Al Baker to go?
Joined: Aug 2010
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From: Malaysia
Capn Rex Havoc he is Qatari.
I used to like his leadership but that went down the drain after the A350 issue. That was a sorry mess and I wouldn't be surprised if that played a big role is his leaving.
Anilv
I used to like his leadership but that went down the drain after the A350 issue. That was a sorry mess and I wouldn't be surprised if that played a big role is his leaving.
Anilv
Joined: Jul 1999
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From: Out of a Suitcase
Joined: Jul 2023
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From: Youwish
i can safely bet that it will never happen. The stolen past is gone, now we can only look ahead. It is evident that they fear RIA, they are trying to get as much shares of the Saudi market as they can before it starts.. but i see a huge number of people jumping ship if they do not improve roster/conditions. It will be a tsunami
Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 367
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From: Eu
One wonders ? Clearly a ludicrous character with bullying and autocratic tendencies . Surely an embarrassment for the airline and Qatar.
As for leadership, very few profitable years for the airline and with limitless funds should have done better, and yes he is born an Indian , possibly a name change and some sort of Qatari sponsorship ( adoption) ? . Who knows , but the company should benefit from his departure
As for leadership, very few profitable years for the airline and with limitless funds should have done better, and yes he is born an Indian , possibly a name change and some sort of Qatari sponsorship ( adoption) ? . Who knows , but the company should benefit from his departure
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 402
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From: UK
It explains a lot of his behaviour - he had to 'out-Qatari' every Qatari as if he ever gave way on anything, or acted reasonably and balanced, then a Qatari would claim that if he had been a real Qatari, then he wouldnt have 'given in'. Even in private I have witnessed him being staggeringly arrogant and rude with very senior executives in the aviation industry - particularly when he calls a meeting over 'our problems' only to be shown that the fault lay with QA. One particularly memorable episode involved his team shipping a large component from Doha QA stores to the USA, only to find they didnt send any of ther rigs or the tooling and that the component had been cannibalised and was unuseable. Of course, this was still 'our fault'. Never one to let reality get in the way of a deflection and passing blame on to others.
That said, he built a good airline on the face of it, but once under the skin, you realise its the same middle eastern service rubbish
Joined: Mar 2022
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From: Doha
I hope it's nothing serious. I must admit I'm sad to see him go from an entertainment point of view, he was certainly forthright in his views at least you know where you stand with him. He was like a Michael O'Leary of the Middle East!