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Old 07-14-2010 | 09:53 AM
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Guys a perspective for what I am hearing out on the contract world, they are having a LOT of problems finding qualified individuals (people with heavy jet time, Trans continental time etc.) the vast majority of their applications are from people that barely meet their minimums, I suspect that the requirements will be dropped significantly relatively soon. Do your homework on EMIRATES though, don't sign on the dotted line until you talk extensively with some of the pilots, visit the watering holes when you are there etc. The rumor is that they will start taking DEC's again and that will trump the perspectives for upgrade quite a bit.
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Old 07-16-2010 | 10:13 AM
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The majority of US regional pilots fly the the e145. Isn't it over 30tons? Are they going by BOW or MTOW?
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Old 07-16-2010 | 11:08 AM
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The majority of US regional pilots fly the the e145. Isn't it over 30tons? Are they going by BOW or MTOW?
Normally, spelling doesn't matter, as long as the reader understands what the writer was thinking. In this case, however, a misspelling made the reader misunderstand the writer.

As I found out, in international ops LOTS of stuff is metric:
It is NOT 30 TONS. It is 30 TONNES.

30 Tonnes = 66,000+ pounds, so all of the ERJ-135/145/CRJ-200 hours do not qualify.

On the other hand, I have read, on a number of posts, that Pinnacle guys have already been hired this year, with small RJ time only.

With reference to DECs (Direct Entry Captains), a number of RJ guys were reported to have been hired as DECs in past years.

I have read 12 months jet current (on the other hand have also read of turboprop-only guys being hired...I think it was large turboprops).

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Old 07-16-2010 | 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by atpcliff
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Normally, spelling doesn't matter, as long as the reader understands what the writer was thinking. In this case, however, a misspelling made the reader misunderstand the writer.

As I found out, in international ops LOTS of stuff is metric:
It is NOT 30 TONS. It is 30 TONNES.

30 Tonnes = 66,000+ pounds, so all of the ERJ-135/145/CRJ-200 hours do not qualify.
Well put and great point, but to clarify a bit ... tonne = metric ton = 1000 kg (kg force, technically) = 2204.62 lb (lb force).

So my F28-1000 time wouldn't qualify (65000 lb). My F28-4000 time would (73000 lb). Very arbitrary.
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Old 07-16-2010 | 01:42 PM
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Thanks all for clarifying the weights. I didn't see that on the web site. Fortunately, the CRJ-700 and -900 are both OK (for me anyway). CRJ-200 bad.
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Old 07-16-2010 | 02:17 PM
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Yeah, with the 55 tonne limit, a DC-9-34/-40/-50 are all exclueded. Their normal MGTOW is 121,000 lbs, while 55 tonnes is 122,000 lbs. I'm 99% sure that EK did it on purpose to exclude those airframes (and it probably also excludes the 737-200).
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Old 07-16-2010 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by atpcliff
Yeah, with the 55 tonne limit, a DC-9-34/-40/-50 are all exclueded. Their normal MGTOW is 121,000 lbs, while 55 tonnes is 122,000 lbs. I'm 99% sure that EK did it on purpose to exclude those airframes (and it probably also excludes the 737-200).
I don't know whether it was on purpose or not (a lot of their employees think they're too stupid to do this, or stupid enough TO do it). Whatever the reason, they're paying a big price, it seems.
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Old 07-16-2010 | 08:40 PM
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Well the weirdest thing at the application about the type of plane that you are flying is that they have the crj listed as: crj100/200/700/900.....So you can't split the time between 200 and 700 or 900... one plane is below 30t and the other is more....!!! I think that might be the confusing part with some of the rj pilots being rejected...(had couple beers in order to figure that out !!!)
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Old 07-18-2010 | 08:00 PM
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Hey EK guys....how are the digs they put you up in??? Are the apartments/condos pretty nice??? Anybody have pictures?
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Old 07-18-2010 | 10:08 PM
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As far as apartments, they're very nice. Right now you'd be looking at Millenium Tower or Teecom. They both have pros and cons but generally very nice.

As far as villas, I believe they're putting people up in the Cedar side of Silicon, which is very nice.

Sorry I don't have pictures of either.

Hope it helps
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