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Accident: Emirates B773 at Dubai on Aug 3rd 2016, touched down during go-around without gear, aircraft on fire

I still think there are plenty of qualified pilots around that would want to work for Emirates. A commuting contract would definitely help. It would have to approach KAL or ANA time off, for at least what Emirates currently pays.

I am glad to hear everyone got off the jet that had the bad day. It will be interesting to hear what happened. A triple is a hard jet to crash.

Probe....

Maybe not as many as you'd think. You realise they've had to DRASTICALLY reduce their qual mins to get guys to fly for them? All you need if 1500 hours and some turbo prop time. Not belittling those with that qualification but compared to who they could get interest from just a year or two ago is VASTLY different. Social media as a stronger influence nowadays. Thank God no pax or crew were killed. Apparently 1 firefighter died during the rescue operation. RIP.

I think most here know how I feel about this organisation... Slave Ship Airlines. You'll be amazed most likely at the rosters as this info comes out... just like it did at the FlyDubai accident recently.

Kap

Another thing to consider for those unfamiliar with Emirates operations.

This was a turn around flight that was scheduled to leave DXB at 0250, which means a pick up time from home at 0035. I haven't seen the flight plan but I can almost guarantee the flights were scheduled for more than 8hrs of block time in a 10+hour FDP. This operation wouldn't be legal under FAR117 and most likely wasn't legal under GCAA regulations. This is where Emirates applies their special "variations" which essentially allows them to "legally" extend you before the trip even begins. Emirates flies many of these types of flights.

I'll be interested to learn what the rosters looked like for the pilots invoked, since many pilots are being scheduled for 100+ block hours and only 8-9 days off each month.

Major Kudos for all the crew in conducting a successful evacuation after such a grueling operation!

What is Candice's last name in recruitment? She left a voicemail and I can't make out her message, and she did not spell it. TIA

Pilots and possibly cabin crew were on a layover prior to returning to DXB. Not a turnaround as in the past.

It was a layover, however I've done this as a turnaround years ago on a narrow body floating along at .76 and we weren't even close to 8 hours block. A triple cruising a conservative .83 even less, with the only x-factor being DXB holding at peak arrival hours. While some variations are indeed questionable, this particular flight is bread and butter ME flying.

I just looked up EKs flight DXB-TRV for the 5th. Scheduled at 4:15 Block. TRV-DXB the 5th also 4:15 Block. So 8:30 total block if it was flown as a turn around.

Perhaps you were flying this route before the continents drifted further apart. (Jk I know they are the same continent)

I stand corrected on the turn around though. I know this used to be a turn around flight when I was at EK. These types of flights are the main reason I left.

Remove...

Not sure by bread and butter you mean... as in "easy" or more like, what they make the most money in.

As the above poster mentioned 8:30 block plus delays/holding etc... makes for an extreeeemely long night. And as I recall, before it was a layover, this trip was done a mere 48 hours after having come back from SFO or LAX or some such.

Did EK decide to be nice and make it a layover... or was it illegal all those years when I was doing it?

K

Define qualified...

Back in 2007-2008, when EK was doing the road show, I was the only person in the room (out of at least 100) that was offered an interview. Most likely because I was the only person that had wide body time.