You were wrong and I am happy.

And so Dragana turns another thread into a discussion about her...

No, Alan did that, supported by a Flamingo.
Her comment was quite relevant.

I don't get it. She is the only one with balls to take on EK and what do you do?
Attack her. Then you go back and continue your useless PPRuNe whining about EK.

Spot on Xiamen!!!!!!

With Nikita and Xiamen on this one..... all those Indian and British mafias are killing Ek.

Don't forget the parallels between GF and EK. Many of those failures came to EK including Timi, a former baggage handling manager....

To all the potential new joiners, perhaps you would do well to read the letter from Dnata telling employees that redundancy is on the cards. Oh but wait, isn't it illegal to make anyone redundant under UAE Labour Law? It is. But ONLY if your company is under that Law. EK although owned by the Dubai Government (via ICD) is considered a semi-government company. Hence no Labour Law.

Your contract is worthless. Just like the Brit and Indian mafia that are doing such a fabulous job of destroying the company. Lattes all round or is it Najooms?

@goatherd Future success of EK depends on the reduction % of these two groups.

IMHO they shouldn't be at any(senior,middle,team) level of management.

Mansplaining turned against its users.

Agreed. It's the ultimate truth. Well observed SS. Except that Brits have their own mafia as well.

Ban healthy criticism and you've signed your own death sentence. Mueller should employ people who will tell the emperor that he is naked.

Emir is more powerful than an expat KBE. Unlike British and Indian mafias, locals want to keep this golden goose alive. Locals are here to stay. Indians can be sent home overnight. Issue is just with one mafia.

When QR got bad press about employee treatment, AAB tried (real or pretend don't know) to change. Because he is a local and has vested interest. Here both mafias have no long term vested interest in the success of the company. BR to GF to UL to EK, Timothy is no stranger to failed airlines.

If Emir didn't realize the gravity of the situation and the politics involved in restructuring, he wouldn't have bought Mueller on board.

Based on recent parroting by KBE it is evident Mueller running the show. Otherwise he would be demanding Airbus to build A380 NEO.

so, bottom line.... nobody knows anything.
24th is long gone.
National Day, then what? Xmas perhaps?

Regards

A comment from my blog:

Who did BA fire that are running EK now?

Who is KBE

Knight of the British Empire.

One who is given the title 'Sir'....

Aha , thanks for that.

fats, when are you out of here?

Maybe as soon as April

uba737,
I wouldn't take fatbus too seriously. He's been broadcasting his imminent departure on this site since at least 20 November……2015. Normally, because apparently his "money bucket is full". It occurred to me that maybe he just likes talking crap, but I banished such an uncharitable thought. Instead, I think maybe there's a leak in the bucket… or a problem with his feet….or the first one….I don't know….you decide.

hahahahaha

What would Dear Liza have to say about the hole in that bucket?

Lol, if only you knew!

Apparently he's on the way out already...

Fatbus or Mueller? Or both?

The Unmentionables ???

If true .... it took one 747 at Malaysian to blow his fuse, it might have taken 3 380s here at EK ....

I guess they got to him first. Too bad.

Just picked up the latest rumour on CM, obviously the local mafia objected to his Highness that the transformation was going to far and therefore CM got recalled in his power.
Any confirmation?

Not going to the unmentionable
 

No. He was at the Dentists yesterday. Source: FRN. Frauen Reporting Network. More reliable than pprune.

If this is true he might be out really fast. Think about Malaysian....

Talparc,

You seem to have a habit of spouting rumors without merit, its been prevalent in other posts as well.

Lets look at this from an objective position;

CM was hired by HH to bring the company back into profitability. One does not hire a person like CM without knowing what the man does and what his history with other carriers has been. Also, HH would have known that the hard hitting CM would ruffle some feathers along the way knowing full well that something had to change. There is still a long way to go to bring the company back onto the right track, if CM (or STC) leaves the castle in 2017 for ANY reason, then we all have bigger things to worry about than this or accommodation allowances etc.

Just my 6 pesos worth.

Lets look at this from a realistic position

Yes, initially to stop the haemorrhaging

Malaysian knew it and still he left deceived

Sure, but some silly top notch feathers stay exempted

STC can leave anytime, however concerning CM it's exactly my feeling. It is more than an open secret that he criticised the too big a number of 380s. Now right under his nose, there came 3 new ones for X-mas and today's article in the GN reveals that there is no plan not to take the remaining 53.
Seems enough to me to leave the place in the shambles it put itself in. Evoking honouring contracts makes me laugh, they mean nothing to EK if they don't like them, just look into the mirror ....

Let's keep on applying idle reverse, late APU starts, avoiding Salik and everything will be fine.

I am disappointed.

I'm not sure STC leaving this year would be cause for concern - I think it's essential.
He's done his bit over the lifetime of the airline and now it's at a point where things need to change and be moved into the "next phase".
In order for that to happen it needs a change of leadership - just like any other business would in any other industry.
We are in the process of formulating our exit strategy anyway, but I think if CM is moved aside, all his plans are binned and we take the remainder of those damn 380's then it won't be out of choice we are leaving - I just hope we bail before it sinks.

So you are leaving because 380s are coming?

If CM heads the company it will be tough for a while but it will get better.
If STC continues it will be "awesome" until the last day, which will happen unannounced.

This company is built on a false image, one cannot fix and keep image at the same time. I guess HH made his decision to keep the image.

Of course not, I'm setting the wheels in motion because this place is killing me (and yes I've filled the reports and done everything available to us), however as a side issue this place as we are all well aware is not in a good way at the moment and it's very difficult to see how that can be turned around IF they continue down the path that they started down a few years ago - it simply isn't sustainable. I've nothing against the 380 - it's a tin can with engines just the all the other tin cans with engines and it undoubtedly has a place in this company, but not in the numbers that we have. To be honest we probably don't need the number of 777s either. The overcapacity is laughable. Every other CEO, analyst, Journalist, spotter etc etc can't be wrong and our dear old lot are not such superior geniuses.
So no I'm not looking to leave because of some aeroplane, but I am hoping to be gone before this clearly disastrous strategy becomes unrecoverable.

So, they are left with fired front staff and all the managers still working? Smart.