatriate workforce and 40pc Bahrainis, expatriates will be the first to be removed.
"They will then be followed by Bahrainis who are near retirement. They will be presented with good packages to encourage them to leave the company."
The new measures have been drawn up following the arrival of new Gulf Air chief executive officer Samer Majali, who officially started work on August 1.
The new boss has kept a low profile since taking up his post and has yet to agree to an interview with the GDN.
However, Mr Khalil said he had been impressed with Gulf Air's new action plan - saying it was the first time MPs had been given a "real plan" designed to steer the airline back into profit.
"We resumed our talks with Gulf Air on Monday and were for the first time presented with a real plan that includes a strategy and numbers, rather than general ideas," said Mr Khalil.
"But, I have agreed not to reveal details of the plan as competitors could start pinching ideas from it before Gulf Air implement it."
However, he confirmed that some of the airline's loss-making routes were expected to be scrapped - claiming they cost millions to operate and brought just thousands into the company.
However, he stressed that although the plan looked good on paper, MPs had not been told where money would come from to fund the rescue strategy.
"It is ambitious, but where will the money come from?" he asked.
Mr Majali, former head of Royal Jordanian and the son of former Jordanian prime minister Abdelsalam Majali, took over the reigns of the airline from former president and chief executive Bjšrn NŠf.
Mr NŠf predicted last November that the airline would make profit by 2010, but Mr Khalil said figures presented to parliament suggested it was expected to post $500 million loss (BD189m) for this year alone - the equivalent of $1.36m (BD518,000) a day.
During Mr NŠf's reign, MPs launched a corruption probe into the airline, which announced in 2007 that it was shrinking its network and cutting jobs in a bid to reduce losses.
However, that probe was postponed on June 1 to avoid shaking confidence in the carrier during the peak summer months.
The GDN reported in August that Gulf Air had threatened employees who shirked their responsibilities or were counterproductive to the airline's goals with action.
At the time, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company chief executive officer and airline chairman Talal Alzain claimed it had no plans for mass layoffs, but warned that it would not be afraid to ditch the dead wood.
He added the airline was committed to protecting the jobs of Bahrainis and said supporting local talent was the only way the company could improve.
But the Gulf Air Trade Union claimed at the time to have information that up to 1,500 workers were facing the axe.
A Gulf Air spokesman yesterday said details of the turnaround plan would be released at a later date, but declined to comment further.
Source: GDN
EXPATS will be the first to go under a new three-year turnaround strategy drawn up by Gulf Air management, it was claimed yesterday. Details of the rescue plan were revealed for the first time to members of parliament's financial and economic affairs committee on Monday.
Committee chairman MP Abduljalil Khalil told the GDN he could not go into detail about the package, but told the GDN yesterday that workforce cuts could start within a few months.
"It will happen in the upcoming months, when the strategy is implemented," he said.
"Considering that Gulf Air has a 60pc expatriate workforce and 40pc Bahrainis, expatriates will be the first to be removed.
"They will then be followed by Bahrainis who are near retirement. They will be presented with good packages to encourage them to leave the company."
The new measures have been drawn up following the arrival of new Gulf Air chief executive officer Samer Majali, who officially started work on August 1.
The new boss has kept a low profile since taking up his post and has yet to agree to an interview with the GDN.
However, Mr Khalil said he had been impressed with Gulf Air's new action plan - saying it was the first time MPs had been given a "real plan" designed to steer the airline back into profit.
"We resumed our talks with Gulf Air on Monday and were for the first time presented with a real plan that includes a strategy and numbers, rather than general ideas," said Mr Khalil.
"But, I have agreed not to reveal details of the plan as competitors could start pinching ideas from it before Gulf Air implement it."
However, he confirmed that some of the airline's loss-making routes were expected to be scrapped - claiming they cost millions to operate and brought just thousands into the company.
However, he stressed that although the plan looked good on paper, MPs had not been told where money would come from to fund the rescue strategy.
"It is ambitious, but where will the money come from?" he asked.
Mr Majali, former head of Royal Jordanian and the son of former Jordanian prime minister Abdelsalam Majali, took over the reigns of the airline from former president and chief executive Bjšrn NŠf.
Mr NŠf predicted last November that the airline would make profit by 2010, but Mr Khalil said figures presented to parliament suggested it was expected to post $500 million loss (BD189m) for this year alone - the equivalent of $1.36m (BD518,000) a day.
During Mr NŠf's reign, MPs launched a corruption probe into the airline, which announced in 2007 that it was shrinking its network and cutting jobs in a bid to reduce losses.
However, that probe was postponed on June 1 to avoid shaking confidence in the carrier during the peak summer months.
The GDN reported in August that Gulf Air had threatened employees who shirked their responsibilities or were counterproductive to the airline's goals with action.
At the time, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company chief executive officer and airline chairman Talal Alzain claimed it had no plans for mass layoffs, but warned that it would not be afraid to ditch the dead wood.
He added the airline was committed to protecting the jobs of Bahrainis and said supporting local talent was the only way the company could improve.
But the Gulf Air Trade Union claimed at the time to have information that up to 1,500 workers were facing the axe.
A Gulf Air spokesman yesterday said details of the turnaround plan would be released at a later date, but declined to comment further.
Source: GDN
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I don't think you have much to worry about Panama--they actually NEED you! How many times has this been threatened!???!!!!!
The only expats are the pilots (which they need) and the grunt labour....which they need! SO who are they going to lay off? Perhaps a few expat managers.
They might start with about 75% of the Bahraini women in the office who tend to be useless.
The only expats are the pilots (which they need) and the grunt labour....which they need! SO who are they going to lay off? Perhaps a few expat managers.
They might start with about 75% of the Bahraini women in the office who tend to be useless.
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Well... let's go for another three years turnaround. We keep turning around and around and going nowhere!
Oh yeah, another "expats go first", but as said before, pilots and cabin crew have nothing to worry about.
God bless us all!
Oh yeah, another "expats go first", but as said before, pilots and cabin crew have nothing to worry about.
God bless us all!
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pilots and cabin crew have nothing to worry about
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NEW DELHI, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- A Gulf Air plane, carrying 222 passengers, Wednesday made an emergency landing at Mumbai after it developed a technical snag soon after taking off, a senior Indian Aviation official said.
"The Bahrain-bound Gulf Air flight GF 057 left Mumbai at 10:32 a.m. local time and returned to Mumbai International Airport at 11:24 a.m. due to technical difficulties. The flight landed safely and all the passengers are safe," the official said.
As soon as it landed, it was towed away to the parking bay where a thorough check-up was organized, he said.
Gulf Air plane makes emergency landing at Mumbai airport_English_Xinhua
Which reg?
"The Bahrain-bound Gulf Air flight GF 057 left Mumbai at 10:32 a.m. local time and returned to Mumbai International Airport at 11:24 a.m. due to technical difficulties. The flight landed safely and all the passengers are safe," the official said.
As soon as it landed, it was towed away to the parking bay where a thorough check-up was organized, he said.
Gulf Air plane makes emergency landing at Mumbai airport_English_Xinhua
Which reg?
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duh.... that has always been gfs intentions, to localise all the jobs. why does this sound new to everyone? they wanted this decades ago. if i was boss and had enough qualified locals for the jobs, why bring in expats? sounds simple enough, right? wrong!! if they were to localise all the pilots positions, insurance premiums will hit the roof and there is nothing gf can do about it. in fact, gf already pays the highest premiums in the region, due in part to gf072 plus, interestingly, the higher than average 'local' content of their flight decks.
simply put, the insurers use their own measuring stick in assessing the clients risk. seeing some of the civil unrest in bahrain between sunni and shiite, can you blame the insurance companies? and we have drivers from both camps! and yes, there is a notable divide, regardless of what they say.
do you ever wonder why, even though they probably have enough locals to drive their ships, that they continue to hire expat pilots? in a word, proportion. if the local/expat ratio reaches a certain point, up goes the premiums. in this single instance, gf cannot afford bahrainisation. unless of course it becomes highly successful, which at their current rate of loss (US1.35 big Ms/day), it ain't gonna happen any time soon.
in other words, it may well be that the expat pilots are saving their bottom. funny how they make it sound the contrary.
that has always been gfs intentions, to localise all the jobs. why does this sound new to everyone? they wanted this decades ago. if i was boss and had enough qualified locals for the jobs, why bring in expats? sounds simple enough, right? wrong!! if they were to localise all the pilots positions, insurance premiums will hit the roof and there is nothing gf can do about it. in fact, gf already pays the highest premiums in the region, due in part to gf072 plus, interestingly, the higher than average 'local' content of their flight decks.simply put, the insurers use their own measuring stick in assessing the clients risk. seeing some of the civil unrest in bahrain between sunni and shiite, can you blame the insurance companies? and we have drivers from both camps! and yes, there is a notable divide, regardless of what they say.
do you ever wonder why, even though they probably have enough locals to drive their ships, that they continue to hire expat pilots? in a word, proportion. if the local/expat ratio reaches a certain point, up goes the premiums. in this single instance, gf cannot afford bahrainisation. unless of course it becomes highly successful, which at their current rate of loss (US1.35 big Ms/day), it ain't gonna happen any time soon.
in other words, it may well be that the expat pilots are saving their bottom. funny how they make it sound the contrary.