Friday, February 19, 2010

THE COMPANY: ILLUSION OF SUCCESS

Etihad Airways praises itself for being the best Airline in the world…
But it only takes a closer look at their operation to realize how misleading their arrogant slogan is.

Arrogance is at the heart of Etihad marketing strategy. It is all about selling the product.

Etihad Management spends most of his time trying to convince everyone that this company is the best, the fastest growing and so on. Let’s see how false their arguments are and how far they can go to promote features, services and benefits that don’t actually exist.

First, one needs to understand that their promotional efforts are primarily directed to the UAE government itself. Because government officials hold the destiny of the company into their hands, thanks to their billions of dollars contribution.

One needs to know that Etihad is not making any profit. This company does not grow on benefit, and none of the investment perpetrated so far was ever financed by genuine operational result. That’s why Etihad Management is so keen on promoting being the best. Just to show Sheiks and rulers how successful their baby is… Needless to say this tactical won’t stand for ever as one day their Highnesses will discover that what they once took for strategist and experienced managers, are only a handful of irresponsible crooks eager to take the money while it still flows before leaving the place while it still stands…

Reality of numbers can’t fool idiots for too long, even if those idiots are ignorant Emiratis with billions to spend believing their company can achieve what other carriers throughout the rest of the world struggle to maintain …

Self acclaimed as the best Airline in the world. Etihad Airways story is one of lies and dissimulation. They lie to their people; they lie to their customers; they lie to the whole world about their operations, their benefit, their achievements, their goals, their features, and so on…
They cheat on their most loyal customer too…

42 comments:

Anonymous said...

my
dear friend whose english is so bad that it overshadows your illogical ideas about etihad, even though i have to agree with some of your opinions, most of them are are just ridiculous: why would you even compare full operation long and ultra long haul airline to some low cost airline like Ryanair, if you know anything about business or marketing, hey forget business or marketing, if you have a little bit of a common sense you would understand that this comparison is incredibly stupid and childish.
In future please if you want to write something about anything in the world please learn about it, investigate it ok?don't just bullshit people with wrong references.

Wishing you all the best my dear friend!!!

The Truth about Etihad Airways said...

Dearest friend, if you use your brain instead of your ass to think and face the truth, you will know that even if Etihad is not a low cost, the company is managed as such. They follow the same strategy and have the same mentality. The difference is only in the way they advertise their product. To prove it, you only need to look at their rates... They want to be the cheapest, and in a way they are...
Wishing you to grow some balls and think by yourself, dummy!!!

Anonymous said...

oh that message was obviously posted by management. haha. keep it up the blog is great.

Anonymous said...

oh, it s clear that the comment was from the management or one of the followers hehe, anyway it shows how they respect the employees opinions and how they treat them:POOR SLAVES NO RIGHTS AT ALL .
how will you feel when your management take you for: stupid,childish,ridiculous,illogical.....and bullshiting!!!!!? i am not surprised this is the ETIHAD MANAGEMENT SPIRIT AND IT S "5" VALUES.
I wish you guys good luck for dealing with such people.I feel sorry for you:-(((

Anonymous said...

Maybe the comment is from the management ,who are pure Aussies ?? the reason that they don't understand what anyone else write and try to criticise the blog is because they only understand Australian English !! I believe that Etihad airways is full of Aussies now ?? I recommend anyone who works there to first learn Australian English then maybe the first person who wrote the comment saying that the english is poor or some bullshit can understand what the employees are trying to say!! I don't work at Etihad nor want to nor would like to fly that airline, I only see what the hell is going on here in Melbourne !! I’m a Melbournian and the CEO James Hogan some shit is a crook !! He turned the Testra dorm in to Etihad Stadium !! he is from Collingwood !! and people from Collingwood are known to be aggressive crooks !! I will not recommend anyone I know to fly that airline ,plus will pass this blog page to show what they do to these poor employees !!! I have few friends who work at Etihad and they complain how things have changed since they hire this fucked up Australian bullshit CEO !! he's a fucking idiot and so are the fucked up , ex quantas stupid aggressive employees , even the aussies don’t like working for Quantas !! that’s how much they hate those employees who work there… If you are a Aussie , I believe you know that there’s a rumor going around tha James Hogan is trying his best to get into Australia politics and this is why James fucking Mogan is doing this shit to everyone who works there ( get rid of seniors and hire Ausssies which will look good on him because he’s providing Aussies with Job ? ????)... pass this around the world, that will treat him a lesson !! don't mess with innocent ppl because what goes around comes around ,,,!! remember the TOMMY HILFIGER e-mail that went around the world ? maybe everyone should pass the link to this blog as a tagged e-mail …..this will teach the management a lesson !!

Anonymous said...

Man!! I don't like flying Quantas and I'm a Australian !! looks like Etihad is turning into a Australian bullshit airline ?? the survice is the same ?? I rather fly in Singapore airlines !

Violinplayer21c said...

Hey there! I'm an ex ETIHAD employee and I have many stories and photos to share! Get in contact with me please!

The Truth about Etihad Airways said...

I can't get access to your email.
Write to me: etihad.thetruth@gmail.com
Thanks and looking forward to hear from you!!

Anonymous said...

this is so true, etihad sucks!!! its so unsafe to fly there. Flights are consist of minimum crew wherein cabin crew cant even finish their service and safetyness of the passengers are no longer the main concern,but rather pissed thei passengers off by waking them up with their useless service and tasless food. i feel terrible for the crew and i feel disgusted by this James hogan a discriminative person and decieving person i hope the emiratis will wake up and save their money on better investment. Or get a better CEO

Anonymous said...

Where is the Cabin Crew Management? Isn't anyone supporting them? Why is such abuse tolerated?

Anonymous said...

hahaha. it is so true.
etihad has changed so much since i joined ....
no future in this company for sure.leaving soon..
P.S. and it was so true - everyday you go to work thinking ..hm, hopefully i wont get fired today!haha

Anonymous said...

There is NO CABIN CREW MANAGEMENT in this company.. performance manager? U would not get to hear from them unless u did something wrong ..well in my case i did not get to hear from her im sure she does know that my contract is not gonna be renewed but the funnY thing was i have to go thru all the 4 days of exams to get my flyin license only to be told after a week that my contract is not RENEWED....IM glad in a way im not gonna be part of this company anymore who just does NOT care with their crew .. im a human being NOT A SLAVE!!!

Anonymous said...

gosh....i love this site !

Anonymous said...

I love this site, i would like to tell you dear Etihad airways that you MUST Consider and RESPECT your crew otherwise, i am going to talk to journalists about your shameful methods and a lot of crews are waiting to tell the truth to JOURNALISTS and we will see if you are the best lead airline Middle East.
Etihad THE BLACK SIDE OF THE COMPANY.

Anonymous said...

Etihad ruined my life, and my dignity. This is time to talk and denounce the Truth.


ETIHADAIRWAYS.do not respect US.
ETIHAD RESPECT YOUR CREWS.

Anonymous said...

i ve got an opportunity as licensed aircrfat engineer, the basic salary will be 32000 AED and other benefit , is that a joke or real.Do i have to leave my actual job or not?

The Truth about Etihad Airways said...

Honnestly, if I were you, I'd stay where I am because whatever you've been promised is bullshit ; go to any pilot forum and you will get a fair idea...

Anonymous said...

you will be even more shocked if you knew what was going on in this company now. Thank god that I am not a part of this bull shit anymore. There is no such thing as SAFETY. I had a flight to syd and had to divert to SIN due to engine problem. all the pax got off the plane but the company did not let us off the plane (well.. we did not get any confirm from the company). later the engineer came and told us all to be out, otherwise he will not perform any tests. And guess what the problem was? something was licking in the engine. If it was just faulty, we could still go to syd since there are still 3 engines operating. But hell no, with something licking? we could of ended up with massive fireworks! who knows!!! yet, no one really knows about this because for sure, the company does not want to talk about such thing. Afterall, we got to have a layover (no to be exact, standby) in SIN, did not know when and where to go. We were stuck in the holte for 18? hrs just to see where we would be going and of course, the dear company sent us back to SYD! with same aircraft. Now they do not have the new aircrafts YET and opening up the new destination everymonth. When you land and do your security check, there are already next set of crew waiting at the door. I would not be surprised if I see the name ETIHAD on CNN breaking news.....

Anonymous said...

Yes I agree with 90% of the comments on this blog... The other 10% are a bit too emotional and not really factual but i can understand that.
I am EY crew and have lived in AUH for 5 years now, I used to look at this blog often as the 'lone voice' offering an alterative view over EY's brainwashing spin and ' feelgood' news until it was blocked/ banned in the UAE- which is soooo typical of etihad-any voice of dissent is crushed straight away..its a good lesson in how to completely control all media and references in the press - just sue, threaten, sack or block anyone who doesnt share the ' wonderland' view of how good etihad is and how well they treat there employees.
I love how so many people have posted ' if you dont like it then leave',or 'plenty of other people will take your job and not complain'... This is such a simplist reaction...the point is as an employee you do actually have rights, as a human being you have rights.... Living in abu dhabi and working for a royal ,ultra conservative company such as etihad you DO NOT HAVE RIGHTS..why? Because it is not a democracy and basically they can and do whatever they want...which is why there is NEVER any criticism in the heavily controlled press and media.
Etihad works its crew like dogs and modern day galley slaves..BECAUSE THEY CAN.. There is no union or anyone who is looking out for our rights. I actually wonder when we will crash, not if- but when..why? Because so many short cuts are taken and management is so convinced they are the best thing on the planet, they are disconnected from the reality of how many close calls we have and how the lessons are never learnt or talked about within the company (hush hush- no bad news)!
Another fantasic piece is how etihad has more VP's ( vice presidents) than any other company... We have around 200 VP's all pulling 250k permonth- Nd the best that crew can constantly get is ' we couldnt have done this without you- thanks for all the hard work..! How is that!
My pay has actually gone down over the 5 years i have been in the company- with the increase in the cost of living in abu dhabi, and the fall in the value of the $AED when we travel....
I hope i have given a little contemporary insight into working for etihad- i just hope they cant track this otherwisw i am toast!

Anonymous said...

i like fucking etihad stewardess.. the pussy is very nice.hmmm..

Anonymous said...

putang ina nyo. puro pokpok naman mga flight attendants ng etihad.. pagkayayabang pa. post ng post sa facebook ng mga travels kuno. pero masarap silang iyotin. hahahah.

Anonymous said...

hey dear friend.. I want to ask you something.. you said: ''Ask Arabic speakers crew what they think about being undiscriminated… They’ll tell you what kind of flight they get… You need to know that everyone is under a scarce discrimination process while working for Etihad. ''
-->what do you mean with this? they give them just flights around the poor middle east??
because I'm an arabic speaker.. and now after reading your beautiful blog.. i'm thinking to forget to submit my application for etihad! (do you know something bad also about emirates airline???)
TQ!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Hi,
well with all these negative things said about Etihad,i am guessing that some part of management have read some of these things and have changed their ways of doing things and cabin crew have better lives.

Anonymous said...

the big fool that likes fucking etihad stewardess pussies when important issues are discussed i pray will one day get stuck in one of them and die there n then u will know how nice it feels to burn in hell....u are the type that give cabin crew a bad name...ass hole

Anonymous said...

Gosh, can t belive it !

This is copy paste of Qatar airways ! I had to run away from that Team Dark, but it seems it s the same here...


Grrrrrrrr

Anonymous said...

Hello everyone, i am glad to read this blog regarding etihad airways and have now the opportunity to give my point of view. Etihad was for me a dream to join them, when i joined this mafia company, i wanted to resign but i had to wait my 6 months probation, then, i flow with them for 3 years before leaving them. If i have to talk about them, i try to let my emotional thinks at home and give justthe facts. The management has just one word as procedure. Stay or leave it, i saw with my eyes a lot of unfair situations and bad decision coming from the management and the sdo. If the management read this, just be more human with your crews... i had the opportunity to make a video about etihad at the beggining until the end wathever the end it is ...resignation or been fired...etihad has the same face of qatar or emirates , in one word uae, james hogan, look like a huge pig...sorry for my word guys....no emotional thinks...the ceo said to the tv that etihad succes came because there is no union, i was cabin crew without any rights and worst, i think that a book about them will be a succes because this is really interresting to know why etihad is so successful and now have a nice parteners like air berlin or airfrance-klm, i am just waiting the good time to deliver the truth...etihad. the pb is that you made a lot of bad experiences towards your crews and now there is more than 70 crews want to share them experiences and the feeling to be harrass when they were cabin crew. Etihad has a nice image...a crystal wine glasse accompagned inside with one piece of shit...means.... beauty, power, luxury compagy with inside shit management....

Anonymous said...

If there is some ey cabin crews and wants to shre them experiences..please feel free to do so....thank you

Anonymous said...

Thank you! Precious information! I was about to attend their assessment day but now i will save the money i would need to get there.

Anonymous said...

How long do i Havre to wait to resign? How much is The cost to resign?

Anonymous said...

Any Light on the Information technology work culture with Etihad....

Eva said...

WOW, i am lost for words. There i was thinking Etihad is the best in everything. How wrong was i. When i read this article i thought, oh, this person must have some bad experience with them, what have made him so cross. After reading all the coments im shocked and surprised. i am actually writting about Etihad in my colleges assignment, i know it have been 3 years but its worth a shot, can you send me your email, i would like to get some info and pictures: Violinplayer21c said...

Hey there! I'm an ex ETIHAD employee and I have many stories and photos to share! Get in contact with me please!

March 4, 2010 at 9:29 AM

Anonymous said...

Such agressive person... no credits for your blog!

Anonymous said...

i am amazed how some people wanted to apply, then read some 3 lines from a complete hating stranger and thank god they got saved in time !!! are u all crazy ? you booked an assessment day/ go check it out and decide for yourself not because some other person is trying to convince you that u shouldn`t let yourself being convinced ! now use your brains and think for your selfs ! in every job there are good sides and some we dont like ...like in every company there are the haters wich are usually some loosers whos greatest acchievment is actually hating all the time ! i ause my self terribly with all the bs/conspiration/"revealing" that is going on here ! go get a job .."person" !

Anonymous said...

maybe you should eat shit and die ina hole :)

Conernemployee said...

Fuck etihad. Im an ex employee but resigned because they kept promoting useless people. Although i am promoted also i cant bear the sight of people who are much more deserving left behind. The ones promoted are australian scuba divers hotel assistants and useless beelboys

Anonymous said...

Dear friends

I am offered a salary of 24000 AED for planning engineer job (support division), will i be paid the same? As far as i know i should also get the allowances. I did not get the offer letter but i know i will, just anxious to know.

All the comments are old, It would be great if anyone presently working in etihad could help me with the information regarding the accommodation and other benefits.

Regards

Anonymous said...

Anonymous,

Don't leave a job if you currently have one, you join at your own risk.

Anonymous said...

I have am also an ex etihad employee and it's same for Engineers also. Working in line under sun and no appreciation. Same attune don't like it Leave it, there are thousand of people waiting on the gate. Arrogant and cheap Human Resources Mafia of a specific country and don't allow others to join in.

Anonymous said...

They are what they are

Anonymous said...

The menagement dont come from important schools. Most of them have been flying just for 5 tears. Then they became supeheroes. They promote just their friends or those from the same nationality.

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