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No... He left a while back. Keep guessing but there's not too many to choose from, and likely to be even fewer in the coming months.
GM has now decided he is to be a headmaster as well and everyone has to get his approval first if they want to leave the building for any reason during the day!!! We'll all have to put our hands up soon to get permission to go for a ****
Thought things might be improving but without fail, everytime you think that he has an amazing habit of causing mayhem again,
GM has now decided he is to be a headmaster as well and everyone has to get his approval first if they want to leave the building for any reason during the day!!! We'll all have to put our hands up soon to get permission to go for a ****
Thought things might be improving but without fail, everytime you think that he has an amazing habit of causing mayhem again,
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I have been following this thread because I spent 10 years flying in Dubai and am now very happy back in the UK.
I nearly fell off my chair when I read the reply from teletubby,it really gets up my nose when Arabs come out with this kind of ****! the we are doing you a favour by giving you a job with a salary BS.
If it wasn't for us humble expats since the beginning of the oil where would his country be now?
Does he think that the middle east is the best place to live and work, and does he really think that without a villa,health school fees and a competetive salary people would upsticks and go out there?
By the way I left Dubai and now earn more here after Tax than I earned out there Tax free.
You might want to read my reply on the crash in Dubai if you have not flown out there!
If you have an arab incharge,nothing will change,everybody will be blamed but him,there is no such thing as humility in their culture,which will eventually be their downfall.
I nearly fell off my chair when I read the reply from teletubby,it really gets up my nose when Arabs come out with this kind of ****! the we are doing you a favour by giving you a job with a salary BS.
If it wasn't for us humble expats since the beginning of the oil where would his country be now?
Does he think that the middle east is the best place to live and work, and does he really think that without a villa,health school fees and a competetive salary people would upsticks and go out there?
By the way I left Dubai and now earn more here after Tax than I earned out there Tax free.
You might want to read my reply on the crash in Dubai if you have not flown out there!
If you have an arab incharge,nothing will change,everybody will be blamed but him,there is no such thing as humility in their culture,which will eventually be their downfall.
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Why the sudden interest in me, Sideshow Bob?
And no, I am not delivering pizzas. I didn't want to move into your area of expertise, or is that taxi driving, or is that being a security guard, or is that...............
Why the sudden interest in me, Sideshow Bob?
And no, I am not delivering pizzas. I didn't want to move into your area of expertise, or is that taxi driving, or is that being a security guard, or is that...............
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I totally agree with FlyerH. Although it is apparent to me that the Teletubby is not one of the locals but merely one of his currymunching administrative minions. No doubt he has the local in charge with his hand firmly up his **** forming the words for the garbage he has posted. As long as that particular individual is in a position of power and responsibility the School will continue to lurch from crisis to crisis. He has a long track record of screwing over expats and is only going to get worse not better in the future unless he is exposed as the Fraud he is - but it must come from some of the more reasonable locals. I think cheesaburger has vastly overated his employment potential outside the UAE - toilet cleaner is aiming way too high. If the locals have named him Blackheart it is a sure sign the man is malevolent. I have a geat respect for the UAE locals - but this man is just bad and not a true represantative emirati. I note that Mr Blackheart has engaged BAE in Adelaide to advertise for a head of training on his behalf - my advice would be to stay well clear.
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Thanks to all those who took the time to PM me. It seems that the groundschool side of thigs is quite happy but that the flying instructors are being worked very hard with a non helpful management. I think I'll leave alone for now and see what happens in a year or so
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What are the salaries like there, they must be huge to put up with all the B*llsh*t and to afford the wonderful lifestyle that Teletuby so artistically describes.
Is it more than the Offshore companies (ADA, Gulf Heli's etc) are paying. Surely their management can't be worse than this slimy bloke with a black heart?
Is it more than the Offshore companies (ADA, Gulf Heli's etc) are paying. Surely their management can't be worse than this slimy bloke with a black heart?
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When I was there FI's were on around $70 000 per year, GI's were on $60 000. Accommodation was around $15 000 per year, which is enough for a modest house. Generally the cost of eating out etc is quite high as the only decent places to go are quite expensive.
You need to weigh up the bull**** with the money, and in my case the bull**** bucket got filled up first. The salaries are quite good for the southern hemisphere guy's, so for some of them the balance of money to bull**** is in their favour. Perhaps thats why BAe Adelaide are advertising for the new HOT
Best Wishes to they guys that are still there, they were a good team, and a great bunch of guys to work with, despite the conditions.
You need to weigh up the bull**** with the money, and in my case the bull**** bucket got filled up first. The salaries are quite good for the southern hemisphere guy's, so for some of them the balance of money to bull**** is in their favour. Perhaps thats why BAe Adelaide are advertising for the new HOT
Best Wishes to they guys that are still there, they were a good team, and a great bunch of guys to work with, despite the conditions.
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Chief Flying Instructor's bucket has reached the brim also and he has now resigned.
Despite his best efforts, nothing could be done to prevent DGM continuing to ignore basic flight safety concepts - he continues to try and keep pushing to reach unrealistic targets with a dire lack of resources.
Horizon has got away with it so far, but it simply cannot continue - it is an accident waiting to happen and there is little if any sign of improvement in the offing.
Despite his best efforts, nothing could be done to prevent DGM continuing to ignore basic flight safety concepts - he continues to try and keep pushing to reach unrealistic targets with a dire lack of resources.
Horizon has got away with it so far, but it simply cannot continue - it is an accident waiting to happen and there is little if any sign of improvement in the offing.
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Could you elaborate on what type of safety issues, if possible.
Considered giving them a jingle sometime ago but the responses on here certainly made me take a second look.
Considered giving them a jingle sometime ago but the responses on here certainly made me take a second look.
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The latest word drifting down from Doha is; The boss of the Training Dept has been fired.
Why? For doing his job! Which is maintaining standards and weeding out those below the standard.
his only mistake was that he declined to give a command rating to a muslim pilot. He offered to allow him to stay on as a P2 until his mental accuity improved (?). Another muslim went to the GM (a local muslim who has declared that he wants an all islamic company) and claimed the training boss was RACIST.
So JA was dismissed with NO chance to give his side of the events!!
So, if Gulf Helis advertises for Training Captains and you apply, be prepared to lower your standards or have a short employment tenure.
Why? For doing his job! Which is maintaining standards and weeding out those below the standard.
his only mistake was that he declined to give a command rating to a muslim pilot. He offered to allow him to stay on as a P2 until his mental accuity improved (?). Another muslim went to the GM (a local muslim who has declared that he wants an all islamic company) and claimed the training boss was RACIST.
So JA was dismissed with NO chance to give his side of the events!!
So, if Gulf Helis advertises for Training Captains and you apply, be prepared to lower your standards or have a short employment tenure.
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The problems of LOCAL management is NOT confined to Al Ain
The latest word drifting down from Doha is; The boss of the Training Dept has been fired.
Why? For doing his job! Which is maintaining standards and weeding out those below the standard.
his only mistake was that he declined to give a command rating to a muslim pilot. He offered to allow him to stay on as a P2 until his mental accuity improved (?). Another muslim went to the GM (a local gentleman who has declared that he wants an all islamic company) and claimed the training boss was RACIST.
So JA was dismissed with NO chance to give his side of the events!!
So, if Gulf Helis advertises for Training Captains and you apply, be prepared to lower your standards or have a short employment tenure.
The latest word drifting down from Doha is; The boss of the Training Dept has been fired.
Why? For doing his job! Which is maintaining standards and weeding out those below the standard.
his only mistake was that he declined to give a command rating to a muslim pilot. He offered to allow him to stay on as a P2 until his mental accuity improved (?). Another muslim went to the GM (a local gentleman who has declared that he wants an all islamic company) and claimed the training boss was RACIST.
So JA was dismissed with NO chance to give his side of the events!!
So, if Gulf Helis advertises for Training Captains and you apply, be prepared to lower your standards or have a short employment tenure.
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Seems like the norm. I here a Foreign National in between jobs had his local bank account frozen and credit cards cancelled until he found a new "sponsor".
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Things must really be bad, the CFI, and good instructors was supposed to be Horizons only good point. If they are all leaving now that is very sad. But 16 000 flying hours with 6 servicable aircraft, and 8 instructors does not add up, especially as I imajine it gets hot in the summer. Does the aircraft have A/C, whats is its performance in the heat?
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You're right - the sums don't add up!! and yes it does get hot in the summer - last year temps reached 51 degs celcius by mid day, and no the aircraft are not air conditioned!! The aircraft do perform ok generally, but it's ****** hard and hot work.
One of the flight safety issues alluded to earlier are plans to try and make the instructors start flying very early in the morning(0500 met brief), fly until around 1200, then come back to work at around 1600 to do another couple of hours until just before dark!!! This is to try and make up for the lack of aircraft and instructor numbers.
Trying to get the message through that "spilt shifts" are not allowed to be used as a normal operating roster proved impossible>
hard and hot work.One of the flight safety issues alluded to earlier are plans to try and make the instructors start flying very early in the morning(0500 met brief), fly until around 1200, then come back to work at around 1600 to do another couple of hours until just before dark!!! This is to try and make up for the lack of aircraft and instructor numbers.
Trying to get the message through that "spilt shifts" are not allowed to be used as a normal operating roster proved impossible>
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Sounds perfect.........tell the GM that between 1200 and 1600 you can be found by the pool drinking beer. 
Good reading..........glad I did not forward off the resume now afterall.....whew
Good reading..........glad I did not forward off the resume now afterall.....whew