Emirates - how is it?
06-09-2020, 05:58 PM
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Emirates is making thousands of staff redundant as the world's biggest longhaul airline contends with the decimation of international air travel.
Pilots and cabin crew are being taken in to meeting rooms in groups and told that they have been made redundant, according to company insiders.
As many as 600 pilots and nearly 7,000 cabin crew could have lost their jobs by the end of Tuesday, sources told The Telegraph.
The state-owned airline has been grounded since March after the pandemic forced countries to close their borders and halt air travel.
Dubai, where Emirates is headquartered, has built a reputation as an international hub for transit passengers travelling between Asia, Europe and Africa.
Staff were told on Monday night that they must attend meetings on Tuesday.
Queues formed around the airline's training building as pilots and crew were informed, people present said.
About 400 pilots being let go are from the airline's Airbus A380 fleet, while a further 200 Boeing 777 pilots are being cut, it is understood. A further 300 pilots will be cut, one source added.
It was not clear if any could be rehired when demand for air travel recovers.
An Emirates spokesperson said: “Given the significant impact that the pandemic has had on our business, we simply cannot sustain excess resources and have to right-size our workforce in line with our reduced operations.
"After reviewing all scenarios and options, we deeply regret that we have to let some of our people go. This was a very difficult decision and not one that we took lightly."
A termination letter seen by Bloomberg stated that the worker would be paid their basic salary and fixed allowances until September 13.
Airlines have suffered a near-60pc reduction in capacity, hammering revenues and forcing companies to employ strict cost-cutting measures.
In late April British Airways said it would cut up to 12,000 jobs after plunging to its biggest quarterly loss.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...main-grounded/
Absolute bloodbath at EK. Sorry for those involved. Shows the (lack of) respect the company has, despite employees providing a world-class service.
06-10-2020, 12:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Rightup
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...main-grounded/
Absolute bloodbath at EK. Sorry for those involved. Shows the (lack of) respect the company has, despite employees providing a world-class service.
Absolute bloodbath at EK. Sorry for those involved. Shows the (lack of) respect the company has, despite employees providing a world-class service.
06-26-2020, 02:27 AM
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Originally Posted by DylanHK
I’ve definitely considered them, my problem is is that they fly pretty much ONLY at night, and fly aircraft (apart from UPS’ 747) that I’d rather not fly. I’d rather fly a 777 or A380 across the world during the day than a 75/767 across the world but only during the night, if you get what I mean.
I fly for a cargo carrier with a domicile in Asia. We usually start duty around 2000L and end around 0100L. And then we usually start duty at 0200L and end around 0700L. These variations flip back and forth. Sometimes we will start around 2000L, hub turn and get done at around 0700L. I've been less fatigued than when I was flying at a regional during the day time. My current trip is 13 block hours (5 operating flights) for 10 days of work... Pretty easy! We also have day flying but it is a smaller %.
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10-01-2020, 07:46 AM
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Originally Posted by RJSAviator76
I really wonder about how EK will spin this when the demand returns and what type of pilots they'll attract. Right now, it seems that even Ryanair is a much better bet than EK.
10-01-2020, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by RJSAviator76
I really wonder about how EK will spin this when the demand returns and what type of pilots they'll attract. Right now, it seems that even Ryanair is a much better bet than EK.
They didn't seem to care for foreigners (interpret that as you will) flying their airplanes.
The locals will probably be much more obedient anyway. Which is what that culture runs on.
10-01-2020, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by RJSAviator76
I really wonder about how EK will spin this when the demand returns and what type of pilots they'll attract. Right now, it seems that even Ryanair is a much better bet than EK.
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