Gulf Air Developments

[a4mrav8r]

Que lugar, bueno suerte.

[Skybeds]

It is the E-jet..since a while back... CRJ hot n high no good, cabin no good, me no like...

for once.. me agree with you

[ironbutt57]

Its apples to oranges comparison, the E-jet is a purpose designed clean sheet design airliner, the CRJ is a stretched, re-seated, whatever Canadair Challenger corporate jet re-think....not to say the CRJ doesn't work...just not here..( I hope)

[Skybeds]

applauds for the passengers who helped to foil an attack on the Detroit bound plane..

[Apache702]

Exodus

8 resigned this week, and 48 others on the way out soon, and 11-15 capt over 60 not to be renew in april, the exodus has begun once again....

[DesertHawk]

yeah well wait and it will be even more amusing. there plan is to continue upgrades abd SO's on 320 and move guys from 320/330 to EMB. so this mean twice as much taining cause they could not possibly upgrade on the EMB LOL. good for Senior fo's but i feel a serious exodus of capt if they dont get their act toegther. it is amusing how far behind the times we are even with our great training programs..... I mean we can not even get a new type organized so we minimize the training and dont piss everyone off????

[Duh]

I hear it takes a year to upgrade over there. Now, thats either............Scary or Stupid.
-No arguing or disagreeing, those are your only two options !!

[DesertHawk]

Duh u are generally correct. from what i have seen from the beginning to end it does take atleast 1 calender year. consists of 2 interviews and line "assessments" and then finally sim. it is a program which they know and have no forethought on change. the guys i have chatted with say the sim training is quite good as i would expect since out sims are not bad. it is odd that we do not reassess as i think we could really improve the product with some productive training for commands not checking!!! anyways for the guys that have gone though or are going through good luck!

[capgemini]

Indeed it was much better before guys use to show up at their sim check fully briefed on what to expect ...At least now its official and for everybody safe flight

[HakunaMatata]

PJ. Picked up on your Chrissie presents. Aka no leave plan out yet. After years of a well established system that d…f..b…. AA tinkles with it and stuffs it all up. Three attempts and still no plan. He’s also seriously misunderstanding (as is management) crew sentiment with regard to how we feel as pilots on the future of GF. No pilot wants to fly with an airline that is going backwards. He went through the last few months nursing a shortage of crews knowing full well the cut backs that were on the horizon. Events will overtake him. The old GF noninformation will catch up on him and he will fall on his own sword.. Anyway Happy Festive Season all. Management forgot the greeting this year!!

[Mephistopheles]

Get ready for the side splitting season #60 finalé of "GF...a lesson in incompetence" to be held before a live studio audience on Dec 30th. in the pink palace. Rotten eggs & tomatoes will NOT be supplied, so if you are intending to start hurling them, along with suitably offensive insults, please bring your own.

[Skybeds]

Get ready for the side splitting season #60 finalé of "GF...a lesson in incompetence" to be held before a live studio audience on Dec 30th. in the pink palace. Rotten eggs & tomatoes will NOT be supplied, so if you are intending to start hurling them, along with suitably offensive insults, please bring your own.

good one!

[brassplate]

gf deserves to be where it is because of it's stupidity. may all the thieves who has benefitted from sucking it's blood live long and prosperously.

[Albergineman]

Get ready for the side splitting season #60 finalé of "GF...a lesson in incompetence" to be held before a live studio audience on Dec 30th. in the pink palace. Rotten eggs & tomatoes will NOT be supplied, so if you are intending to start hurling them, along with suitably offensive insults, please bring your own.

or maybe the shoes!!!

[Skybeds]

i bet the news might be nothing but bad news

[Mahmood Alsitri]

Bad news

We heard that Gulf Air had canceled an Order of 16 Airbus 330-300

Waiting for a confirmation from the company !

[Mephistopheles]

That's Majali's master plan 4 A330s & the rest A320 & regional, so w can feed passengers to Amm for RJ. If we can't make money for ourselves at least we can help our brotherly Jordanians to make some-since they also have a loss JD23 million for 2008.

[Skybeds]

We heard that Gulf Air had canceled an Order of 16 Airbus 330-300

Waiting for a confirmation from the company !

that majali could of at least reduced the orders to 10.. four is like nothing! even oman air will have a bigger fleet if majali would cancel the orders of the 787s.

[Skybeds]

Please note that Airbus will not lie down quietly if GF cancel their order for 15 A 333s. Either a heavy penalty will be imposed by Airbus as per the contract or they ask GF to exchange it for more A 320 family of aircraft

i guess you are right! as i said i guess the 333 orders must be reduced to 10 not 4... or GF could switch the orders from 15 320s and twenty 333s TO twenty 320s and 15 333s

[ironbutt57]

Orders can be deferred, exchanged, whatever, as can present leases...there just are not a whole lot of obstacles to stop the plan once it starts rolling...