Originally Posted by Brown Cow
Still the mins are very high. They are clearly targeting a certain group that hhhmmm speaks "proper" English. I have been to many points throughout the Emirates route network. It isn't all that tough to figure out. 10,000 hours and more likely 5,000 hours command time to fly there. WOW! The toughest part would be to not mess up when you show off to your FO as you scream across the desert at 340 KIAS, 2,000', lined up on the LOC...........and you slow down a l i t t l e too late.
Haha......just having fun........although somebody will let me have it.
To be honest, they do require a high standard of English language proficiency. That, however, doesn't mean they are the least bit rascist. They'll take anybody from any religion and any skin color just as long as they can speak and understand English to the required standard.
As for the rest of the post
TP