Emirates
#3
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Aug 2005
Position: tri current
Posts: 1,485
Why?
There are plenty of current and former EK pilots here on APC as well as some of the best threads on EK without all the garbage/static of PPrune.
For those that have gone abroad to fly for emirates. What kind of background did you have to land the job?
Nowadays it has changed. I believe the 30 tonne rule is finally gone and turboprop guys are being hired. Not sure about the pure military or pure corporate being changed, but they like civilian airline multi-crew cockpit time as a preference.
That all said. Why anyone would go there now would be a mystery. What I said here back in 2005-2009ish was it's a good job for those of us furloughed from a U.S. major; stuck at a stagnant regional; airline out of business (ATA, etc); or bailed from your major early with a lump sum and want to work a few more years. That was because in those years the carriers in the States were in bankruptcy and doing little to no hiring. Things have turned around in the States now so the majors and some of the LLCs are a far better option than Emirates.
The other part is that Emirates was a different company to work for back then. It was actually a really good job in 2002/2003 and for a number of years after that. Conditions have changed dramatically for the worse since then though. They just chipped away slowly at the benefits and working conditions to the point that it is mostly known as intolerable now.
Typhoonpilot
#5
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2006
Position: Early Retiree SWA
Posts: 354
You really.... and I mean REALLY should not consider Emirates. It has turned into nothing more than a slave ship mentality.
Those poor guys are flying upwards of 95 and 100 hours a month doing long haul, all night turns, short haul, daytime, nighttime/nighttime daytime mix that will sooner kill you without you even being aware of it..... all with the comment from EK that, "It's legal".
Total and complete farce from what it used to be when I was hired there a decade ago.
I was one of the lucky ones who escaped with my health mostly intact.
Think very very hard before going to EK. Marketing there is the best I've ever seen and they will make it seem like nirvana.
Just stay away from them. If Etihad is hiring (which I don't think they are), they'd be the only ones I'd recommend.
Kap
ex EK slave
Those poor guys are flying upwards of 95 and 100 hours a month doing long haul, all night turns, short haul, daytime, nighttime/nighttime daytime mix that will sooner kill you without you even being aware of it..... all with the comment from EK that, "It's legal".
Total and complete farce from what it used to be when I was hired there a decade ago.
I was one of the lucky ones who escaped with my health mostly intact.
Think very very hard before going to EK. Marketing there is the best I've ever seen and they will make it seem like nirvana.
Just stay away from them. If Etihad is hiring (which I don't think they are), they'd be the only ones I'd recommend.
Kap
ex EK slave
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