Nonsense......! Just because she did a commertial...., doesn't gives us the right to publish details about her professional nor personal life..!

Notwithstanding that it is against this site policy as well.

I kindly ask that the moderators remove the information

 

Why not? She seems more than willing to publish them herself. But hey, a widebody Captain at age 33. I give her full credit for a highly unusual accomplishment being achieved via a highly unusual avenue. Some would choose to be humble about it, others..... not so much.

The female pilot working for Emirates

 

They do it to themselves. Treating their western expat pilots like 3rd world guest workers isn't going to get them employee longevity.

I really like Dubai and used to want to work for Emirates before I talked to a couple of their 777 captains at the pool at the Westin Beach resort. They literally had to look over their shoulder every time they answered a question about QOL, work, benefits etc. as even expressing their opinion about the company (that was very reserved) could have gotten them fired. They said they were writing LORs for all their co-workers at the Legacies they were furloughed from and recommended to stick with US carriers with employee protections.

 

So got the invite for an interview w Emirates next month. I have looked around on the boards and can't find too many recent or definitive answers on how to prep for the interview. Is there any go-to interview prep (aero-crew, cage, etc...) that guys/gals go to for Emirates? I just got the outline from them and it sounds Intense!!!

 

Skitz, go to pprune.org

 

Ha thanks Spin,

LOTS of good info there for sure!

 

************* also has emirates info...

 

Skitz....

As a former EK guy, I really wonder if you realise what you're about to get yourself into. Have you really done your homework on what its' like there?

It looks great from the outside... brilliant marketing dept for this. But you are akin to slave labor once you've resigned from your current employer and are stuck there (golden handcuffs we say).

Rosters are absolutely atrocious with most... seriously... MOST guys flying 98 hours a month. Might not sound that bad but when you combine that amount of flying with the non-circadium rhythmic of those 98 hours, it wreaks havoc on your body.... young or old.

42 days of vacation a year? Nope. Again brilliant marketing but by law, they only have to give 30 and with so many guys resigning and not the quality of guys coming in to replace them, the ones who stay at EK have to pick up the slack and fly upward of 100 plus hours in some cases. you'll only get 30 days per year... and worse, it can be and at times will be given in spurts of 4-5 days at a time. No credit give for those vacation days either.

You need to be really desperate from your current job to join EK. I know it looks so good from the outside, but try to find someone on the inside and discover what it's like when you scratch the surface.

It's simply a punitive culture that gets worse as more guys leave making those who stay have to fly those 100 hours I'm talking about month, after month, after month, 4 days vacation, month after month after month etc....

I hope you the picture.

Kap
(Escapee)

 

I absolutely agree with this, these middle eastern and asian carriers are doing what US regionals were doing to people pre colgan era and they dont have to deal with unions.... watch out - PFT and 3rd world pilots are common, they just put all the responsibility on the captains and the rest of the pilots are just a body to fill a seat in the eyes of the upper bean counters.

 

Try not to paint with a broad brush.......!

I won't speak about the ME but Asia is pretty big and it contains many countries and many companies...

At my gig, we adopted the new rest rules over a year before it was adopted in the USA. We adopted those rules regardless of you flying cargo or passengers (not even done in the US) our ULH rules are better than what the majors in the US are using at the moment.

I have many friends flying ULH in China at the moment and their work rules are actually pretty good...!

There is indeed a great need for pilots out here because of the growth but training is very comprehensive...., it takes years for one of these cadets to join the line, I don't agree with mixing the standards in India or Indonesia with the standards in China or Japan just because they are in Asia.

Third world pilots???? The majority of pilots flying the expat market in Asia today are from Oceania, The EU and the USA....????

What on earth are you talking about?