Originally Posted by
pilotrob23
First hand, you are wrong. Now, just me, I have sat reserve once in two years. I am in my bed about 18-21 days a month. I get really wherever I want to fly, whether back home to the States, Europe, Asia, wherever. Especially top couple bids, it is really nice. Some like it here, other not. Our family loves it, especially school for the kids. Love watching my girls speak 3 languages, something I never had an opportunity to do back home in public school.
Look you guys do a good job, hence the threat that is driving the majority of this thread. That said, you work for a non union company, in a country that by law outlaws unionization. You have no rights as an employee, you are, in the very real sense, "at will". You have a PBS bidding system, not unlike most US airlines. If your getting what you want out of it, good for you. I understand the 777 has some of the better flying while the 330, not so much. What rights do you have to bid from one aircraft to another? Tell us about your companies fatigue policy, or do you guys never get tired on a trip?
Your children are very likely getting an experience unlike any they could anywhere else. The UAE is, comparatively speaking, an oasis of enlightenment, compared to most of its neighbors. Pilots are treated relatively well, compared to the other "guest" workers in the Kingdom. But at the end of the day you come home to a desert, a nice one with beautiful malls and man made islands. No matter how well your treated it still plus 40C when the sun is at high noon in the summer. How easy is it to commute into a trip if you don't live in DXB?